Tumbledown Falls

^{Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park}^{GPS Coords: -41.7518, 145.9030}

Land Tenure: National Park

Tasmap Reference: 4037 Will

Updated on 10 Jul 2024

Tumbledown Falls
© 2015 - 2024 Photography: Caedence Kuepper

Grade 5 Hike ^{Suitable for very experienced hikers only.} 9km's5 Hours from OLT returnRough unformed track No directional signage ^{No Modification of the natural environment.}
	Dogs are not allowed
	Drones are not allowed
	Unknown if accessible with a caravan
	Unknown if accessible with a campervan or RV
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About Tumbledown Falls

Tumbledown Falls is a pleasant segmented waterfall that drops 10-15 metres on one of the upper tributaries of the Bluff River. The falls have no track accessing them, but access is possible via a long off track hike from the Overland Track, by descending into the Bluff River drainage from the Lake Will side track.

To reach Tumbledown Falls, leave the Lake Will track a short distance from Lake Holmes, and descend into the valley through sections of buttongrass plains and short sections of scrub, weaving around various creeks and tarns that lead into the Bluff River. Follow the path of least resistance downstream along the river, until you meet the tributary creek containing Tumbledown Falls which then needs to be followed upstream towards the falls. The final stretch upstream to Tumbledown Falls is a nasty, scrubby bush bash, but the falls are a nice reward for effort at the end.

Alternatively, the falls can be visited as part of a long full day circuit around the watefalls of the Bluff River, following the Lake Will track to Innes Falls, continuing along the top of the escarpment to Upper Tumbledown, Cave and Veil Falls, down the creek to Tumbledown Falls, continuing down the Bluff River to Tomahawk Falls than following the route out to Lake Holmes as described above. Our visit was during Autumn when creeks were at a moderate level, but the small drainage of the creek means it ideally should be visited after decent rain to see the falls flowing well.

The only photo available online purporting to show the falls before our visit was taken by Stephen Spurling III, however having now visited the falls as marked on maps it clearly does not match Spurling's image. We believe the Spurling photo has been miscaptioned and in fact shows Razorback Falls. This is supported by the fact that Spurling clearly did visit this waterfall as he also visited and named Tomahawk Falls further down the Bluff River, and it seems most likely that the photo was labelled incorrectly and any photos taken by Spurling of the real Tumbledown Falls are not available.

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