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Nelson Falls, Queenstown

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The Nelson Falls, a cascade waterfall, is located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Tasmanian Wilderness, in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
The Nelson Falls are situated in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, accessible from, located to the west, via the Lyell Highway through the Nelson Valley. The falls descend approximately.

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Nelson Falls Reviews

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• By Graeme B

  There is plenty of parking. It is a nice break from the drive along the Lyell Hwy. It is a nice walk through the national park to very attractive falls  more »

• By Tassieplatypus

  This spot is on the way to Strahan, there are not much to see around. Beautiful waterfalls very recomended to stop and take a amazing walk there.  more »

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• By Don Saunderson

  Nelson Falls is amazing a short walk from the road approximately 20 minutes on a Boardwalk which makes it very easy. when we visited there was a lot of rain prior and the falls were in full flow which was spectacular.

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  Short easy walk, mostly on boardwalk.. falls very impressive after a bit of rain!

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