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{{Short description|Waterfall in Brisbane, Australia}}
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| photo_caption = Sightseers overlooking the JC Slaughter Falls in 2009.
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The '''Simpson Falls''', a [[Waterfall#Types|cascade waterfall]] on the [[Ithaca Creek|West Ithaca Creek]], is located within the [[Mount Coot-tha, Queensland|Mount Coot-tha Forest]], in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=BCCmtc>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-waste/natural-environment/bushland-parklands-wetlands/natural-areas/reserves-wetlands-parklands-forests/mt-coot-tha-reserve/mt-coot-tha-reserve-track-map|title=Mt Coot-tha Reserve track map|work=Environment & Waste|publisher=[[Brisbane City Council]]|date=|accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref>
The '''Simpson Falls''', a [[Waterfall#Types|cascade waterfall]] on the [[Ithaca Creek|West Ithaca Creek]], is located within the [[Mount Coot-tha, Queensland|Mount Coot-tha Forest]], in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=BCCmtc>{{cite web |url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-waste/natural-environment/bushland-parklands-wetlands/natural-areas/reserves-wetlands-parklands-forests/mt-coot-tha-reserve/mt-coot-tha-reserve-track-map |title=Mt Coot-tha Reserve track map |work=Environment & Waste |publisher=[[Brisbane City Council]] |accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref>


==Location and features==
==Location and features==
The Mount Coot-tha Forest is approximately {{convert|1500|ha|acre}} of open eucalypt forest forming the south-eastern part of [[D'Aguilar National Park]]. These two areas make up a {{convert|30000|ha|acre|adj=on}} forest that extends into suburban Brisbane. It is home to [[powerful owl]]s, goshawks, eagles, wrens and robins as well as possums and bats. Visitor facilities in the forest include picnic tables, barbecues and toilets. The forest may be approached from Sir Samuel Griffith Drive or Gap Creek Road, Mt Coot-tha. Limited parking is available.<ref name=BCCmtc/> The area is popular with birdwatchers, who can see [[white-throated treecreeper]], [[variegated fairy-wren]], [[powerful owl]], [[rose robin]] and [[varied sittella]].<ref>[http://birdsqueensland.org.au/downloads/birdplaces.pdf Birds Queenslland] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216011028/http://birdsqueensland.org.au/downloads/birdplaces.pdf |date=February 16, 2011 }}</ref>
The Mount Coot-tha Forest is approximately {{convert|1500|ha|acre}} of open eucalypt forest forming the south-eastern part of [[D'Aguilar National Park]]. These two areas make up a {{convert|30000|ha|acre|adj=on}} forest that extends into suburban Brisbane. It is home to [[powerful owl]]s, goshawks, eagles, wrens and robins as well as possums and bats. Visitor facilities in the forest include picnic tables, barbecues and toilets. The forest may be approached from Sir Samuel Griffith Drive or Gap Creek Road, Mt Coot-tha. Limited parking is available.<ref name=BCCmtc/> The area is popular with birdwatchers, who can see [[white-throated treecreeper]], [[variegated fairy-wren]], [[powerful owl]], [[rose robin]] and [[varied sittella]].<ref>[http://birdsqueensland.org.au/downloads/birdplaces.pdf Birds Queenslland] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216011028/http://birdsqueensland.org.au/downloads/birdplaces.pdf |date=16 February 2011 }}</ref>


In 2006 a 58-year-old Bardon woman was walking her dog through the Mount Coot-tha picnic spot Simpson Falls when two dingoes stalked and circled her for a kilometre. [[Brisbane City Council]] erected warning signs and set additional traps in response to the incident.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/sunday-mail/picnic-area-attack-fears/story-e6frep2f-1111112545587|work=[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|The Sunday Mail]]|location=Brisbane|date=18 November 2006|accessdate=|title=Picnic area attack fears }}</ref>
In 2006 a 58-year-old Bardon woman was walking her dog through the Mount Coot-tha picnic spot Simpson Falls when two dingoes stalked and circled her for a kilometre. [[Brisbane City Council]] erected warning signs and set additional traps in response to the incident.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/sunday-mail/picnic-area-attack-fears/story-e6frep2f-1111112545587 |work=[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|The Sunday Mail]] |location=Brisbane |date=18 November 2006 |title=Picnic area attack fears}}</ref>


Brisbane City Council occasionally burns sections of bush around Simpson Falls to prevent fuel build up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community-support/emergency-management/fire-management/planned-burns-brisbane-west/index.htm|title=Planned burns Brisbane west|date=2011|publisher=[[Brisbane City Council]]|accessdate= }}</ref>
Brisbane City Council occasionally burns sections of bush around Simpson Falls to prevent fuel build up.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community-support/emergency-management/fire-management/planned-burns-brisbane-west/index.htm |title=Planned burns Brisbane west |date=2011 |publisher=[[Brisbane City Council]]}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 00:36, 7 December 2023

JC Slaughter Falls
Sightseers overlooking the JC Slaughter Falls in 2009.
Simpson Falls is located in Queensland
Simpson Falls
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StandortBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°27′54″S 152°57′18″E / 27.465°S 152.955°E / -27.465; 152.955
TypCascade
WatercourseWest Ithaca Creek

The Simpson Falls, a cascade waterfall on the West Ithaca Creek, is located within the Mount Coot-tha Forest, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Location and features

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The Mount Coot-tha Forest is approximately 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of open eucalypt forest forming the south-eastern part of D'Aguilar National Park. These two areas make up a 30,000-hectare (74,000-acre) forest that extends into suburban Brisbane. It is home to powerful owls, goshawks, eagles, wrens and robins as well as possums and bats. Visitor facilities in the forest include picnic tables, barbecues and toilets. The forest may be approached from Sir Samuel Griffith Drive or Gap Creek Road, Mt Coot-tha. Limited parking is available.[1] The area is popular with birdwatchers, who can see white-throated treecreeper, variegated fairy-wren, powerful owl, rose robin and varied sittella.[2]

In 2006 a 58-year-old Bardon woman was walking her dog through the Mount Coot-tha picnic spot Simpson Falls when two dingoes stalked and circled her for a kilometre. Brisbane City Council erected warning signs and set additional traps in response to the incident.[3]

Brisbane City Council occasionally burns sections of bush around Simpson Falls to prevent fuel build up.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mt Coot-tha Reserve track map". Environment & Waste. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. ^ Birds Queenslland Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Picnic area attack fears". The Sunday Mail. Brisbane. 18 November 2006.
  4. ^ "Planned burns Brisbane west". Brisbane City Council. 2011.
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