Public Trails Computed from official land records

Gold Coast · Nixons Crossing

Nixons Crossing from Whittenbah Access

entry is a track 720 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class nixons-crossing--from-whittenbah-access

Access verdict · Lawful, with caveats · weakest evidence in the chain: statutory inference

A lawful approach from Whittenbah Access, with caveats.

The chain below runs entirely across land the public has an established right to be on. It is a legal line, not a path: nothing here has been surveyed on the ground.

What this verdict means · what the evidence grades mean

On-ground signage and temporary closures override this page. Always.

Getting to the start The trailhead coordinate, not the feature

The start is at -28.12863, 153.21620

That is Whittenbah Access, where the walk below begins — 12.0 km of it. Every link here goes to that coordinate and never to the feature itself, because a driving route to a waterfall is a driving route into the country above one.

-28.12863, 153.21620

An ordinary car reaches the start The roads layer marks the road reaching this point as trafficable by an ordinary vehicle.

The coordinate is where the recorded way begins, read off the same layers as the walk. What the record says about a vehicle is above, and it describes this point rather than the drive to it. Whether the road is sealed, gated, or open today, and where a car may lawfully be left, are none of them things these records say — so treat the last few kilometres as unresearched, and the mapping service's route to them as its own work, not ours.

The chain, leg by leg Computed from cadastral geometry; never walked

Legs of the computed corridor, in order, with the grade of the record that made each one lawful
# Runs along Parcel / reference Mapped along it Distance Bearing Evidence
1 Road reserve 131076 nothing mapped 607.8 m 237.1° WSW Official spatial — evidence class
2 Protected estate 496AP22466 nothing mapped 2534.2 m 213.9° SW Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 717561 nothing mapped 52.2 m 244.8° WSW Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 716915 nothing mapped 947.1 m 326.4° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
5 Road reserve 718207 Binna Burra Road open 20.3 m 1.9° N Official spatial — evidence class
6 Road reserve 717257 nothing mapped 1920.2 m 4.7° N Official spatial — evidence class
7 Road reserve 714559 nothing mapped 145.6 m 18.1° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
8 Road reserve 716117 Beechmont Road open 54.8 m 64.5° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
9 Road reserve 713989 nothing mapped 282.5 m 66.6° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
10 Road reserve 714331 Beechmont Road open 25.9 m 65.4° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
11 Road reserve 2777436 nothing mapped 503.1 m 57.1° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
12 Road reserve 1237730 nothing mapped 441.1 m 21.2° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
13 Road reserve 2777246 nothing mapped 371.9 m 49.3° NE Official spatial — evidence class
14 Protected estate 510NPW569 nothing mapped 1279.1 m 54.7° NE Official spatial — evidence class
15 Road reserve 1237768 nothing mapped 633.6 m 119.2° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
16 Protected estate 1AP19371 nothing mapped 1016.0 m 153.1° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
17 Road reserve 1237958 nothing mapped 64.8 m 119.7° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
18 Road reserve 1237882 nothing mapped 32.5 m 119.7° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
19 Road reserve 1238034 nothing mapped 303.2 m 155.0° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
20 Road reserve 147530 Pocket Road open 46.3 m 121.8° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
21 Protected estate 1AP19371 nothing mapped 585.9 m 142.0° SE Official spatial — evidence class
22 Watercourse bed 131798 nothing mapped 97.2 m 84.2° E Statutory inference — evidence class
Total 147.3 m mapped 11965.3 m Chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class

Every leg above is computed from cadastral geometry. Nobody has walked it, and no part of it is a path on the ground: it is the line along which the public record establishes a right to be. Where a leg names a way, that is what a managing authority has mapped down the same ground — it says nothing more about your right to be there, which the parcel already settled.

Caveats — what has to be said before walking this

  • Corner-point junction. Two parcels in the chain meet at a single survey point. They are legally continuous public land, but the junction has no width on the ground.
  • Watercourse crossing. The chain crosses a watercourse bed. The bed is State land by statutory inference, there is no structure, and the crossing is off in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The gap between the parcels either side of this crossing could not be measured from the geometry, which is a reason for more caution, not less.

