Great Basalt Wall National Park

The Great Basalt Wall National Park (including the Red Falls section) is currently not accessible to the public. Please contact the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service for further information.

Great Basalt Wall National Park protects 35 200ha of land surrounding Great Basalt Wall and is one of the most rugged and inaccessible parks of west Queensland. The park is named after the distinct geological formation of the Toomba basalt flow, a massive formation, 120km long and averaging 8km wide. At 13,000 years old, the Great Basalt Wall is Queensland's youngest basalt flow and is a result of highly fluid lava bursting through deep fractures in the earth's crust and flowing across the landscape. The park is divided into two separate sections.

The eastern section, known as Red Falls, covers 4 700ha . The remaining area to the west is the Volcano Section. This area is extremely rugged and unsuitable for visitors. Red Falls is an oasis set amidst the dryness of Queensland's west. Cool clear water flows over a shallow but wide wall of laterite into the tranquil creek below.