The North I Love / photo of the day Stony Creek gorge on which the Wallamans Falls is located. The geological history of the formation may be traced back some 50 million years, when the uplift of the continental margin in the region created modern landforms. The Herbert River, which previously flowed west, began to cut through the terrain en route to its outflow in the Coral Sea. The gorge produced by this erosive action gradually retreated inland along the Herbert Rivers course at a rate of 40 centimetres (16 in) per hundred years. The rivers tributaries were eventually left suspended by this action, forming their own gorges.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:53:55 +0000
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