Following it on the ground No steps, but the record maps ground here

at least 7¼ hours out and back

at least 3½ hours there at least 3¾ hours back

720 m up and 765 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 765 m.

Walking only — nothing is counted for rest, water, photographs, navigation, or the state of the track.

Naismith's rule, and what it does not account for

What is mapped along this chain

A managing authority has surveyed a way along 147 m of this 11965 m chain — about 1% of it. That is a statement about what is on the ground, not about your right to be there, which the parcels above already settled, and not a direction: no step below is measured along any of these ways.

  • Leg 5 Binna Burra Road Official spatial — evidence class

    20 m along it · the managing authority publishes it as open to the public (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service).

  • Leg 8 Beechmont Road Official spatial — evidence class

    55 m along it · the managing authority publishes it as open to the public .

  • Leg 10 Beechmont Road Official spatial — evidence class

    26 m along it · the managing authority publishes it as open to the public .

  • Leg 20 Pocket Road Official spatial — evidence class

    46 m along it · the managing authority publishes it as open to the public (Local Government Authority).

No directions are published for this approach. The chain above is a statement about permission, not a path, and turning a run of parcels into "walk north-east for 380 m" would tell you where to walk on evidence nobody holds — including where a way is mapped along it, because what was measured is the chain and not the way. Steps appear here only for a route that follows a surveyed way end to end.

