Waratah Falls — Attraction in Waratah

Former local & still love it. Stunning waterfall. I have a personal love for Waratah, As I was involved in a council working bee many years ago over 6 months when six of us gravelled all the walking track & built a few small rock walls around the edge of the water race & we cleared all the black berries & cleaned out the water race from end to end by hand with shovels & slash hooks & wheel barrows & we built the wooden water wheel also. I guess knowing I was part of something bigger than myself & it will always be there, Which makes Waratah feel a part of me also. I love the kenworthy's stamper mill building also, which displays an important part of the mountains history. Would love to see more photos of the originanal power station pipeline tho which I know one pipeline was for the power station & another was used to pressure blast the side of the mountain & more photos of the buildings a workings below the waterfall in...

Excellent country road trip to Waratah, easy to find, and a lovely Tasmanian country town. Lots of amazing local history and excellent historical museums. There is a fenced off paddock near the Falls, but the best viewing is very limited. You're better off driving a few hundred meters up the road to the viewing area opposite the local Pub. The view, although distant, is...

Incredible view of Waratah Fall from the benches and info panel outside the Bischoff Hotel. Still working in Summer (late Feb). Never seen such a huge waterfall essentially in the centre of a town - a bit surreal. The valley it flows into is breathtaking too. Old-school water wheel above the falls, a hark back to the madcap mining days...