Public Trails Computed from official land records

Ipswich · Lucas Creek

Lucas Creek from Bryants Road

entry is a road 165 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class lucas-creek--from-bryants-road

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

A lawful approach from Bryants Road, 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 -27.68129, 152.78749

That is Bryants Road, where the walk below begins — 9.5 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.

-27.68129, 152.78749

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 5685560 nothing mapped 20.1 m 98.7° E Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 4400286 nothing mapped 20.1 m 188.7° S Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 5685636 nothing mapped 721.1 m 188.7° S Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 4400400 nothing mapped 322.9 m 100.8° E Official spatial — evidence class
5 Road reserve 317459 nothing mapped 276.9 m 101.1° E Official spatial — evidence class
6 Road reserve 323577 nothing mapped 114.4 m 183.8° S Official spatial — evidence class
7 Road reserve 323539 nothing mapped 160.1 m 188.9° S Official spatial — evidence class
8 Road reserve 309441 nothing mapped 613.2 m 187.9° S Official spatial — evidence class
9 Road reserve 3701124 nothing mapped 27.8 m 188.4° S Official spatial — evidence class
10 Road reserve 309327 nothing mapped 1499.2 m 152.4° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
11 Road reserve 3733082 nothing mapped 388.6 m 99.0° E Official spatial — evidence class
12 Road reserve 3733576 nothing mapped 42.2 m 99.0° E Official spatial — evidence class
13 Road reserve 3733158 nothing mapped 452.9 m 99.4° E Official spatial — evidence class
14 Watercourse bed 3733956 nothing mapped 1285.5 m 341.2° NNW Statutory inference — evidence class
15 Watercourse bed 3714500 nothing mapped 1012.3 m 16.7° NNE Statutory inference — evidence class
16 Watercourse bed 3701884 nothing mapped 507.6 m 17.3° NNE Statutory inference — evidence class
17 Watercourse bed 3716324 nothing mapped 137.5 m 327.0° NNW Statutory inference — evidence class
18 Watercourse bed 6016654 nothing mapped 1807.9 m 332.2° NNW Statutory inference — evidence class
19 Watercourse bed 692011 nothing mapped 62.0 m 350.5° N Statutory inference — evidence class
Total no way mapped 9472.3 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 narrowest gap between 3733158 and 3714500 is 1120.51 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 3733956 and 3701884 is 998.35 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 3714500 and 3716324 is 502.38 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 3701884 and 6016654 is 131.16 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 3716324 and 692011 is 1805.58 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 4½ hours out and back

