Australia Waterfall

Belmore Falls

A 130 m drop.

When to go

Gonzo Gooner · CC BY 3.0

In numbers.

130m

Height

0.20m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Feb–Apr
Jun

Best months

253kW

Water power

estimate

The water at Belmore Falls, month by month

It roars from February to April and in June.

The fullest months: from February to April and June.

0.2 m³/sJan
0.3 m³/sFeb
0.3 m³/sMar
0.2 m³/sApr
0.2 m³/sMay
0.2 m³/sJun
0.2 m³/sJul
0.2 m³/sAug
0.1 m³/sSep
0.1 m³/sOct
0.2 m³/sNov
0.2 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 0.13 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.29 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to April and June.

Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Waterfall

Belmore Falls is a waterfall in Australia. The water falls 130 m.

Getting there.

Robertsonnearest town · 6.5 km in a straight line
Parking 420 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 96 km in a straight lineCar hire at SYD airport (Sydney)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From February to April and Junebest months to go (estimate)

Plan your visit

Stay, explore and get there

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How big is it?

How big it really is.

Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.

253 kW

About 0.20 m³/s falling 130 m: the power of the water as it drops.

enough to power about 63 homes, if it were all turned into electricity

Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.

Seen from the sky.

8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.

Belmore Falls seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Barrengarry Creek through the falls

The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.

Around the falls the river drops 248 m in 2.6 km.

What is around.

5viewpointsBelmore Falls, Hindmarsh Lookout, Belmore Falls Lookout and 2 more
—waymarked walking routes
2car parks
—swimming spots
3picnic sites
1toilets
—information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
1other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
1campsites
2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmRobertson Country Motel, Robertson Inn
—restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Robertson6.5 km in a straight line
Berry20 km in a straight line
Moss Vale20 km in a straight line
Jamberoo20 km in a straight line
Burradoo20 km in a straight line
Cambewarra Village20 km in a straight line
Albion Park21 km in a straight line
Bowral22 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon °C	26	24	22	19	16	12	12	13	17	20	23	24
Night °C	15	14	13	10	7	6	4	4	7	9	11	13
Rain & snow (mm)	80	142	105	71	55	95	53	58	45	65	84	72
Wet days	12	12	12	9	8	10	7	6	7	9	11	11
Sun h/day	8.0	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	5.4	6.4	7.4	8.3	8.2	7.8	8.0

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (572 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

2023-10-28 View from Belmore Falls Lookout — Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Belmore Falls - The bottom - panoramio — ambo kangaroo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Belmore Falls in Morton National Park — Poidabro · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years and dry years

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	81%	283%	163%	93%	93%	12%	269%	238%	38%	200%	71%	132%
2021	121%	65%	217%	12%	143%	50%	35%	90%	76%	135%	208%	123%
2022	180%	136%	381%	203%	154%	5%	526%	56%	256%	369%	79%	58%
2023	181%	64%	70%	123%	40%	10%	16%	92%	58%	44%	235%	189%
2024	98%	69%	58%	247%	184%	130%	71%	19%	54%	39%	130%	44%
2025	159%	37%	129%	76%	205%	8%	215%	244%	187%	59%	66%	57%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Belmore Falls

Australia

130 mHeight
0.20 m³/sAverage flow
Feb–Apr, JunBest months

Fitzroy Falls

Australia

—Height
—Average flow
Feb–Apr, JunBest months

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Carrington Falls

Australia

—Height
—Average flow
Feb–Apr, JunBest months

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Fitzroy Falls

Australia

—Height
—Average flow
Feb–Apr, JunBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q38406) · CC0
River flow and catchment	HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.