Belmore Falls | |
Photo Width: | 250px |
Map: | New South Wales |
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Map Width: | 250px |
Coordinates: | -34.6403°N 150.5597°W |
Location: | Southern Highlands and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia |
Type: | Plunge |
Height: | 77- |
Number Drops: | 3 |
Watercourse: | Barrengarry Creek |
The Belmore Falls is a plunge waterfall with three drops on the Barrengarry Creek in the Southern Highlands and Illawarra regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Located approximately south of the town of, the falls descend from the Illawarra escarpment at an elevation of above sea level into the northern end of Kangaroo Valley within the Morton National Park. Descending over three drops, the waterfalls range in height between 77-[1] and are best viewed from the Hindmarsh Lookout,[2] accessible via a short walk from a road heading south east from Burrawang.
The falls were named after Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore the then-Governor of New South Wales.[3]