Kearneys Falls
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The Kearneys Falls is a cascade waterfall on a tributary of the Mulgrave River, in the Wooroonooran National Park, in the Goldsborough Valley of Far North region of Queensland, Australia.
Location and features
Access to the falls is via a {{convert|1.6|km}} walking track.{{cite web|url=http://www.wettropics.gov.au/ttd/trackdtl?idtrack=92 |title=Things to Do Kearneys Falls |access-date=2009-05-23 |year=2002 |publisher=Wet Tropics Management Authority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629064413/http://www.wettropics.gov.au/ttd/trackdtl?idtrack=92 |archive-date=29 June 2009 }}
Camping facilities and the walking track to Kearneys Falls were closed in 2006 due to severe damage by both Tropical Cyclone Larry and Tropical Cyclone Monica.{{cite web |url=http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=49937|title=Goldsborough Picnic Area Re-opens|access-date=23 May 2009|date=16 January 2007|work=Ministerial Media Statement |publisher=Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland)}} Camping facilities are available at the camp site and the track to the falls is open.
History
The falls were named after Frank Kearney, a grazier in the Mulgrave River area who died in 1918.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/parks/wooroonooran-goldsborough-valley/culture.html|title=Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran National Park: Nature, culture and history|date=28 March 2017|website=Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=22 April 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40275453|title=Found Dead.|date=21 January 1918|newspaper=Cairns Post|access-date=22 April 2018|issue=2959|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXI|page=4|via=National Library of Australia}}
See also
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References
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