Fitzroy Falls

Fitzroy Falls is where Yarrunga Creek reaches the edge of the sandstone escarpment in Morton National Park and falls in a single drop of around eighty metres into a valley of rainforest below, with a second, lower fall further down. A viewing platform sits a couple of minutes from the visitor centre, giving the head-on view, and two clifftop walking tracks run east and west along the rim to further lookouts over the valley, each an easy walk of one to two hours return. The escarpment here divides the Southern Highlands from the coastal hinterland, and the drop in vegetation from dry woodland on top to rainforest below is abrupt.

What you actually see

• The main falls - the eighty-metre single drop off the escarpment edge.
• The clifftop tracks - east and west rim walks to further lookouts.
• The Yarrunga valley - rainforest and cliffs stretching away below.
• The visitor centre - interpretation and the short path to the platform.

When to go

April to November for comfortable walking and reliable flow; after rain the falls are at their most impressive, and in dry spells they can reduce to a trickle. Summer is warm and the tracks busier. Fog is common in the highlands in winter mornings.

Honest expectations

Flow is entirely rain-dependent, and in drought the falls almost disappear. Parking is charged. The main lookout is very close to the car park and crowded at weekends; the rim walks thin out quickly. There is no access to the base.

Nearby

Kangaroo Valley lies south down the mountain; Bowral and Moss Vale are north.