The Tully Falls, a horsetail chute waterfall on the Tully River, is located in the

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in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. It formed the eastern boundary of the Dyirbal.

Location and features

From the

Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau, which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the B ...

at an approximate elevation of

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, the falls descend in the range of into the

Tully Gorge National Park Tully Gorge is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,338 km northwest of Brisbane. The park forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of a range o ...

, near the town of

Ravenshoe Ravenshoe ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,332 people. Geography Ravenshoe is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is ...

. Access to the falls is via a graded track. Most of the water that would have otherwise flowed over the falls has been diverted to the

Kareeya Hydro Power Station The Kareeya Hydro Power Station near Tully in Queensland, Australia is a hydroelectric power station that began generating power in 1957. It has a capacity of which is fed into the National Electricity Market. The power station is owned by C ...

and dammed by Koombooloomba Dam. As a result, the falls flow only during a big

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Waterfalls of Far North Queensland {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub

Location and features

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