A spectacular waterfall in the upper Blue Mountains, Victoria Falls is formed by Victoria Creek dropping over a very wide rock shelf and into a deep pool.
The waterfall was named around the 1880s after Queen Victoria, and were an early tourist attraction of the upper Blue Mountains.
Some five miles from Mount Victoria are the beautiful Victoria Falls, which for volume of water and grandeur equal any on the mountains. Close to these falls the visitor has a magnificent view of the grand but rugged valley of the Grose.
Australian Town and Country Journal, 10 Dec 1898, p.34
Although it requires some scrambling, you can walk behind the waterfall where you get a view of the pool and distant escarpment through the sheets of water.
A short side-track takes you to the top of the waterfall, where you get a nice view down the narrow valley.
Reaching Victoria Falls requires a solid (2km) bushwalk. it’s popular on warmer days when you can swim in the pool below the falls.
Getting to Victoria Falls
The waterfall is reached via the Victoria Falls walking track, and is about 2km one-way – with a descent (and ascent on the way back!) of about 360m. The track can be a bit rough in places, but is easy to follow. On the way is Silver Cascades, a smaller waterfall, and then a side-track to the top of the falls before you reach the base of the main waterfall.
The walking track crosses Victoria Creek – offering a last view of both tiers of the wasterfall – before continuing down the Grose Valley past Burra Korain to the Blue Gum Forest. (This Mount Victoria to Blackheath bushwalk can be done as day-walk or overnight hike.)
The start of the walk is from the carpark at the end of Victoria Falls Road, which is 5.1km (10min drive) from the Great Western Highway, and 6.3km (12min drive) from Mount Victoria Station.
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