How much climbing Read off the published contour layer

Distance along the route, 0 to 11964.4 m · height 95.0 to 595.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
720.0 m
Total descent
765.0 m
Steepest sustained
77.9% over 57.7 m
Contour interval
5.0 m
Every height the contours record along this route
Contour crossings along the route, in order, as distance along the route against mapped height
Distance along Height
88.7 m 140.0 m
97.9 m 140.0 m
311.9 m 145.0 m
349.9 m 145.0 m
358.8 m 145.0 m
523.3 m 150.0 m
708.8 m 155.0 m
771.5 m 160.0 m
843.2 m 165.0 m
888.0 m 170.0 m
946.8 m 175.0 m
989.5 m 180.0 m
1018.8 m 185.0 m
1046.7 m 190.0 m
1149.0 m 195.0 m
1160.8 m 200.0 m
1233.3 m 205.0 m
1297.1 m 205.0 m
1302.2 m 205.0 m
1345.2 m 210.0 m
1385.4 m 210.0 m
1456.4 m 210.0 m
1495.4 m 215.0 m
1537.5 m 215.0 m
1568.6 m 215.0 m
1614.6 m 220.0 m
1650.9 m 225.0 m
1699.9 m 230.0 m
1718.8 m 235.0 m
1728.6 m 240.0 m
1740.4 m 245.0 m
1762.6 m 245.0 m
1788.0 m 240.0 m
1822.2 m 235.0 m
1835.5 m 235.0 m
1845.5 m 240.0 m
1861.0 m 245.0 m
1869.6 m 250.0 m
1879.9 m 255.0 m
1895.8 m 260.0 m
1908.3 m 265.0 m
2009.4 m 265.0 m
2018.7 m 265.0 m
2021.1 m 265.0 m
2050.6 m 265.0 m
2079.9 m 270.0 m
2097.1 m 275.0 m
2098.5 m 280.0 m
2099.8 m 285.0 m
2105.1 m 290.0 m
2116.6 m 295.0 m
2122.4 m 300.0 m
2131.1 m 305.0 m
2137.8 m 310.0 m
2144.7 m 315.0 m
2154.8 m 320.0 m
2167.3 m 325.0 m
2176.1 m 330.0 m
2186.2 m 335.0 m
2197.2 m 340.0 m
2207.5 m 345.0 m
2218.5 m 350.0 m
2230.6 m 355.0 m
2241.7 m 360.0 m
2254.9 m 365.0 m
2269.8 m 370.0 m
2281.1 m 375.0 m
2293.4 m 380.0 m
2304.1 m 385.0 m
2314.0 m 390.0 m
2328.1 m 395.0 m
2338.2 m 400.0 m
2352.5 m 405.0 m
2364.8 m 410.0 m
2376.9 m 415.0 m
2420.2 m 420.0 m
2431.5 m 425.0 m
2440.1 m 430.0 m
2448.6 m 435.0 m
2455.2 m 440.0 m
2463.7 m 445.0 m
2479.9 m 450.0 m
2500.7 m 455.0 m
2552.7 m 460.0 m
2604.6 m 465.0 m
2630.2 m 470.0 m
2694.5 m 475.0 m
2712.8 m 480.0 m
2726.6 m 485.0 m
2736.5 m 490.0 m
2746.0 m 495.0 m
2755.8 m 500.0 m
2766.0 m 505.0 m
2775.7 m 510.0 m
2785.0 m 515.0 m
2793.0 m 520.0 m
2800.1 m 525.0 m
2807.1 m 530.0 m
2815.0 m 535.0 m
2822.5 m 540.0 m
2830.4 m 545.0 m
2838.1 m 550.0 m
2843.7 m 555.0 m
2848.1 m 560.0 m
2856.9 m 565.0 m
2867.6 m 570.0 m
2875.3 m 575.0 m
2884.0 m 580.0 m
2895.5 m 585.0 m
2919.4 m 590.0 m
2949.6 m 590.0 m
3016.9 m 585.0 m
3072.4 m 585.0 m
3112.2 m 590.0 m
3153.4 m 595.0 m
3297.5 m 595.0 m
3337.8 m 590.0 m
3369.6 m 585.0 m
3417.4 m 580.0 m
3424.6 m 580.0 m
3474.1 m 585.0 m
3506.5 m 590.0 m
3557.5 m 590.0 m
3580.1 m 585.0 m
3591.3 m 580.0 m
3597.5 m 575.0 m
3611.7 m 570.0 m
3623.5 m 565.0 m
3632.1 m 560.0 m
3644.0 m 555.0 m
3661.3 m 550.0 m
3671.2 m 545.0 m
3689.0 m 540.0 m
3703.1 m 535.0 m
3713.2 m 530.0 m
3754.6 m 525.0 m
3848.3 m 520.0 m
3902.6 m 520.0 m
3959.1 m 525.0 m
3980.1 m 530.0 m
3989.6 m 535.0 m
4004.1 m 540.0 m
4014.5 m 545.0 m
4026.9 m 550.0 m
4041.2 m 555.0 m
4051.9 m 560.0 m
4063.2 m 565.0 m
4082.5 m 570.0 m
4097.9 m 575.0 m
4139.2 m 580.0 m
4146.3 m 580.0 m
4235.4 m 575.0 m
4270.6 m 575.0 m
4458.2 m 575.0 m
4473.5 m 570.0 m
4513.5 m 565.0 m
4545.0 m 560.0 m
4607.4 m 555.0 m
4650.2 m 550.0 m
4689.2 m 550.0 m
4737.9 m 555.0 m
4796.7 m 560.0 m
4872.3 m 560.0 m
4948.8 m 560.0 m
4969.8 m 565.0 m
5076.5 m 565.0 m
5114.9 m 560.0 m
5152.0 m 555.0 m
5201.1 m 550.0 m
5243.2 m 545.0 m
