Wannon Falls
{{Short description|Waterfalls in Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Wannon Falls
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| photo_caption = Wannon Falls
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| map_caption = Location of the Wannon Falls in Victoria
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| location = Grampian, Victoria, Australia
| type = Punchbowl
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| watercourse = Wannon River
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The Wannon Falls{{cite web|url=http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/australia-wannon-falls.html|title=Wannon Falls|work=World of Waterfalls|author=Cheng, Johnny T.|access-date=17 November 2014}} are a punchbowl waterfall located in the Southern Grampians Shire, approximately {{convert|19|km}} west of Hamilton, in western Victoria, Australia. The falls are fed by the Wannon River that has its head waters in the Grampians mountains.
Location and features
The falls are unexpected after driving west across gently undulating lava plains. They plunge over a basalt lava cliff dropping into a large plunge pool {{convert|30|m}} below.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitsoutherngrampians.com.au/wannon-nigretta-waterfalls|title=Wannon & Nigretta Waterfalls|work=Visit South Grampians|publisher=Shire of Southern Grampians|access-date=17 November 2014}} In the winter wet season they can be spectacular, and at the end of the summer dry season they may shrink to a mere trickle. Downstream of the falls there is a narrow steep-walled valley, with cascades around large blocks that have fallen in from the sides. The narrow valley was eroded as the falls retreated upstream as a result of undermining of a soft bed of sediments that underlies the hard basalt.{{cite web|url=http://hamilton-field-naturalists-club-victoria.org.au/images/pdf/D/wannon%20%20nigretta%20falls%20kg2005.pdf|type=PDF|author=Grimes, Ken|date=June 2005|title=Wannon & Nigretta Falls|work=Hamilton Field Naturalists Club|access-date=17 November 2014}}
Adjacent to the falls there is a recreational reserve with picnic areas and some interpretation signs, and a larger scenic reserve that has natural native vegetation and some disturbed areas that have been replanted with natives.{{cite web|url=http://hamilton-field-naturalists-club-victoria.org.au/images/pdf/M/weedcontrolandtreeplantingwannonfallsscenicresnov%202011.pdf|type=PDF|author=Bird, Rod|date= November 2011|title=HFNC tree-planting & weed control work at Wannon Falls Scenic Reserve|work=Hamilton Field Naturalists Club|access-date=17 November 2014}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.sthgrampians.vic.gov.au: Shire of Southern Grampians]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.visitsoutherngrampians.com.au/sites/default/files/wannonfalls.pdf|type=PDF|title=Dundas Tableland Precinct: Wannon Falls|work=Visit South Grampians|publisher=Shire of Southern Grampians}}
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Category:Waterfalls of Victoria (state)
Category:Tourist attractions in Victoria (state)
Category:Punch bowl waterfalls
Category:Grampians (national park)
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