Head to the end of Boonoo Boonoo National Park (pronounced bunna-bunoo) and you will find the dramatic centerpiece, the spectacular 210-metre drop waterfall into the gorge below. The falls can be viewed from a platform, an easy walk from the day-use picnic area above the falls, around 600 metres return.
The Boonoo Boonoo National Park is remote from services, but the picnic area is considerably decent. There are a couple of sheltered picnic tables and two free barbeques to cook on, and some additional unsheltered picnic tables. A single shared toilet is of the long-drop variety but was clean and not as smelly as they used to be.
The falls are an easy walk from the day-use picnic area above the falls. There is a small viewing space near the top of the falls before heading down to the main viewing platform. It was near here we spotted a rock wallaby with a little one poking its head out of her pouch.
The main viewing platform is where you get the best look at the waterfall, which is partially elevated from the side of the falls. The angle of the view doesn’t give the best vantage, although I had in my mind, we would be viewing the falls from the base or near to it. My expectations may have been part of the reason I was disappointed for what was to be the centrepiece feature.
Boonoo Boonoo Falls is where Banjo Paterson famously proposed to Alice Walker in 1903.
The Boonoo Boonoo Rock Pools is another feature near the falls, only a short walk upstream along a trail. The trail isn’t as easy as the one to the main waterfall view, but it isn’t difficult either. If you want to explore more, it does become harder scrambling over the rocks. For me, the rock pools was a more spectacular experience because we could explore and get close to everything. It is a swimming spot too, and we probably would have if it hadn’t been near zero degrees the night before.
We didn’t drive to Boonoo Boonoo Falls as we were staying at the Cypress Pine Campground 
and walked from there. We don’t hike regularly enough so we felt the 16.5 kilometres return walk in our legs. As the halfway point, a dip in the pools would have been very welcomed in the warmer months.
Spring is definitely a great time to visit this region because a lot of the native flowers are in bloom. Banksias bloom earlier, so most had lost their colour. The Boonoo Boonoo Rock Pools is where we saw the only red banksia still showing its colour.
