Blencoe Falls are located on Blencoe Creek, a tributary of the Herbert River

Herbert River

The Herbert River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it is named after Robert George Wyndham Herbert , the first Premier of Queensland...

, 2 km north of a confluence, within the Girringun National Park

Girringun National Park

Girrungun National Park is a National Park in Queensland , approximately 50 km southwest of Ingham, 110 km north of Townsville and 1,290 km northwest of Brisbane. The park was formerly named Lumholtz National Park when it was created in 1994. The Blencoe Falls Section was gazetted as...

 in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The main drop of the falls is about 90 metres and they cascade for another 230 meters to the base of the gorge.

The second season of Survivor

Survivor: The Australian Outback

Survivor: The Australian Outback is the second season of the United States reality show Survivor. Filming took place at Goshen Station in northern Queensland during 2000 and aired from January 28, 2001 to May 3, 2001 on CBS...

 was filmed in an area close to the falls.

Access

They can be accessed by road from Mount Garnet

Mount Garnet

Mount Garnet is a small town located in north-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is located at the south-western edge of the Atherton Tableland and is on the Kennedy Highway. Mount Garnet is about a three hour drive from Cairns. At the 2006 census, Mount Garnet had a population of 458.- Overview...

 on the Kennedy Highway

Kennedy Highway

The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 250 km from Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Development Road in the vicinity of Forty Mile Scrub and Undara Volcanic national parks, about 40 kilometres south of Mount...

. There is another road from Kennedy on the Bruce Highway

Bruce Highway

The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is a part of the Australian National Highway and also part of Highway 1...

 but a section of this has been closed by the Cardwell Shire Council but the road is still in a drivable state. Blencoe Falls lookout is about 62 km west of Kennedy. The road from Kennedy soon changes from bitumen to a narrow and poorly maintained gravel road but about half way the road does improve again upon crossing a shire boundary.

External links

• EPA/QPWS Blencoe Falls Official Site