Fruit Bat Falls

Fruit Bat Falls is a wide cascade waterfall on Eliot Creek in Jardine River National Park on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Located in the Shire of Cook, it is one of the most accessible and popular swimming waterfalls along the Old Telegraph Track. The falls flow over tiered rock ledges into a large clear pool surrounded by open woodland, offering a scenic stop for visitors travelling to the northern tip of Australia.

Visitors can expect a broad, low cascade flowing over rock terraces into a large, clear freshwater pool suitable for swimming when conditions allow. The site is set in open savanna woodland within Jardine River National Park, accessed via a short walking track from a car park. Facilities include toilets and picnic tables. The area is natural and undeveloped, with no shops, and is typically visited as a day stop on a Cape York 4WD journey.

Located within Jardine River National Park, gazetted in 1977 to protect the Jardine River catchment, its tributaries including Eliot Creek, and the natural and cultural values of northern Cape York Peninsula.

The Jardine River area lies within the traditional lands of Aboriginal peoples of northern Cape York, including Atambaya and Angkamuthi peoples, for whom the river system and waterholes have ongoing cultural connection.