5280.9 m 540.0 m
5351.1 m 535.0 m
5447.0 m 530.0 m
5524.3 m 530.0 m
5579.9 m 535.0 m
5691.2 m 540.0 m
5720.1 m 545.0 m
5997.2 m 545.0 m
6055.2 m 540.0 m
6132.6 m 540.0 m
6212.3 m 540.0 m
6477.9 m 535.0 m
6519.7 m 530.0 m
6565.4 m 525.0 m
6686.5 m 525.0 m
6739.6 m 530.0 m
6771.1 m 535.0 m
6802.3 m 540.0 m
6831.2 m 545.0 m
6859.7 m 550.0 m
6883.5 m 555.0 m
6912.8 m 560.0 m
6961.4 m 565.0 m
6998.7 m 565.0 m
7029.2 m 560.0 m
7042.2 m 555.0 m
7055.2 m 550.0 m
7067.4 m 545.0 m
7080.3 m 540.0 m
7090.5 m 535.0 m
7123.4 m 530.0 m
7138.2 m 525.0 m
7154.6 m 520.0 m
7270.3 m 515.0 m
7382.6 m 515.0 m
7406.2 m 520.0 m
7473.8 m 525.0 m
7527.7 m 530.0 m
7646.2 m 530.0 m
7671.4 m 525.0 m
7707.9 m 520.0 m
7747.2 m 515.0 m
7766.5 m 515.0 m
7835.0 m 520.0 m
7869.7 m 525.0 m
7889.0 m 530.0 m
7910.0 m 535.0 m
7924.2 m 540.0 m
8024.0 m 545.0 m
8064.8 m 550.0 m
8083.7 m 555.0 m
8147.6 m 555.0 m
8183.2 m 550.0 m
8214.8 m 545.0 m
8256.7 m 540.0 m
8309.9 m 535.0 m
8364.2 m 530.0 m
8474.3 m 530.0 m
8540.6 m 530.0 m
8601.2 m 525.0 m
8625.7 m 520.0 m
8643.3 m 515.0 m
8702.2 m 510.0 m
8885.0 m 505.0 m
8933.3 m 500.0 m
8963.8 m 495.0 m
9001.8 m 490.0 m
9013.0 m 490.0 m
9047.1 m 490.0 m
9085.7 m 490.0 m
9110.8 m 495.0 m
9142.0 m 500.0 m
9199.5 m 500.0 m
9215.7 m 495.0 m
9234.1 m 490.0 m
9260.8 m 485.0 m
9285.0 m 480.0 m
9301.0 m 475.0 m
9314.5 m 470.0 m
9325.4 m 465.0 m
9334.3 m 460.0 m
9345.2 m 455.0 m
9370.1 m 450.0 m
9380.0 m 445.0 m
9393.1 m 440.0 m
9409.4 m 435.0 m
9422.0 m 430.0 m
9434.4 m 425.0 m
9446.0 m 420.0 m
9465.6 m 415.0 m
9513.0 m 410.0 m
9525.3 m 410.0 m
9525.6 m 410.0 m
9547.4 m 410.0 m
9551.8 m 410.0 m
9616.8 m 405.0 m
9633.4 m 400.0 m
9655.4 m 395.0 m
9678.8 m 390.0 m
9695.7 m 385.0 m
9710.5 m 380.0 m
9726.3 m 375.0 m
9758.8 m 370.0 m
9804.3 m 365.0 m
9825.2 m 365.0 m
9855.6 m 370.0 m
9901.2 m 370.0 m
9918.9 m 365.0 m
9927.8 m 360.0 m
9935.6 m 355.0 m
9944.5 m 350.0 m
9952.0 m 345.0 m
9960.7 m 340.0 m
9968.1 m 335.0 m
9979.0 m 330.0 m
9994.8 m 325.0 m
10010.5 m 320.0 m
10064.7 m 315.0 m
10078.8 m 310.0 m
10090.3 m 305.0 m
10101.7 m 300.0 m
10113.6 m 295.0 m
10122.9 m 290.0 m
10132.3 m 285.0 m
10140.2 m 280.0 m
10146.8 m 275.0 m
10220.5 m 275.0 m
10260.9 m 275.0 m
10289.2 m 270.0 m
10305.6 m 265.0 m
10316.4 m 260.0 m
10325.6 m 255.0 m
10332.4 m 250.0 m
10339.2 m 245.0 m
10348.5 m 240.0 m
10357.5 m 235.0 m
10366.5 m 230.0 m
10375.8 m 225.0 m
10385.6 m 220.0 m
10395.1 m 215.0 m
10408.1 m 210.0 m
10421.7 m 205.0 m
10436.5 m 200.0 m
10456.9 m 195.0 m
10479.1 m 190.0 m
10499.5 m 185.0 m
10517.6 m 180.0 m
10536.7 m 175.0 m
10565.6 m 170.0 m
10591.0 m 165.0 m
10606.1 m 160.0 m
10623.6 m 155.0 m
10640.1 m 150.0 m
10656.2 m 145.0 m
10670.5 m 140.0 m
10684.9 m 135.0 m
10699.2 m 130.0 m
10711.1 m 125.0 m
10749.0 m 120.0 m
10777.4 m 115.0 m
10808.6 m 110.0 m
10942.7 m 110.0 m
10968.5 m 115.0 m
11050.4 m 120.0 m
11159.1 m 125.0 m
11212.4 m 130.0 m
11286.9 m 135.0 m
11322.9 m 140.0 m
11355.1 m 145.0 m
11428.3 m 145.0 m
11461.4 m 140.0 m
11529.5 m 135.0 m
11534.2 m 135.0 m
11544.8 m 135.0 m
11558.7 m 130.0 m
11569.5 m 130.0 m
11581.1 m 130.0 m
11611.7 m 125.0 m
11677.1 m 120.0 m
11722.8 m 115.0 m
11780.1 m 110.0 m
11851.3 m 105.0 m
11860.3 m 100.0 m
11880.7 m 95.0 m
11884.8 m 95.0 m
11888.7 m 95.0 m
11888.8 m 95.0 m
11899.7 m 100.0 m
11903.0 m 100.0 m
11934.7 m 95.0 m
11964.4 m 95.0 m

