Millstream Falls
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Millstream Falls is found on a tributary
to the Herbert River
known as The Millstream, 15 km southwest of Ravenshoe
, on the Atherton Tableland
in Far North
Queensland
, Australia
. Protected within the Millstream Falls National Park
, the falls are accessible by road from the Kennedy Highway
.
Millstream Falls is Australia's widest waterfall.
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
to 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...
known as The Millstream, 15 km southwest of Ravenshoe
Ravenshoe, Queensland
Ravenshoe is a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located south west of the regional centre, Cairns. At the 2006 census, Ravenshoe had a population of 910....
, on the Atherton Tableland
Atherton Tableland
The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It is located west to south-south-west inland from Cairns, well into the tropics, but its elevated position provides a climate suitable for dairy farming. It has an area of around...
in Far North
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland, or FNQ, is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. The region, which contains a large section of the Tropical North Queensland area, stretches from the city of Cairns north to the Torres Strait...
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...
. Protected within the Millstream Falls National Park
Millstream Falls National Park
Millstream Falls National Park is located just west of Ravenshoe, Queensland along the Kennedy Highway in Queensland, Australia, 1341 km northwest of Brisbane. Big Millstream Falls are reputedly the widest single-drop falls in Australia....
, the falls are accessible by road from 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...
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Millstream Falls is Australia's widest waterfall.