Guy Fawkes River

Lower and Upper Ebor Falls during the Guy Fawkes River

The Guy Fawkes River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. The river flows through the National Park of south to north along the Demon Fault Line.

Origin of the name

The river is named after the British officer Guy Fawkes. With the expedition of John Oxley, the first Europeans visited the river and camped apparently on Guy Fawkes Day (November 5 ) in 1821 on its banks.

Geography

The river rises on the southern slopes of Major Points in the Snowy Range, an eastern chain of the Great Dividing Range, about 8 km east of the town of Ebor on the Waterfall Way ( connecting road Armidale - Coffs Harbour ). Some tributaries of the Guy Fawkes River originate on the slopes of Round Mountain, the highest mountain in the northern tablelands of New South Wales. The river then pours over the Ebor Falls into a deep valley, which runs north through the National Park. He is one of the headwaters of the River Boyd, to whom he is united with the Sara River in the center of the park.

Tributaries with muzzle heights

• Doughboy Creek - 553 m
• Panton's Creek - 457 m
• Marengo Creek - 398 m
• Aberfoyle River - 374 m

Vegetation

The largest Grevilleenart, the Southern Silky Oak ( Grevillea robusta), grows in the area around the Guy Fawkes River, which is the southern border of the natural range. It has attractive yellow-orange flowers and reaches stature heights up to 35 m in diameter and over a meter.

Hiking trails

The Bicentennial National Trail ( created for the 200 - year celebration of Australia) running on a Drivvejen along the western shore.