The profile is the height the contour layer already records, read along the same line the legs above describe. It is not a survey of a path: nothing here says the ground between two contours is even, and a layer of 5.0 m contours cannot evidence a step smaller than the gap between them.

The line on the ground

Map

Route map: 22 legs from Whittenbah Access, 11965.3 m in total.

Every figure the map would draw — parcel references, distances, bearings and the crossing gap — is written out in full on this page, so nothing is only visible on the map. If the map does not load, nothing has been lost.

What this verdict rests on Grades compose to the weakest link

  • The destination sits on the parcel below Official spatial — evidence class

    Parcel 131798, recorded tenure "Watercourse". Being at the destination and reaching it are separate questions, and this page answers only the second.

    Cadastre and protected-area estate layers Attribution licensed

  • Leg 1: 131076 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    607.8 m at 237.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 131076 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 496AP22466 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    2534.2 m at 213.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 496AP22466 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 717561 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    52.2 m at 244.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 717561 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 716915 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    947.1 m at 326.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 716915 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 718207 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.3 m at 1.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 718207 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: 717257 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1920.2 m at 4.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 717257 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: 714559 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    145.6 m at 18.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 714559 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: 716117 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    54.8 m at 64.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 716117 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 713989 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    282.5 m at 66.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 713989 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 714331 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    25.9 m at 65.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 714331 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: 2777436 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    503.1 m at 57.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2777436 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: 1237730 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    441.1 m at 21.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1237730 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 2777246 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    371.9 m at 49.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2777246 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: 510NPW569 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1279.1 m at 54.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 510NPW569 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 15: 1237768 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    633.6 m at 119.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1237768 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 16: 1AP19371 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1016.0 m at 153.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1AP19371 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 17: 1237958 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    64.8 m at 119.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1237958 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 18: 1237882 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    32.5 m at 119.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1237882 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 19: 1238034 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    303.2 m at 155.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1238034 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 20: 147530 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    46.3 m at 121.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 147530 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 21: 1AP19371 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    585.9 m at 142.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1AP19371 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 22: 131798 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    97.2 m at 84.2°. The bed is State land by statutory inference from the Water Act 2000 (Qld) s.21 — law applied to a mapped parcel, not a finding by any authority.

    Leg reference 131798 Grade statutory_inference

  • The chain is only as strong as its weakest link Statutory inference — evidence class

    Confidence is not an average. It is the weakest class in the chain above, which is why a single inferred leg holds the whole route at statutory inference.

    Composition rule: weakest grade wins Applied at build time

If something goes wrong

Emergency reference — read this to 000

Location
Nixons Crossing
Lot on plan
131798
Coordinates
-28.12678, 153.23317 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
ford