Public Trails Computed from official land records

Ipswich · Flinders Peak

Flinders Peak from Central Ridge Track

entry is a road 705 m of climb chain confidence Official spatial — evidence class flinders-peak--from-central-ridge-track

Access verdict · Lawful, with caveats · weakest evidence in the chain: official spatial record

A lawful approach from Central Ridge Track, 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 -27.80849, 152.81908

That is Central Ridge Track, where the walk below begins — 6.4 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.

-27.80849, 152.81908

The record does not say what reaches the start The roads layer leaves trafficability unstated on most of its rows, and it is unstated here. That is an absence of evidence, not an ordinary road: treat the last stretch as unresearched.

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 409913 nothing mapped 2008.0 m 335.8° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 409875 nothing mapped 20.2 m 274.3° W Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 407861 nothing mapped 1291.8 m 261.0° W Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 408507 nothing mapped 449.1 m 175.0° S Official spatial — evidence class
5 Road reserve 414131 nothing mapped 311.1 m 217.3° SW Official spatial — evidence class
6 Road reserve 413561 nothing mapped 819.0 m 151.0° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
7 Road reserve 413675 nothing mapped 102.8 m 87.8° E Official spatial — evidence class
8 Road reserve 408963 nothing mapped 499.3 m 84.2° E Official spatial — evidence class
9 Protected estate 166CC3584 nothing mapped 426.4 m 152.9° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
10 Protected estate 166CC3584 nothing mapped 424.9 m 150.3° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
Total no way mapped 6352.6 m Chain confidence Official spatial — 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.

Following it on the ground No published way to follow

at least 4½ hours out and back

at least 2½ hours there at least 2 hours back

705 m up and 370 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 370 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

