Public Trails Computed from official land records

Moreton Bay · Baxter Creek

Baxter Creek from Road

entry is a road 215 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class baxter-creek--from-road

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

A lawful approach from 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 -27.18257, 152.80164

That is Road, where the walk below begins — 8.6 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.

-27.18257, 152.80164

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 3858522 nothing mapped 20.2 m 324.3° NW Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 3857876 nothing mapped 512.1 m 336.3° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 3857838 nothing mapped 655.5 m 323.6° NW Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 3857762 nothing mapped 20.4 m 315.6° NW Official spatial — evidence class
5 Road reserve 3857648 nothing mapped 292.7 m 300.6° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
6 Road reserve 3858066 nothing mapped 25.2 m 316.9° NW Official spatial — evidence class
7 Road reserve 1123449 nothing mapped 574.8 m 276.5° W Official spatial — evidence class
8 Road reserve 1125083 nothing mapped 33.3 m 283.8° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
9 Road reserve 1124247 nothing mapped 540.2 m 332.0° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
10 Road reserve 3869884 nothing mapped 66.4 m 9.3° N Official spatial — evidence class
11 Road reserve 1124133 nothing mapped 128.1 m 337.4° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
12 Road reserve 1124209 nothing mapped 27.4 m 333.1° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
13 Road reserve 1123259 nothing mapped 827.1 m 293.4° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
14 Road reserve 1123183 nothing mapped 26.1 m 333.4° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
15 Road reserve 1124931 nothing mapped 160.9 m 339.3° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
16 Watercourse bed 1124855 nothing mapped 3230.0 m 147.5° SSE Statutory inference — evidence class
17 Watercourse bed 1099433 nothing mapped 914.2 m 140.7° SE Statutory inference — evidence class
18 Watercourse bed 1099471 nothing mapped 31.1 m 195.5° SSW Statutory inference — evidence class
19 Watercourse bed 1099509 nothing mapped 356.6 m 194.8° SSW Statutory inference — evidence class
20 Watercourse bed 2839557 nothing mapped 182.3 m 113.3° ESE Statutory inference — evidence class
Total no way mapped 8624.6 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 1124931 and 1099433 is 3069.17 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1124855 and 1099471 is 904.85 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1099433 and 1099509 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1099471 and 2839557 is 0.00 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 4¼ hours out and back

