Australia 
In numbers.
Jan–Apr
Best months
826m
Elevation
The water at Elabana Falls, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from August to September.
- 84%Jan
- 100%Feb
- 99%Mar
- 68%Apr
- 48%May
- 55%Jun
- 34%Jul
- 24%Aug
- 16%Sep
- 32%Oct
- 44%Nov
- 67%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from January to April.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Tallebudgera Valleynearest town · 21 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Gold Coast Airport (OOL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at OOL airport (Gold Coast)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From January to Aprilbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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 403 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 89 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 4viewpointsTree Top Walk Ladder, Toolona Lookout, Lyrebird Lookout and 1 more
- 3waymarked walking routesGold Coast Hinterland Great Walk, West Canungra Creek Circuit, Albert River Circuit
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 22other named waterfalls within 4 kmLightning Falls, Thunder Falls, Wanungura Falls and 19 more
- —caves
- 4campsitesRat-A-Tat remote bush camp, Mount Bithongabel Bush Campsite, Binna Burra Mountain Lodge Campsite and 1 more
- 59hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmO’Reilly’s Mountain Villas, Luke O'Reilly's Farm, Marie's House and 56 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Tallebudgera Valley21 km in a straight line
- Bonogin23 km in a straight line
- Lower Beechmont24 km in a straight line
- Currumbin Valley24 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 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Night °C | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 153 | 164 | 150 | 83 | 71 | 93 | 36 | 45 | 35 | 83 | 94 | 138 |
| Wet days | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
| Sun h/day | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (826 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
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 | 100% | 237% | 81% | 26% | 42% | 48% | 161% | 42% | 47% | 89% | 8% | 207% |
| 2021 | 70% | 77% | 167% | 152% | 82% | 21% | 101% | 18% | 52% | 149% | 186% | 107% |
| 2022 | 81% | 314% | 139% | 49% | 247% | 15% | 169% | 37% | 187% | 122% | 26% | 53% |
| 2023 | 71% | 65% | 55% | 47% | 79% | 7% | 72% | 35% | 49% | 24% | 126% | 97% |
| 2024 | 152% | 51% | 78% | 113% | 96% | 13% | 157% | 165% | 158% | 139% | 264% | 114% |
| 2025 | 103% | 30% | 275% | 145% | 137% | 46% | 158% | 135% | 16% | 97% | 124% | 56% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Elabana Falls
Australia
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jan–AprBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38551) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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