Ironpot Creek from Darling Street East
Access verdict · Lawful, with caveats · weakest evidence in the chain: statutory inference
A lawful approach from Darling Street East, 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.
On-ground signage and temporary closures override this page. Always.
Getting to the start The trailhead coordinate, not the feature
The start is at -27.61478, 152.74974
That is Darling Street East, where the walk below begins — 3.5 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.
- Google Maps one link for a desktop browser, Android or iPhone
- Apple Maps the default on iPhone and Mac
- Your own map app hands the coordinate to an installed app, offline ones included
-27.61478, 152.74974
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
| # | Runs along | Parcel / reference | Mapped along it | Distance | Bearing | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Road reserve | 1485463 | nothing mapped | 23.1 m | 92.1° E | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 2 | Road reserve | 1485425 | nothing mapped | 134.1 m | 80.3° E | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 3 | Road reserve | 1485691 | nothing mapped | 27.4 m | 110.5° ESE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 4 | Road reserve | 1488579 | nothing mapped | 25.1 m | 38.8° NE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 5 | Road reserve | 1488503 | nothing mapped | 191.5 m | 75.6° ENE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 6 | Road reserve | 1488275 | nothing mapped | 15.8 m | 75.8° ENE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 7 | Road reserve | 1534787 | nothing mapped | 103.6 m | 70.0° ENE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 8 | Road reserve | 1495077 | nothing mapped | 234.0 m | 70.4° ENE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 9 | Road reserve | 1494393 | nothing mapped | 72.1 m | 1.6° N | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 10 | Road reserve | 1491885 | nothing mapped | 24.1 m | 311.3° NW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 11 | Road reserve | 1494317 | nothing mapped | 95.9 m | 325.3° NW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 12 | Road reserve | 1493405 | nothing mapped | 153.2 m | 51.1° NE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 13 | Road reserve | 1501233 | nothing mapped | 506.9 m | 320.1° NW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 14 | Road reserve | 1500131 | nothing mapped | 176.1 m | 1.0° N | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 15 | Road reserve | 1500625 | nothing mapped | 102.8 m | 285.6° WNW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 16 | Road reserve | 1409767 | nothing mapped | 20.1 m | 274.2° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 17 | Road reserve | 1415961 | nothing mapped | 40.2 m | 274.1° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 18 | Road reserve | 1409805 | nothing mapped | 20.1 m | 274.1° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 19 | Road reserve | 1415847 | nothing mapped | 66.9 m | 274.1° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 20 | Road reserve | 1411211 | nothing mapped | 175.8 m | 359.0° N | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 21 | Road reserve | 1419875 | nothing mapped | 142.5 m | 264.3° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 22 | Road reserve | 1419685 | nothing mapped | 20.1 m | 264.3° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 23 | Road reserve | 1419913 | nothing mapped | 105.7 m | 269.7° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 24 | Protected estate | 2CP885800 | nothing mapped | 34.0 m | 247.1° WSW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 25 | Watercourse bed | 1419989 | nothing mapped | 1.4 m | 252.6° WSW | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 26 | Watercourse bed | 2622459 | nothing mapped | 56.6 m | 346.4° NNW | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 27 | Protected estate | 2CP885800 | nothing mapped | 127.7 m | 307.8° NW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 28 | Watercourse bed | 1441839 | nothing mapped | 302.0 m | 267.0° W | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 29 | Road reserve | 1436937 | nothing mapped | 23.4 m | 259.7° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 30 | Watercourse bed | 1437355 | nothing mapped | 430.8 m | 262.5° W | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 31 | Watercourse bed | 1534432 | nothing mapped | 51.9 m | 265.7° W | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 32 | Watercourse bed | 1534470 | nothing mapped | 19.5 m | 291.4° WNW | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| Total | no way mapped | 3524.4 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 narrowest gap between 2CP885800 and 2622459 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1419989 and 2CP885800 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2CP885800 and 1436937 is 301.81 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1436937 and 1534432 is 379.58 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1437355 and 1534470 is 28.20 m. There is no structure. Do not cross 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 published way to follow
at least 1½ hours out and back
at least three quarters of an hour there at least three quarters of an hour back
45 m up and 80 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 80 m.
Walking only — nothing is counted for rest, water, photographs, navigation, or the state of the track.
