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Fitzroy Falls

One of the waterfalls of Australia.

When to go

FitzroyFalls
Bjenks · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

Feb–Apr
Jun

Best months

674m

Elevation

The water at Fitzroy Falls, month by month

It roars from February to April and in June.

The fullest months: from February to April and June.

  1. 51%Jan
  2. 100%Feb
  3. 100%Mar
  4. 76%Apr
  5. 54%May
  6. 82%Jun
  7. 64%Jul
  8. 55%Aug
  9. 39%Sep
  10. 44%Oct
  11. 56%Nov
  12. 52%Dec
high water best months to go

Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to April and June.

Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Suburb of New South Wales surrounding a waterfall

Fitzroy Falls is a waterfall in Australia.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Moss Valenearest town · 13 km in a straight line
  • Parking 1,970 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 102 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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Seen from the sky.

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

Fitzroy 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.

What is around.

  • 8viewpointsRichardson Lookout, Twin Falls Lookout, Paines Lookout and 5 more
  • —waymarked walking routes
  • 1car parks
  • —swimming spots
  • —picnic sites
  • —toilets
  • —information boards and visitor centres
  • —bus stops within 1 km
  • 5other named waterfalls within 4 kmFitzroy Falls, Lady Hordern Falls, Twin Falls and 2 more
  • —caves
  • 2campsitesPaton's Clearing Camp Area
  • 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmTwin Falls Bush Cottages
  • 2restaurants 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

  • Moss Vale13 km in a straight line
  • Robertson14 km in a straight line
  • Bundanoon15 km in a straight line
  • Burradoo16 km in a straight line
  • Bowral19 km in a straight line
  • Mittagong21 km in a straight line
  • Cambewarra Village22 km in a straight line

Weather

The weather, month by month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon °C262321181512111316192224
Night °C141412106544681112
Rain & snow (mm)80142105715595535845658472
Wet days121212981076791111
Sun h/day8.06.66.66.66.65.46.47.48.38.27.88.0

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (674 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Beautiful Fitzroy Falls
Li.silvia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fitzroy Falls (21891299014)
Timothy M Roberts · CC BY-SA 2.0
Fitzroy Falls (22549127901)
Timothy M Roberts · CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202081%283%163%93%93%12%269%238%38%200%71%132%
2021121%65%217%12%143%50%35%90%76%135%208%123%
2022180%136%381%203%154%5%526%56%256%369%79%58%
2023181%64%70%123%40%10%16%92%58%44%235%189%
202498%69%58%247%184%130%71%19%54%39%130%44%
2025159%37%129%76%205%8%215%244%187%59%66%57%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Fitzroy Falls

Australia

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Feb–Apr, JunBest months

Belmore Falls

Australia

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

See the guide

Fitzroy Falls

Australia

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Feb–Apr, JunBest months

See the guide

Carrington Falls

Australia

  • —Height
  • —Average flow
  • Feb–Apr, JunBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, riverWikidata (Q1092480) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Relief, river profile, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Paths, viewpoints, parking© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX 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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