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The '''Crystal Cascades''' is a relatively unspoilt section of the [[Freshwater Creek, Queensland|Freshwater Creek]], with numerous waterfalls and swimming holes popular with locals and tourists to beat the [[Far North Queensland]] tropical heat. |
The '''Crystal Cascades''' is a relatively unspoilt section of the [[Freshwater Creek, Queensland|Freshwater Creek]], with numerous waterfalls and swimming holes popular with locals and tourists to beat the [[Far North Queensland]] tropical heat. |
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The largest [[waterhole]], sits alongside a sheer cliff, which locals and tourists climb to jump into the adjoining deep waterhole. The most famous part of the cliff is called "No Fear" which is the highest perch to jump off of. A lower perch is also used as a jumping platform, known to locals as "No Fat Chicks."There is also another cliff faces that is known to only very few. |
The largest [[waterhole]], sits alongside a sheer cliff, which locals and tourists climb to jump into the adjoining deep waterhole. The most famous part of the cliff is called "No Fear" which is the highest perch to jump off of. A lower perch is also used as a jumping platform, known to locals as "No Fat Chicks."There is also another cliff faces that is known to only very few. This jump is called "No Jamesy" because of the death defying height. This jump is extremely dangerous and to only be jumped by a professional or james himself. Numerous locals and tourists have died jumping, or falling off the cliff over the years.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200205/s550234.htm Irish tourist dies in diving accident. 8/5/2002. ABC News Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:53, 4 July 2009
The Crystal Cascades is a section of the upper Freshwater Creek, in the Redlynch Valley, west of Cairns, in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The Crystal Cascades is a relatively unspoilt section of the Freshwater Creek, with numerous waterfalls and swimming holes popular with locals and tourists to beat the Far North Queensland tropical heat.
The largest waterhole, sits alongside a sheer cliff, which locals and tourists climb to jump into the adjoining deep waterhole. The most famous part of the cliff is called "No Fear" which is the highest perch to jump off of. A lower perch is also used as a jumping platform, known to locals as "No Fat Chicks."There is also another cliff faces that is known to only very few. This jump is called "No Jamesy" because of the death defying height. This jump is extremely dangerous and to only be jumped by a professional or james himself. Numerous locals and tourists have died jumping, or falling off the cliff over the years.[1]
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