at least 2 hours there at least 2¼ hours back

215 m up and 280 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 280 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 8609.2 m · height 60.0 to 150.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
215.0 m
Total descent
280.0 m
Steepest sustained
37.6% over 53.2 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
23.2 m 125.0 m
42.0 m 120.0 m
100.3 m 115.0 m
131.5 m 110.0 m
191.4 m 110.0 m
369.6 m 110.0 m
371.7 m 110.0 m
430.2 m 110.0 m
452.9 m 105.0 m
478.1 m 105.0 m
499.7 m 110.0 m
536.2 m 115.0 m
600.9 m 120.0 m
695.6 m 125.0 m
723.5 m 125.0 m
758.1 m 120.0 m
776.4 m 115.0 m
793.7 m 110.0 m
819.4 m 110.0 m
842.2 m 115.0 m
866.3 m 120.0 m
917.7 m 125.0 m
951.8 m 125.0 m
970.2 m 120.0 m
989.5 m 115.0 m
1010.8 m 110.0 m
1024.1 m 110.0 m
1038.3 m 115.0 m
1053.2 m 120.0 m
1068.2 m 125.0 m
1113.5 m 125.0 m
1138.7 m 125.0 m
1163.6 m 130.0 m
1228.5 m 130.0 m
1322.0 m 130.0 m
1359.9 m 130.0 m
1376.0 m 130.0 m
1395.4 m 135.0 m
1449.2 m 140.0 m
1508.5 m 145.0 m
1544.4 m 150.0 m
1579.8 m 150.0 m
1602.1 m 145.0 m
1626.4 m 140.0 m
1648.7 m 135.0 m
1677.2 m 135.0 m
1746.1 m 135.0 m
1770.5 m 130.0 m
1791.2 m 125.0 m
1830.4 m 125.0 m
1853.6 m 130.0 m
1885.3 m 130.0 m
2163.6 m 125.0 m
2193.6 m 125.0 m
2205.2 m 125.0 m
2230.1 m 120.0 m
2250.7 m 115.0 m
2278.3 m 110.0 m
2295.5 m 105.0 m
2300.2 m 105.0 m
2320.6 m 110.0 m
2338.4 m 115.0 m
2353.7 m 120.0 m
2474.0 m 125.0 m
2500.0 m 125.0 m
2526.1 m 120.0 m
2559.6 m 115.0 m
2582.4 m 110.0 m
2612.2 m 105.0 m
2640.2 m 105.0 m
2671.1 m 110.0 m
2780.7 m 115.0 m
2792.6 m 120.0 m
2849.3 m 120.0 m
2943.3 m 115.0 m
2991.8 m 115.0 m
3017.5 m 115.0 m
3037.3 m 115.0 m
3074.3 m 115.0 m
3112.9 m 110.0 m
3154.8 m 105.0 m
3195.4 m 100.0 m
3709.8 m 95.0 m
3840.3 m 90.0 m
3900.3 m 85.0 m
3918.8 m 85.0 m
3992.6 m 90.0 m
4087.2 m 95.0 m
4251.3 m 95.0 m
4283.2 m 90.0 m
4307.1 m 85.0 m
4342.9 m 85.0 m
4368.3 m 90.0 m
4392.2 m 95.0 m
4422.2 m 100.0 m
4457.0 m 105.0 m
4547.7 m 105.0 m
4628.9 m 105.0 m
4668.4 m 105.0 m
4688.6 m 100.0 m
4722.6 m 100.0 m
4745.6 m 105.0 m
4766.8 m 110.0 m
4794.2 m 110.0 m
4810.4 m 105.0 m
4827.8 m 100.0 m
4846.8 m 95.0 m
4864.2 m 90.0 m
4923.3 m 90.0 m
4962.1 m 95.0 m
4987.6 m 100.0 m
5035.5 m 100.0 m
5062.0 m 95.0 m
5079.9 m 95.0 m
5105.9 m 100.0 m
5137.3 m 105.0 m
5172.0 m 110.0 m
5193.9 m 115.0 m
5209.5 m 120.0 m
5226.2 m 125.0 m
5342.8 m 125.0 m
5371.6 m 120.0 m
5392.9 m 115.0 m
5434.7 m 115.0 m
5458.1 m 120.0 m
5494.6 m 120.0 m
5509.1 m 115.0 m
5518.9 m 110.0 m
5535.5 m 105.0 m
5547.8 m 100.0 m
5581.5 m 95.0 m
5606.4 m 90.0 m
5686.8 m 85.0 m
5711.5 m 80.0 m
5726.7 m 75.0 m
5828.3 m 70.0 m
5837.8 m 70.0 m
5870.1 m 70.0 m
5882.9 m 70.0 m
5939.1 m 75.0 m
6156.9 m 75.0 m
6178.3 m 75.0 m
6270.9 m 75.0 m
6279.8 m 70.0 m
6323.7 m 70.0 m
6745.4 m 70.0 m
6797.4 m 70.0 m
6914.0 m 70.0 m
7139.7 m 65.0 m
7154.3 m 65.0 m
7677.2 m 70.0 m
7686.7 m 75.0 m
7814.8 m 75.0 m
7832.4 m 70.0 m
8009.5 m 65.0 m
8177.0 m 65.0 m
8233.4 m 65.0 m
8271.2 m 65.0 m
8398.1 m 65.0 m
8404.8 m 65.0 m
8408.1 m 65.0 m
8609.2 m 60.0 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: 20 legs from Road, 8624.6 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 the parcel below Official spatial — evidence class

    Parcel 2839557, 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: 3858522 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.2 m at 324.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3858522 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 3857876 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    512.1 m at 336.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3857876 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 3857838 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    655.5 m at 323.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3857838 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 3857762 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.4 m at 315.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3857762 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 3857648 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    292.7 m at 300.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3857648 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: 3858066 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    25.2 m at 316.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3858066 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: 1123449 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    574.8 m at 276.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1123449 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: 1125083 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    33.3 m at 283.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1125083 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 1124247 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    540.2 m at 332.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1124247 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 3869884 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    66.4 m at 9.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3869884 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: 1124133 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    128.1 m at 337.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1124133 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: 1124209 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    27.4 m at 333.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1124209 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 1123259 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    827.1 m at 293.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1123259 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: 1123183 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    26.1 m at 333.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1123183 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 15: 1124931 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    160.9 m at 339.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1124931 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 16: 1124855 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    3230.0 m at 147.5°. 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 1124855 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 17: 1099433 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    914.2 m at 140.7°. 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 1099433 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 18: 1099471 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    31.1 m at 195.5°. 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 1099471 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 19: 1099509 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    356.6 m at 194.8°. 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 1099509 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 20: 2839557 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    182.3 m at 113.3°. 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 2839557 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
Baxter Creek
Lot on plan
2839557
Coordinates
-27.19540, 152.79921 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
watercourse

What this approach was read from