Overview
Cascade Creek is one of Norfolk Island’s few permanent streams. Along with its tributaries, its catchment area covers almost one-fifth of the island and is an important home for native wetland flora and fauna. When it rains, high flows produce two main waterfalls: Cockpit Waterfall and Cascade Creek Falls.
Cockpit Waterfall is located inland, around 100 metres from the sea. Also known as Cockpit Falls, and a popular destination for tourists, it is located within Cascade Reserve, an area of more than 30 hectares along the northern coast of Norfolk Island. Cascade Creek continues to flow past Cockpit, over the reddish-brown cliffs and into the beach at Cascade Bay, to produce Cascade Creek Falls.
This stamp issue showcases the contrasting scenery at each waterfall – green vegetation and pine-topped hills at Cockpit and the rocky coastline at Cascade Bay, using photography by Ian Rolfe.
Products released in this issue
- Minisheet
- First day cover (gummed and minisheet)
Technical specifications
- Issue date
- 17 January 2017
- Withdrawal date
- 31 July 2017
- Denominations
- 1 x $1, 1 x $2
- Stamp and product design
- Simone Sakinofsky
- Printer
- RA Printing
- Paper
- Tullis Russell Red phospate
- Printing process
- Offset lithography
- Stamp size
- 26mm x 37.5mm
- Minisheet size
- 135mm x 80mm
- Perforations
- 14.6 x 13.86
- Sheet layout
- Module of 50 (2 x 25)
- FDI postmark
- Norfolk Island, NSW 2899
- FDI withdrawal date
- 15 February 2017
This content was produced at the time of the stamp issue release date and will not be updated.
