Ginninderra Falls, a 55-hectare site, has come to market for the first time in more than 40 years.
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00:00Once one of the Canberra region's most visited, privately owned tourist
00:05attractions, Ginninderra Falls, has been closed to the public since 2003. Today
00:11John Hiles, who has owned the falls for 40 years, has invited me for an exclusive
00:15wander around what is basically his backyard. A place an entire generation of
00:21Canberrans have grown up not knowing just how special it is. While the long
00:28abandoned visitor infrastructure has ghost town vibes, and the falls which
00:33plunge over 60 meters down into a gorge are an impressive sight, for John it's
00:39not just about the waterfall. There's nowhere in the world like this. If you
00:45walk around here and on the Murrumbidgee River in the Ginninderra Creek, I mean this
00:50is... I don't care where you go in the world beside a city, what do you do? You go
00:55to lunch, go to a, you know, go to a park, but in Canberra you can go to this
01:01amazing wonderland. It's unbelievable. I mean, I've looked everywhere around the
01:05world, there's nothing like this.
01:14This is the little hidden magical spot for swimming. I mean, I've never found
01:20such a magical spot for swimming. I love swimming in this hole. Amongst the
01:24platypus and, you know, there's fish here, it's beautiful. Yeah, well if you look up
01:28on that lookout up there, yep, and you look down to the pool, you'll always see
01:33platypus. They love this pool and if we wait here quietly today, we'll see a platypus.
01:41While it's a real treat wandering around John's backyard, nothing can compare to
01:46the pure force of the water when the falls are in flood. The 2012 flood was
01:52strong enough to bend these steel railings.
01:58Ginninderra Falls, one of the Canberra region's natural wonders.