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Drive 1.5 hours south of Brisbane, walk the downhill walk through the trees and mountains to find this towering waterfall.
We frolicked and swam here one stormy Tuesday in our Nico undies - a Brisbane born and bred label, sustainably and ethically produced at home in Brisbane.
Truth: the water was ice cold. We likened a dip of courage under the waterfall's icy needles to a baptism where the water spat you out anew. We felt it driving home too, renewed, and we wondered why we hadn't spent a Tuesday this way before.
Photos by Louise McKnoulty, Daniel Keogh and The Travelling Light.
Start the 4km Twin Falls circuit at Tallanbana Picnic Area, Springbrook
For more nature spots around the Gold Coast, read my article I wrote for the AccorHotels blog
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