Millstream Falls

Big Millstream Falls plunges over the edge of a basalt lava flow — the columns of an ancient eruption now forming the lip of what's reputedly the widest single-drop waterfall in Australia. The park sits in the rain shadow of the Great Dividing Range on Jirrbal Country, on the western edge of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area; the vegetation is dry open eucalypt woodland, in stark contrast to the rainforest only kilometres east. A 340m bitumen path leads from the carpark to the viewing platform; from there, a longer 680m circuit takes you down to the base. Little Millstream Falls — slender cascades cutting through huge boulders, with a deep swimming hole at the foot — sits 500 metres upstream off Wooroora Road via a separate entrance. The Big Falls don't permit swimming; the Little Falls do. The park also holds the remains of 1940s training camps that hosted up to 100,000 Australian troops between 1943 and 1945 — the Battalions of the 7th and 9th Divisions — and a 1km World War II heritage walk follows the surviving tent sites, corduroy roads, parade grounds and trenches.

Stay on marked trails and behind safety barriers. Rocks near waterfalls are extremely slippery. Swimming at the base may be prohibited during high water flow. Carry rain protection. This is an easy visit suitable for most fitness levels.

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