Tolmer Falls

The Tolmer Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Tolmer Creek that is located in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Tolmer Falls
Location	Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Coordinates	13°12′20″S 130°42′52″E
Type	Plunge
Elevation	102 metres (335 ft) AHD
Total height	32–42 metres (105–138 ft)
Number of drops	2
Watercourse	Tolmer Creek

Location and features

The waterfall descends from an elevation of 102 metres (335 ft) above sea level in two drops that range in height between 32–42 metres (105–138 ft) into a plunge pool. Accessed by sealed road, the falls are near the western boundary of the national park, approximately 85 kilometres (53 mi) south of Darwin.

The falls were named by explorer Frederick Henry Litchfield after his late father's colleague in the South Australia Police, Alexander Tolmer.

The site is noted for the large colony of orange leaf-bat Rhinonicteris aurantia, which number in their thousands.

See also

• List of waterfalls of the Northern Territory

External links

• "Litchfield National Park: Fact sheet" (PDF). Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory (PDF). Government of the Northern Territory. April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014.
• "Litchfield National Park". Parks and Wildlife Commission NT. Government of the Northern Territory. May 2014.
• "Litchfield National Park". Australia 4 Wheel Drive Rentals and Goholi Pty Limited. March 2014.
• "Tolmer Falls". World of Waterfalls. Johnny T. Cheng. 5 June 2006.