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 6352.4 m · height 130.0 to 675.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
705.0 m
Total descent
370.0 m
Steepest sustained
149.1% over 53.7 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
41.3 m 335.0 m
54.3 m 330.0 m
66.2 m 325.0 m
76.2 m 320.0 m
85.8 m 315.0 m
96.9 m 310.0 m
112.8 m 305.0 m
129.0 m 300.0 m
146.7 m 295.0 m
164.0 m 290.0 m
193.5 m 285.0 m
205.4 m 280.0 m
225.9 m 275.0 m
248.6 m 270.0 m
276.5 m 265.0 m
283.3 m 265.0 m
335.6 m 265.0 m
351.3 m 265.0 m
364.3 m 265.0 m
372.0 m 265.0 m
446.1 m 270.0 m
481.4 m 275.0 m
482.3 m 275.0 m
514.0 m 275.0 m
528.8 m 280.0 m
630.6 m 280.0 m
657.8 m 275.0 m
679.2 m 270.0 m
705.0 m 265.0 m
736.3 m 260.0 m
771.4 m 255.0 m
799.4 m 250.0 m
830.2 m 245.0 m
846.1 m 240.0 m
859.6 m 235.0 m
872.4 m 230.0 m
894.0 m 225.0 m
936.9 m 225.0 m
975.2 m 225.0 m
1051.4 m 220.0 m
1066.1 m 215.0 m
1078.4 m 210.0 m
1089.1 m 205.0 m
1100.2 m 200.0 m
1131.6 m 195.0 m
1216.3 m 195.0 m
1283.9 m 200.0 m
1307.5 m 205.0 m
1325.9 m 210.0 m
1339.5 m 215.0 m
1416.9 m 215.0 m
1551.6 m 210.0 m
1577.0 m 205.0 m
1640.5 m 200.0 m
1681.0 m 200.0 m
1740.1 m 200.0 m
1798.4 m 195.0 m
1814.1 m 190.0 m
1827.5 m 185.0 m
1842.0 m 180.0 m
1881.4 m 175.0 m
1917.4 m 170.0 m
1947.1 m 165.0 m
1980.5 m 160.0 m
2006.7 m 155.0 m
2034.3 m 155.0 m
2052.9 m 155.0 m
2055.6 m 155.0 m
2123.6 m 155.0 m
2157.2 m 155.0 m
2246.3 m 160.0 m
2292.0 m 160.0 m
2318.2 m 155.0 m
2374.1 m 150.0 m
2400.1 m 145.0 m
2422.8 m 145.0 m
2431.7 m 150.0 m
2553.3 m 150.0 m
2611.9 m 150.0 m
2627.4 m 150.0 m
2646.2 m 145.0 m
2654.3 m 140.0 m
2681.9 m 140.0 m
2716.9 m 140.0 m
2719.5 m 140.0 m
2721.0 m 140.0 m
2842.6 m 135.0 m
2863.7 m 135.0 m
2867.8 m 140.0 m
2871.9 m 145.0 m
2885.6 m 150.0 m
2968.2 m 150.0 m
2987.5 m 145.0 m
2990.0 m 145.0 m
3018.2 m 145.0 m
3026.0 m 140.0 m
3033.6 m 135.0 m
3038.4 m 130.0 m
3220.5 m 130.0 m
3230.9 m 135.0 m
3236.5 m 135.0 m
3254.6 m 130.0 m
3410.3 m 130.0 m
3420.9 m 135.0 m
3429.4 m 140.0 m
3439.8 m 145.0 m
3455.7 m 150.0 m
3475.3 m 155.0 m
3535.6 m 160.0 m
3548.2 m 165.0 m
3583.3 m 170.0 m
3658.1 m 170.0 m
3700.9 m 165.0 m
3724.5 m 165.0 m
3738.3 m 170.0 m
3754.5 m 175.0 m
3775.7 m 180.0 m
3806.6 m 185.0 m
3850.9 m 190.0 m
3863.8 m 195.0 m
3877.9 m 200.0 m
3892.8 m 205.0 m
3911.2 m 210.0 m
3930.7 m 215.0 m
3952.7 m 220.0 m
4011.9 m 220.0 m
4033.9 m 220.0 m
4080.7 m 225.0 m
4115.1 m 225.0 m
4175.2 m 220.0 m
4232.2 m 215.0 m
4265.1 m 215.0 m
4308.5 m 220.0 m
4339.1 m 225.0 m
4370.7 m 230.0 m
4397.1 m 235.0 m
4433.5 m 235.0 m
4509.8 m 235.0 m
4544.9 m 240.0 m
4548.0 m 240.0 m
4551.1 m 240.0 m
4576.1 m 245.0 m
4587.9 m 250.0 m
4601.7 m 255.0 m
4615.6 m 260.0 m
4639.3 m 265.0 m
4661.6 m 270.0 m
4693.6 m 275.0 m
4707.5 m 280.0 m
4717.9 m 285.0 m
4731.1 m 290.0 m
4740.5 m 295.0 m
4749.5 m 300.0 m
4792.3 m 305.0 m
4835.1 m 310.0 m
4859.8 m 310.0 m
4861.1 m 310.0 m
4884.5 m 315.0 m
4904.2 m 320.0 m
4924.7 m 325.0 m
4942.3 m 330.0 m
4957.5 m 335.0 m
4969.9 m 340.0 m
4981.7 m 345.0 m
4995.4 m 350.0 m
5007.5 m 355.0 m
5020.0 m 360.0 m
5031.0 m 365.0 m
5042.2 m 370.0 m
5053.2 m 375.0 m
5063.0 m 380.0 m
5072.9 m 385.0 m
5082.5 m 390.0 m
5092.8 m 395.0 m
5103.6 m 400.0 m
5115.1 m 405.0 m
5160.5 m 410.0 m
5167.6 m 415.0 m
5174.6 m 420.0 m
5181.4 m 425.0 m
5189.2 m 430.0 m
5200.1 m 435.0 m
5219.2 m 440.0 m
5233.1 m 445.0 m
5246.6 m 450.0 m
5258.2 m 455.0 m
5269.5 m 460.0 m
5281.8 m 465.0 m
5333.0 m 465.0 m
5351.4 m 460.0 m
5369.8 m 455.0 m
5385.9 m 450.0 m
5404.3 m 445.0 m
5425.9 m 440.0 m
5451.3 m 435.0 m
5472.7 m 430.0 m
5494.9 m 425.0 m
5535.0 m 420.0 m
5550.1 m 415.0 m
5562.1 m 410.0 m
5572.8 m 405.0 m
5584.2 m 400.0 m
5595.7 m 395.0 m
5619.0 m 390.0 m
5643.1 m 385.0 m
