How to visit the incredible natural swimming pools hidden in one of Queensland’s largest national parks
- The waterholes sit above Rainbow Falls at Blackdown Tableland National Park
- Spectacular photos were taken by Aussie vanlife couple Sam, 27, and Jess, 26
- Said it was the best waterhole they have ever visited in the trip around Australia
Stunning natural swimming pools hidden above a waterfall and inside one of the Queensland‘s national parks have been revealed in a series of incredible photos.
Pictures of the waterholes, which sit above Rainbow Falls at Blackdown Tableland National Park in the state’s central east, were shared on a popular travel Facebook page on Sunday.
The pools can be accessed via a 6km sealed but windy road that is not recommended for caravans or heavy trailers, Queensland’s national parks website says.
Those keen to take a dip can drive two hours west of Rockhampton on the Capricorn Highway, before taking the turn off to Blackdown Tablelands National Park – which is in between Dingo and Bluff.
It is then another hour to drive to the Rainbow Falls car park, 8km after the Munall Campgrounds turn off, and from the car it’s a 4km walk.
Impressive pictures showed Australian vanlife couple Sam, 27, and Jess, 26, relaxing in the three-metre-deep blue pools, surrounded by trees.
Pictured: Sam, 27, and Jess, 26 at Rainbow Falls inside Blackdown Tableland National Park
Pictured: Sam and Jess, who travel around Australia in a converted Ford. They pick apples in Queensland
Hopeful holidaymakers flocked to the comments section to ask how to find the picturesque spot.
‘Where is it please need a holiday?,’ one woman asked.
‘Woah very beautiful. Where is it? I want to go there,’ another added.
Someone else tagged their partner and wrote: ‘A place for our bucket list, baby.’
Hopeful holidaymakers flocked to the comments section to ask how to find the picturesque spot (pictured)
Sam and Jess told Daily Mail Australia the waterhole is one of the nicest been to during their extensive trip around the country.
‘We absolutely loved this place,’ they said.
In a video shared on their Instagram page, Sam – who used to work Bunnings before he started picking apples in Queensland – dives into one of the pools to show how deep is it.
The destination is a nine-hour drive from Brisbane, and the couple said the photos don’t do the site justice (pictured)
The destination is a nine-hour drive from Brisbane, and the couple said the photos don’t do the site justice.
‘When we drove out here on a long corrugated road to the middle of nowhere we weren’t sure what to expect,’ they said.
‘We were so surprised to find that this place looked exactly like (if not better than) the photos.’