Barron Falls Lookout

Barron Falls is a steep tiered cascade waterfall on the Barron River located where the river descends from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia. It can be reached by road via the Kennedy Highway, about 40 minutes drive from Cairns city. The narrow-gauge Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Skyrail aerial tram also leads 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 scenic rainforest to three separate lookouts providing gorgeous views of the Gorge and Falls. Protected within the Barron Gorge National Park, the volume of water seen in the photos only occurs after substantial rainfall during the wet season from November to March. 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.