Tolmer Falls Explained

Tolmer Falls
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Map:Northern Territory
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Coordinates:-13.2056°N 130.7144°W
Location:Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Type:Plunge
Height:32-
Number Drops:2
Watercourse:Tolmer Creek

The Tolmer Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Tolmer Creek that is located in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Location and features

The waterfall descends from an elevation of above sea level in two drops that range in height between 32-[1] into a plunge pool. Accessed by sealed road, the falls are near the western boundary of the national park, approximately south of .

The falls were named by explorer Frederick Henry Litchfield after his late father's colleague in the South Australia Police, Alexander Tolmer.

The site is noted for the large colony of orange leaf-bat Rhinonicteris aurantia, which number in their thousands.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Map of Tolmer Falls, NT. Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 17 May 2014.
  2. Book: Richards . G.C. . Hall . L.S. . Parish . S. (photography) . A natural history of Australian bats : working the night shift . 2012 . CSIRO Pub . 9780643103740 . 12.