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
- Total climb
- 45.0 m
- Total descent
- 80.0 m
- Steepest sustained
- 22.6% over 66.3 m
- Contour interval
- 5.0 m
Every height the contours record along this route
| Distance along | Height |
|---|---|
| 249.3 m | 40.0 m |
| 298.8 m | 35.0 m |
| 348.3 m | 30.0 m |
| 455.0 m | 25.0 m |
| 583.7 m | 20.0 m |
| 729.4 m | 20.0 m |
| 730.6 m | 20.0 m |
| 734.8 m | 20.0 m |
| 760.2 m | 20.0 m |
| 843.1 m | 15.0 m |
| 847.7 m | 15.0 m |
| 1105.4 m | 20.0 m |
| 1141.9 m | 20.0 m |
| 1213.8 m | 20.0 m |
| 1279.3 m | 20.0 m |
| 1359.6 m | 15.0 m |
| 1361.8 m | 15.0 m |
| 1362.6 m | 15.0 m |
| 1561.2 m | 15.0 m |
| 1600.5 m | 20.0 m |
| 1848.0 m | 25.0 m |
| 1891.6 m | 30.0 m |
| 1930.1 m | 35.0 m |
| 1963.5 m | 40.0 m |
| 2006.1 m | 45.0 m |
| 2054.7 m | 45.0 m |
| 2257.7 m | 40.0 m |
| 2346.0 m | 35.0 m |
| 2397.4 m | 30.0 m |
| 2439.0 m | 25.0 m |
| 2484.2 m | 20.0 m |
| 2492.8 m | 15.0 m |
| 2505.3 m | 10.0 m |
| 2505.7 m | 10.0 m |
| 2507.0 m | 10.0 m |
| 2573.1 m | 5.0 m |
| 2576.2 m | 5.0 m |
| 2582.3 m | 10.0 m |
| 2599.8 m | 15.0 m |
| 2642.4 m | 15.0 m |
| 2660.1 m | 10.0 m |
| 2681.5 m | 5.0 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: 32 legs from Darling Street East, 3524.4 m in total.
What the colours mean
- Land — the council area the region is published under
- Water beyond the council boundary
- Freehold or leasehold — no public access
- National park / protected estate — public land
- Road reserve
- Watercourse
- Track recorded by the managing authority
- Contour, every 10 m of height — nothing is implied about the ground between two of them
- Tenure unresolved — treated as no access
- Where your device says you are, shown only if you press the locate button — read as a rough fix, not a position, and never sent anywhere
- A place with a published approach — the pin is a link to it
- A place with none — every one is listed under the map with its verdict in words
- Where a published approach starts — each one has a page of its own below
- The walk — the line the legs below describe, not a surveyed path
- The parcels it crosses — the evidence the walk is lawful
- Watercourse crossing — no structure, off in high flow
Names on the map come from the same official records as the rest of the page — road and track names from the cadastre and the access layer, watercourses and estates from their own layers. A feature the record does not name is left unlabelled rather than guessed at.
Sources, licences and dataset versions for everything this map draws.
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
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The destination sits on the parcel below Official spatial — evidence class
Parcel 1534470, 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
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Leg 1: 1485463 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
23.1 m at 92.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1485463 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 2: 1485425 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
134.1 m at 80.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1485425 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 3: 1485691 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
27.4 m at 110.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1485691 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 4: 1488579 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
25.1 m at 38.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1488579 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 5: 1488503 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
191.5 m at 75.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1488503 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 6: 1488275 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
15.8 m at 75.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1488275 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 7: 1534787 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
103.6 m at 70.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1534787 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 8: 1495077 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
234.0 m at 70.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1495077 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 9: 1494393 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
72.1 m at 1.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1494393 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 10: 1491885 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
24.1 m at 311.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1491885 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 11: 1494317 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
95.9 m at 325.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1494317 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 12: 1493405 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
153.2 m at 51.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1493405 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 13: 1501233 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
506.9 m at 320.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1501233 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 14: 1500131 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
176.1 m at 1.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1500131 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 15: 1500625 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
102.8 m at 285.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1500625 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 16: 1409767 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
20.1 m at 274.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1409767 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 17: 1415961 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
40.2 m at 274.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1415961 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 18: 1409805 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
20.1 m at 274.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1409805 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 19: 1415847 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
66.9 m at 274.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1415847 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 20: 1411211 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
175.8 m at 359.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1411211 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 21: 1419875 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
142.5 m at 264.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1419875 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 22: 1419685 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
20.1 m at 264.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1419685 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 23: 1419913 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
105.7 m at 269.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1419913 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 24: 2CP885800 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
34.0 m at 247.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2CP885800 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 25: 1419989 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
1.4 m at 252.6°. 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 1419989 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 26: 2622459 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
56.6 m at 346.4°. 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 2622459 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 27: 2CP885800 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
127.7 m at 307.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2CP885800 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 28: 1441839 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
302.0 m at 267.0°. 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 1441839 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 29: 1436937 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
23.4 m at 259.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1436937 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 30: 1437355 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
430.8 m at 262.5°. 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 1437355 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 31: 1534432 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
51.9 m at 265.7°. 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 1534432 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 32: 1534470 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
19.5 m at 291.4°. 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 1534470 Grade statutory_inference
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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
- Ironpot Creek
- Lot on plan
- 1534470
- Coordinates
- -27.60333, 152.73917 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
- Feature
- watercourse
What this approach was read from
- Cadastral data Queensland (DCDB), incl. easement layer — © State of Queensland (Department of Resources) CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-22
- Queensland LiDAR-derived contours (5 m) — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-22
- Queensland local government area boundaries — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-27
- Queensland place names gazetteer — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-16