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A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.

Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens slowly, while downstream the erosion occurs more rapidly. As the watercourse increases its velocity at the edge of the waterfall, it plucks material from the riverbed. Whirlpools created in the turbulence as well as sand and stones carried by the watercourse increase the erosion capacity. This causes the waterfall to carve deeper into the bed and to recede upstream. Often over time, the waterfall will recede back to form a canyon or gorge downstream as it recedes upstream, and it will carve deeper into the ridge above it. The rate of retreat for a waterfall can be as high as one and half meters per year.
Often, the rock stratum just below the more resistant shelf will be of a softer type, meaning that…

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Malanda – Mareeba Wetlands – Davids Creek Waterfall – Kuranda – Smithfield

Thursday 18th of August 2011
Malanda – Mareeba Wetlands – David’s Creek – Kuranda – Smithfield
I left Malanda and took the back roads to Tolga Woodworks shop, nice stuff. I tried to visit the Granite Gorge, but they wanted to charge me 10 $ just for looking and walking around their private property, fair enough, but not with me.… What is next?

Bingil – Ravenshoe – Palmerston Camp Ground

Saturday, 13th of August 2011
Bingil – Ravenshoe – Palmerston Camp Ground
I left in Bingil at the YHA Tree House after breakfast and drove to the Lazey Creak Trail. Which I did walk and some part of the Daydream path as well even so there was no bridge any more, so I waded through the river to pass it.… What is next?

Blackheath: hiking Evans Lookout – Grand Canyon

Tuesday 12th of July 2011
around Blackheath
Govetts Leap – Evans – Grand Canyon – Neates Glen – Govetts Leap – and up again
I went up to the Govetts Leap parking lot, got myself some info and a topographical of the area at the visitors .… What is next?

Halls Gap – hiking

25th of June 2011
Halls in the Grampions
Today I got up late, half past eight, because it was foggy and quiet dark. Had a quick breakfast and off I was on the search for the trail start, which walked me into the main places and then back again, because I missed it first place.… What is next?