Barron Falls
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox waterfall
| name = Barron Falls
Din Din
| photo = Barron_falls_january2005.JPG
| photo_width = 250px
| photo_caption = Barron Falls in the wet season
| map = Queensland
| relief = yes
| map_width = 250px
| coordinates = {{coord|-16.8331472|145.6429933|type:waterbody_region:AU-QLD_scale:50000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coords_ref = {{Gazetteer of Australia|id=QLD1760|name=Barron Falls (QLD)}}{{Gazetteer of Australia|id=QLD1761|name=Barron Falls (QLD)}}
| location = Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
| type = Steep Tiered Cascade
| elevation =
| height_longest = {{convert|107|m}}
| number_drops = 4
| average_width = {{convert|137|m}}
| watercourse = Barron River
| average_flow = {{convert|30|m3/s}}
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Barron Falls (Aboriginal: Din Din) is a steep tiered cascade waterfall in Kuranda, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.{{Cite QPN|1761|Barron Falls|waterfall in the Shire of Mareeba|access-date=3 August 2023}} The falls are created by the Barron River descending from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain.{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Barron Falls |url=http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=213 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611072534/http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=213 |archive-date=2011-06-11 |access-date=18 May 2014 |work=World Waterfall Database}}
In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Barron Falls was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "natural attraction".{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}
Location and features
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Protected within the Barron Gorge National Park, the volume of water seen in the upper photo only occurs after substantial rainfall during the wet season. For much of the rest of the year, little more than a trickle is evident, due in part to the presence of a weir behind the head of the falls that supplies the Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station located downstream in the gorge.
The Barron Falls may be viewed and reached by road via the Kennedy Highway that crosses the Barron River upstream of the falls, near {{QLDcity|Kuranda}}. The narrow-gauge Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Skyrail aerial tram also lead from the coastal plain to the tablelands. The train stops at Barron Falls overlook, where passengers may disembark for several minutes. The Skyrail stops at two rainforest mid-stations, Red Peak and Barron Falls. The trail at Barron Falls Skyrail station leads through the rainforest to three separate lookouts providing views of the Gorge and Falls.{{cite web|url=http://www.skyrail.com.au/barronfalls.html |title=Barron Falls Station |publisher=Skyrail Rainforest Cableway |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705183408/http://www.skyrail.com.au/barronfalls.html |archive-date=5 July 2008 }}
Etymology
The falls were named for Thomas Henry Bowman Barron, the Chief Clerk of Police in Brisbane in the 1860s.
Tourist attraction
The falls were one of the most popular tourist attractions in Queensland by the 1890s. Visitors are drawn to the natural features and scenery.{{cite web |url=http://www.wettropics.gov.au/site/user-assets/docs/492%20JCU%20Carmody_Prideaux%20%282011%29%20Wet%20Tropics%20Site%20Report%205%20Ba.pdf |title=Sustainable Nature Based Tourism: Planning and Management. Report on Visitation and Use at Barron Falls, Far North Queensland 2009/10 |author=Julie Carmody & Bruce Prideaux |work=Wet Tropics Site Report 5/10 |publisher=Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns |access-date=9 September 2015 }}
See also
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References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/australia-barron-falls.html|title=Barron Falls|work=World of Waterfalls|publisher=Johnny T. Cheng|date=21 May 2008}}
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