at least 2¼ hours there at least 2¼ hours back

165 m up and 190 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 190 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 9385.0 m · height 35.0 to 90.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
165.0 m
Total descent
190.0 m
Steepest sustained
39.4% over 63.5 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
64.6 m 60.0 m
190.7 m 55.0 m
307.0 m 55.0 m
389.7 m 60.0 m
481.1 m 65.0 m
607.3 m 65.0 m
729.6 m 60.0 m
742.1 m 60.0 m
843.6 m 65.0 m
908.6 m 70.0 m
985.3 m 75.0 m
1037.0 m 75.0 m
1239.4 m 75.0 m
1309.2 m 80.0 m
1373.6 m 85.0 m
1408.1 m 85.0 m
1434.7 m 80.0 m
1463.2 m 75.0 m
1491.4 m 70.0 m
1525.5 m 65.0 m
1562.7 m 65.0 m
1572.4 m 70.0 m
1606.6 m 70.0 m
1624.9 m 70.0 m
1678.3 m 75.0 m
1722.4 m 80.0 m
1811.9 m 85.0 m
1914.8 m 85.0 m
1986.0 m 85.0 m
2009.8 m 85.0 m
2012.9 m 85.0 m
2025.5 m 85.0 m
2071.5 m 80.0 m
2108.4 m 75.0 m
2138.3 m 70.0 m
2170.8 m 65.0 m
2201.4 m 60.0 m
2203.7 m 60.0 m
2207.4 m 60.0 m
2243.1 m 60.0 m
2441.4 m 65.0 m
2526.4 m 70.0 m
2617.3 m 75.0 m
2683.9 m 80.0 m
2712.3 m 85.0 m
2753.6 m 90.0 m
2797.0 m 90.0 m
2828.7 m 85.0 m
2861.8 m 80.0 m
2883.8 m 75.0 m
2903.7 m 70.0 m
2920.7 m 65.0 m
2948.0 m 65.0 m
2971.8 m 70.0 m
2989.4 m 75.0 m
3014.3 m 80.0 m
3043.1 m 85.0 m
3083.7 m 90.0 m
3132.2 m 90.0 m
3149.3 m 85.0 m
3174.9 m 80.0 m
3203.9 m 75.0 m
3235.4 m 70.0 m
3274.6 m 65.0 m
3313.7 m 60.0 m
3447.7 m 60.0 m
3479.0 m 60.0 m
3569.9 m 60.0 m
3783.6 m 60.0 m
3973.8 m 55.0 m
4294.0 m 55.0 m
4307.6 m 55.0 m
4410.0 m 55.0 m
4642.0 m 55.0 m
4681.4 m 55.0 m
4687.2 m 55.0 m
4823.8 m 50.0 m
4833.0 m 50.0 m
4840.4 m 55.0 m
4849.8 m 55.0 m
4865.4 m 55.0 m
4992.2 m 55.0 m
5580.0 m 55.0 m
5594.6 m 55.0 m
5607.4 m 55.0 m
5723.8 m 55.0 m
5849.0 m 50.0 m
5941.3 m 45.0 m
5952.6 m 45.0 m
6368.4 m 45.0 m
6382.0 m 40.0 m
6383.6 m 40.0 m
6384.4 m 40.0 m
6389.6 m 40.0 m
6404.3 m 45.0 m
6552.7 m 45.0 m
6596.2 m 40.0 m
6603.7 m 40.0 m
6607.8 m 40.0 m
6616.5 m 40.0 m
6629.4 m 40.0 m
6646.6 m 40.0 m
6672.1 m 45.0 m
6719.6 m 45.0 m
6756.9 m 45.0 m
6793.3 m 45.0 m
6807.3 m 45.0 m
6844.1 m 45.0 m
6916.4 m 40.0 m
6930.5 m 40.0 m
6977.0 m 40.0 m
6977.4 m 40.0 m
7007.2 m 45.0 m
7008.2 m 45.0 m
7008.3 m 45.0 m
7018.2 m 45.0 m
7456.5 m 40.0 m
7457.2 m 40.0 m
7458.2 m 40.0 m
7498.9 m 40.0 m
7501.9 m 40.0 m
7510.3 m 40.0 m
7520.4 m 40.0 m
7527.9 m 40.0 m
7544.5 m 40.0 m
7609.5 m 40.0 m
7782.1 m 40.0 m
7831.1 m 40.0 m
7941.8 m 40.0 m
7970.0 m 40.0 m
8124.7 m 40.0 m
8189.6 m 40.0 m
8242.8 m 40.0 m
8267.9 m 35.0 m
8269.1 m 35.0 m
8288.2 m 40.0 m
8305.5 m 45.0 m
8317.9 m 50.0 m
8323.6 m 55.0 m
8332.7 m 60.0 m
8362.4 m 65.0 m
8450.2 m 65.0 m
8524.1 m 60.0 m
8542.6 m 55.0 m
8594.7 m 50.0 m
8660.5 m 45.0 m
8695.0 m 40.0 m
8857.3 m 40.0 m
8888.7 m 45.0 m
8986.9 m 45.0 m
9073.1 m 40.0 m
9112.0 m 35.0 m
9151.1 m 35.0 m
9385.0 m 35.0 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: 19 legs from Bryants Road, 9472.3 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 692011, 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: 5685560 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.1 m at 98.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 5685560 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 4400286 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.1 m at 188.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 4400286 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 5685636 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    721.1 m at 188.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 5685636 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 4400400 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    322.9 m at 100.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 4400400 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 317459 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    276.9 m at 101.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 317459 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: 323577 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    114.4 m at 183.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 323577 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: 323539 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    160.1 m at 188.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 323539 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: 309441 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    613.2 m at 187.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 309441 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 3701124 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    27.8 m at 188.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3701124 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 309327 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1499.2 m at 152.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 309327 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: 3733082 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    388.6 m at 99.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3733082 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: 3733576 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    42.2 m at 99.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3733576 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 3733158 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    452.9 m at 99.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3733158 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: 3733956 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1285.5 m at 341.2°. 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 3733956 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 15: 3714500 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1012.3 m at 16.7°. 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 3714500 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 16: 3701884 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    507.6 m at 17.3°. 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 3701884 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 17: 3716324 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    137.5 m at 327.0°. 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 3716324 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 18: 6016654 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1807.9 m at 332.2°. 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 6016654 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 19: 692011 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    62.0 m at 350.5°. 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 692011 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
Lucas Creek
Lot on plan
692011
Coordinates
-27.67028, 152.79806 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
watercourse

What this approach was read from