5714.5 m 385.0 m
5790.7 m 390.0 m
5884.4 m 390.0 m
5889.8 m 390.0 m
5903.2 m 395.0 m
5922.3 m 400.0 m
5966.3 m 400.0 m
5979.4 m 400.0 m
5984.2 m 405.0 m
5988.2 m 410.0 m
5999.7 m 415.0 m
6013.2 m 420.0 m
6024.6 m 425.0 m
6035.2 m 430.0 m
6044.5 m 435.0 m
6053.3 m 440.0 m
6061.7 m 445.0 m
6069.8 m 450.0 m
6075.6 m 455.0 m
6085.1 m 460.0 m
6094.4 m 465.0 m
6102.3 m 470.0 m
6104.8 m 475.0 m
6108.9 m 480.0 m
6115.3 m 485.0 m
6122.1 m 490.0 m
6127.0 m 495.0 m
6131.5 m 500.0 m
6140.5 m 505.0 m
6149.5 m 510.0 m
6155.2 m 515.0 m
6158.8 m 520.0 m
6166.8 m 525.0 m
6171.6 m 530.0 m
6174.7 m 535.0 m
6178.3 m 540.0 m
6180.9 m 545.0 m
6188.5 m 550.0 m
6195.9 m 555.0 m
6201.4 m 560.0 m
6204.3 m 565.0 m
6209.5 m 570.0 m
6214.4 m 575.0 m
6216.2 m 580.0 m
6218.2 m 585.0 m
6220.8 m 590.0 m
6223.4 m 595.0 m
6226.8 m 600.0 m
6230.0 m 605.0 m
6232.8 m 610.0 m
6235.3 m 615.0 m
6241.6 m 620.0 m
6247.6 m 625.0 m
6253.4 m 630.0 m
6258.8 m 635.0 m
6261.1 m 640.0 m
6263.0 m 645.0 m
6266.4 m 650.0 m
6268.1 m 655.0 m
6274.0 m 660.0 m
6282.5 m 665.0 m
6301.0 m 670.0 m
6318.9 m 675.0 m
6341.9 m 675.0 m
6347.4 m 670.0 m
6349.5 m 670.0 m
6352.4 m 670.0 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: 10 legs from Central Ridge Track, 6352.6 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 Flinders Peak Conservation Park Official spatial — evidence class

    Parcel 166CC3584, recorded tenure "National Park". 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: 409913 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    2008.0 m at 335.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 409913 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 409875 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.2 m at 274.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 409875 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 407861 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1291.8 m at 261.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 407861 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 408507 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    449.1 m at 175.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 408507 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 414131 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    311.1 m at 217.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 414131 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: 413561 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    819.0 m at 151.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 413561 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: 413675 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    102.8 m at 87.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 413675 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: 408963 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    499.3 m at 84.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 408963 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 166CC3584 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    426.4 m at 152.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 166CC3584 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 166CC3584 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    424.9 m at 150.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 166CC3584 Grade official_spatial

  • The chain is only as strong as its weakest link Official spatial — 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
Flinders Peak, Flinders Peak Conservation Park
Lot on plan
166CC3584
Coordinates
-27.81278, 152.81028 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
peak

What this approach was read from