Blenco Falls

The first drop

Hoop Pines & Mist Blenco Falls

From an elevation of 517 metres above sea level, the falls descend 320 metres, the initial drop is approximately 90 metres and then they cascade for another 230 metres to the base of the gorge.

Confluence Blenco Cr & Herbert River

Rainforest Pockets Herbert Gorge

The area between Blencoe Falls and the western margins of the rainforest to the north of the Herbert River Gorge, contain a number of isolated rainforest pockets. These fragmented areas of rainforest are located in the headwaters of creeks and are scientifically important as areas where species have survived in fragmented habitats.

Blenco Falls First Drop 90 m

Mist Shrouds top of Blenco Falls

Great Walks Herbert River Gorge

The Herbert River Gorge is a conduit between the Wet Tropics and the drier Einasleigh Uplands. The lower section of the gorge traverses the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Discover some of the region’s most diverse landscapes along the walks as the Wet Tropics gives way to tropical savanna woodland. Open forest dominates the escarpments and she-oaks line the river. Vine-thicket rainforest scattered with hoop pines persist along the gullies and upper slopes.

Herbert River Gorge Hoop Pines

The steep-sided gorges of the Herbert River contain stands of hoop pine Araucaria cunninghamii, which are virtually the only large species able to survive the sheer rocky and exposed pavements of the gorge walls.

Afternoon Light Herbert River Gorge

Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii)

The steep-sided gorges of the Herbert River contain stands of hoop pine Araucaria cunninghamii, which are virtually the only large species able to survive the sheer rocky and exposed pavements of the gorge walls.

Hoop Pine Blenco Falls

Blenco Falls

Blenco Cr - Herbert River Confluence

Blencoe Gorge area has some olivine basalt flows. The gorge contains many extensive intrusions of porphyry which are resistant to weathering compared to the surrounding granite. These often form sharp ridges, sides of gorges and resistant bars in the river beds.

Early Morning Mist Blenco Falls

The Blenco Falls is part of Girringun National Park which is unique among the protected area reserves in Australia in that all six species of gliding mammals are represented in the park.

Herbert River Gorge

Spider Web Early Morning Blenco Fall

Mist Blenco Falls

Savannah Woodland Blencoe Falls

Blenco Falls from The Top

Herbert River Gorge Morning Mist

Hoop Pines Blenco Falls

Blenco falls

Morning Mist Clearing Blenco Falls