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Ebor Falls is a tiered waterfall on the Guy Fawkes River, located near
The first lookout is on a sealed road, approximately off the Waterfall Way. This viewing platform shows the upper falls tumbling over 4 layers of columned basalt rock in two falls. The lower Ebor falls, further on, plunge over Permian sedimentary rocks into a steep forested gorge below.http://brovey.yolasite.com/resources/Cathedral%20Rock.pdf
The falls are a well known tourist attraction within
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* Ebor, Manitoba, a community in Canada
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and about north-east of Wollomombi on Waterfall Way
Waterfall Way is a country road in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, linking Raleigh on the state's North Coast to Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become we ...
in the New England
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region of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
The first lookout is on a sealed road, approximately off the Waterfall Way. This viewing platform shows the upper falls tumbling over 4 layers of columned basalt rock in two falls. The lower Ebor falls, further on, plunge over Permian sedimentary rocks into a steep forested gorge below.http://brovey.yolasite.com/resources/Cathedral%20Rock.pdf
The falls are a well known tourist attraction within Guy Fawkes River National Park
Guy Fawkes River National Park, a national park comprising , is located on the eastern edge of the New England Tablelands and the western edge of the Dorrigo Plateau, in north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Access to the national park via ...
, with viewing platforms of the falls and walking tracks, a rest area with barbecues, an information display, picnic tables and toilet. In 2008 the waterfalls were attracting up to 80,000 visitors each year. Camping is not permitted at Ebor Falls, however camping is available at nearby Cathedral Rock National Park
Cathedral Rock is a national park west of Waterfall Way in New South Wales, Australia, east of Armidale and about north of Sydney.
This park is lying between the Guy Fawkes River and Macleay Range, and is about six kilometres west of Ebor ...
.
The falls were first protected in a recreation reserve in 1895. In September 2008 new lookout platforms were opened. These replaced platforms that were destroyed by fire in 2007.
History
Ebor Falls began to form around 19 million years ago withlava flows
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or unde ...
from the nearby extinct Ebor Volcano.
The traditional owners
Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rig ...
of Ebor Falls are the Gumbaynggirr
The Gumbaynggirr people, also rendered Kumbainggar, Gumbangeri and other variant spellings, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Gumbathagang was a probable clan or sub-group. The traditional lands of th ...
people, who call the falls Martiam, an Aboriginal expression meaning "the great falls".
See also
*List of waterfalls
This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it is at least tall and has an existing Wikipedia article, or it is considered historically sig ...
*List of waterfalls in Australia
This is a list of waterfalls in Australia.
Wallaman Falls in Queensland are Australia's tallest permanent waterfall with a plunge of nearly . Wollomombi Falls in New South Wales are second with a combined drop and Ellenborough Falls, also in ...
References
External links
Waterfalls of New South Wales New England (New South Wales) Waterfalls of the Waterfall Way Tiered waterfalls {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub