Wappa Falls has claimed the lives of at least five people since 2007, while eight people have drowned at Josephine Falls, in Cairns, in that same timeframe.

Remembered as a charismatic family man, Cassan Cowman, 49, from Toowoomba and originally from Ireland, died after diving into the swift waters at Wappa Falls to rescue his seven-year-old son.

On Sunday, Wappa Falls was the scene of a devastating incident that claimed the lives of two 17-year-olds, Honor Ward and Beau Liddell. Honor slipped into the water, prompting Beau to heroically ...

On December 8, 2010, 15-year-old Mitchell Edwards, from Nambour, tragically drowned at Wappa Falls after jumping into floodwater from a three-metre rock ledge. He was with friends, but he was the ...