There aren’t many waterfalls in the Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area – and many of them are hard to reach. Edmund Falls is relatively close to an access firetrail, but requires a steep scramble – and you won’t see the waterfall until you’re almost in front of it, in Edmund Gully.
The waterfall (and gully) was named by Michael Keats and Brian Fox on a Bush Club walk in May 2015 after Joseph Edmund Carne (1855 -1922), a State Government geologist. The nearby Carne Creek is also named after him.
Edmund Falls drops about 30m over the steep cliffs into Edmund Gully, which is a tributary of Carne Creek.
Getting to Edmund Falls
The best view of the waterfall is from directly in front of it in Edmund Gully, which is reached by an off-track scramble down a slot from the southern side of Fire Trail No. 3. Alternatively, if you continue along the top of the cliffs from Fire Trail No. 3, you can get a view of the top of the falls. The Carne Creek bushwalk passes the top and bottom of Edmund Falls. Getting to the end of Fire Trail No. 3 (which is off Glowworm Tunnel Road) requires a 4WD; you can get part-way in SUV, or walk down from Glowworm Tunnel Road.
More information
- Bush Explorers Encyclopaedia – Edmund Falls
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