Apsley Falls

Apsley Falls
The second drop of the Apsley Falls
Apsley Falls is located in New South Wales
Apsley Falls
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LocationNorthern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates31°3′01″S 151°46′10″E / 31.05028°S 151.76944°E / -31.05028; 151.76944
TypeCascade
Total height123 metres (404 ft)
Number of drops2
Longest drop65 metres (213 ft)

The Apsley Falls are two waterfalls on the Apsley River in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The falls are located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Walcha, and 1 kilometre off the Oxley Highway in a deep gorge, that is part of the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. They are the first falls in a succession of dramatic drops in an area that has some of the most remarkable scenery in Eastern Australia.[1] The first drop of the falls is about 65 metres (213 ft) in depth, and the second, which is about 800 metres (2,625 ft) further on, plummets 58 metres (190 ft) to the bottom of the gorge.

  1. ^ Reader's Digest Guide to Australian Places, Reader's Digest, Sydney