Public Trails Computed from official land records

Lockyer Valley · Red Gap

Red Gap from Mulgowie Road

entry is a road 210 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class red-gap--from-mulgowie-road

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

A lawful approach from Mulgowie 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 -27.76180, 152.37964

That is Mulgowie Road, where the walk below begins — 6.7 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.

-27.76180, 152.37964

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 1182543 nothing mapped 418.2 m 202.5° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 1184405 nothing mapped 879.0 m 278.1° W Official spatial — evidence class
3 Watercourse bed 2138685 nothing mapped 1244.5 m 15.3° NNE Statutory inference — evidence class
4 Watercourse bed 2139749 nothing mapped 471.6 m 19.2° NNE Statutory inference — evidence class
5 Road reserve 1182657 nothing mapped 386.9 m 25.5° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
6 Road reserve 1184823 nothing mapped 309.8 m 48.1° NE Official spatial — evidence class
7 Road reserve 2123561 nothing mapped 592.1 m 123.4° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
8 Road reserve 2125499 nothing mapped 44.3 m 113.0° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
9 Road reserve 2124321 nothing mapped 21.1 m 251.4° WSW Official spatial — evidence class
10 Road reserve 2124359 nothing mapped 590.3 m 141.8° SE Official spatial — evidence class
11 Road reserve 2124511 nothing mapped 27.0 m 146.9° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
12 Road reserve 2125385 nothing mapped 689.4 m 133.8° SE Official spatial — evidence class
13 Road reserve 2124397 nothing mapped 1025.3 m 133.4° SE Official spatial — evidence class
Total no way mapped 6699.5 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 1184405 and 2139749 is 1224.10 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2138685 and 1182657 is 231.61 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.

Following it on the ground No published way to follow

at least 3¼ hours out and back

at least 1¾ hours there at least 1½ hours back

210 m up and 55 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 55 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 6604.0 m · height 145.0 to 310.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
210.0 m
Total descent
55.0 m
Steepest sustained
27.5% over 54.5 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
224.8 m 155.0 m
412.5 m 160.0 m
416.9 m 160.0 m
608.8 m 155.0 m
1257.9 m 155.0 m
1306.4 m 155.0 m
1394.6 m 150.0 m
1450.9 m 150.0 m
1490.2 m 155.0 m
1792.0 m 155.0 m
1955.6 m 150.0 m
1999.9 m 150.0 m
2141.2 m 150.0 m
2158.2 m 150.0 m
2386.2 m 150.0 m
2716.6 m 145.0 m
2782.2 m 145.0 m
2982.0 m 145.0 m
3019.2 m 145.0 m
3108.8 m 150.0 m
3170.7 m 155.0 m
3324.6 m 155.0 m
3389.9 m 150.0 m
3770.5 m 150.0 m
4234.2 m 155.0 m
4519.7 m 160.0 m
4774.3 m 165.0 m
4985.7 m 170.0 m
5035.5 m 175.0 m
5144.3 m 180.0 m
5162.1 m 185.0 m
5180.0 m 190.0 m
5198.7 m 195.0 m
5220.0 m 200.0 m
5261.2 m 205.0 m
5333.7 m 210.0 m
5378.5 m 210.0 m
5432.6 m 205.0 m
5466.4 m 200.0 m
5485.4 m 195.0 m
5503.7 m 190.0 m
5572.9 m 190.0 m
5601.1 m 195.0 m
5623.6 m 200.0 m
5647.3 m 205.0 m
5666.9 m 210.0 m
5688.5 m 215.0 m
5707.6 m 220.0 m
5738.0 m 225.0 m
5823.7 m 230.0 m
5862.3 m 230.0 m
5916.7 m 225.0 m
5950.5 m 220.0 m
6002.8 m 220.0 m
6006.9 m 220.0 m
6024.2 m 220.0 m
6077.5 m 225.0 m
6109.1 m 230.0 m
6134.2 m 235.0 m
6166.8 m 240.0 m
6199.2 m 245.0 m
6211.5 m 245.0 m
6216.2 m 245.0 m
6236.6 m 250.0 m
6262.4 m 255.0 m
6295.6 m 260.0 m
6319.6 m 265.0 m
6345.6 m 270.0 m
6386.6 m 275.0 m
6432.8 m 280.0 m
6452.9 m 285.0 m
6474.1 m 290.0 m
6542.2 m 295.0 m
6554.5 m 300.0 m
6576.7 m 305.0 m
6604.0 m 310.0 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: 13 legs from Mulgowie Road, 6699.5 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

    Parcel not resolved, recorded tenure "unresolved". 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: 1182543 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    418.2 m at 202.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1182543 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 1184405 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    879.0 m at 278.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1184405 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 2138685 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1244.5 m at 15.3°. 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 2138685 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 4: 2139749 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    471.6 m at 19.2°. 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 2139749 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 5: 1182657 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    386.9 m at 25.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1182657 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: 1184823 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    309.8 m at 48.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1184823 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: 2123561 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    592.1 m at 123.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2123561 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: 2125499 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    44.3 m at 113.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2125499 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 2124321 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    21.1 m at 251.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2124321 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 2124359 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    590.3 m at 141.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2124359 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: 2124511 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    27.0 m at 146.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2124511 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: 2125385 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    689.4 m at 133.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2125385 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 2124397 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1025.3 m at 133.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2124397 Grade official_spatial

  • 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
Red Gap
Lot on plan
not established from the cadastre
Coordinates
-27.76251, 152.39981 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
pass

What this approach was read from