Public Trails Computed from official land records

Moreton Bay · Fresh Water Creek

Fresh Water Creek from Brays Road

entry is a road 20 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class fresh-water-creek--from-brays-road

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

A lawful approach from Brays 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 -27.25820, 153.04266

That is Brays Road, where the walk below begins — 10.7 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.

-27.25820, 153.04266

An ordinary car reaches the start The roads layer marks the road reaching this point as trafficable by an ordinary vehicle.

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 6957344 nothing mapped 128.5 m 18.3° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
2 Watercourse bed 6963272 nothing mapped 840.6 m 269.7° W Statutory inference — evidence class
3 Watercourse bed 6934164 nothing mapped 27.7 m 248.4° WSW Statutory inference — evidence class
4 Watercourse bed 361573 nothing mapped 105.1 m 273.4° W Statutory inference — evidence class
5 Watercourse bed 1973644 nothing mapped 1327.8 m 304.8° NW Statutory inference — evidence class
6 Watercourse bed 4540544 nothing mapped 75.9 m 313.5° NW Statutory inference — evidence class
7 Watercourse bed 4540582 nothing mapped 60.1 m 282.4° WNW Statutory inference — evidence class
8 Road reserve 4540316 nothing mapped 192.8 m 253.0° WSW Official spatial — evidence class
9 Road reserve 4540468 nothing mapped 43.1 m 204.0° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
10 Road reserve 4538720 nothing mapped 992.7 m 182.5° S Official spatial — evidence class
11 Road reserve 4556162 nothing mapped 39.2 m 183.0° S Official spatial — evidence class
12 Road reserve 1786796 nothing mapped 847.8 m 180.9° S Official spatial — evidence class
13 Road reserve 1786644 nothing mapped 167.3 m 131.4° SE Official spatial — evidence class
14 Road reserve 1794700 nothing mapped 100.2 m 44.6° NE Official spatial — evidence class
15 Road reserve 1786758 nothing mapped 187.7 m 50.8° NE Official spatial — evidence class
16 Road reserve 1794738 nothing mapped 21.0 m 44.6° NE Official spatial — evidence class
17 Road reserve 1796714 nothing mapped 108.4 m 44.5° NE Official spatial — evidence class
18 Road reserve 1769354 nothing mapped 295.8 m 147.8° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
19 Road reserve 379202 nothing mapped 286.1 m 159.7° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
20 Road reserve 379126 nothing mapped 17.8 m 168.6° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
21 Road reserve 379240 nothing mapped 186.7 m 161.8° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
22 Road reserve 2573663 nothing mapped 363.5 m 139.6° SE Official spatial — evidence class
23 Road reserve 30435 nothing mapped 32.3 m 84.2° E Official spatial — evidence class
24 Road reserve 376200 nothing mapped 90.0 m 129.8° SE Official spatial — evidence class
25 Road reserve 33703 nothing mapped 25.0 m 133.5° SE Official spatial — evidence class
26 Road reserve 365636 nothing mapped 618.9 m 100.0° E Official spatial — evidence class
27 Watercourse bed 30245 nothing mapped 797.2 m 93.5° E Statutory inference — evidence class
28 Road reserve 613185 nothing mapped 257.0 m 82.7° E Official spatial — evidence class
29 Road reserve 612919 nothing mapped 448.9 m 354.7° N Official spatial — evidence class
30 Road reserve 498809 nothing mapped 448.3 m 27.6° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
31 Protected estate 3SL839183 nothing mapped 680.0 m 36.6° NE Official spatial — evidence class
32 Watercourse bed 745799 nothing mapped 705.1 m 74.6° ENE Statutory inference — evidence class
33 Watercourse bed 745837 nothing mapped 164.6 m 119.2° ESE Statutory inference — evidence class
34 Watercourse bed 613641 nothing mapped 48.9 m 69.6° ENE Statutory inference — evidence class
Total no way mapped 10732.0 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 6957344 and 6934164 is 601.13 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 6963272 and 361573 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 6934164 and 1973644 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 361573 and 4540544 is 996.67 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1973644 and 4540582 is 40.32 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 4540544 and 4540316 is 34.90 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 365636 and 613185 is 4.34 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 3SL839183 and 745837 is 561.08 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 745799 and 613641 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 4½ hours out and back

at least 2¼ hours there at least 2¼ hours back

20 m up and 20 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 20 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 5430.9 m · height 5.0 to 25.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
20.0 m
Total descent
20.0 m
Steepest sustained
8.2% over 60.6 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
1717.0 m 5.0 m
2013.1 m 5.0 m
2065.4 m 5.0 m
2076.7 m 5.0 m
2088.9 m 5.0 m
2328.4 m 5.0 m
2607.4 m 5.0 m
2781.7 m 10.0 m
2955.3 m 15.0 m
3124.1 m 20.0 m
3368.2 m 25.0 m
3695.2 m 25.0 m
3755.3 m 25.0 m
3809.3 m 25.0 m
3815.4 m 25.0 m
3829.3 m 25.0 m
4195.9 m 20.0 m
4613.7 m 15.0 m
4674.3 m 10.0 m
4814.0 m 5.0 m
4987.1 m 5.0 m
5249.5 m 5.0 m
5253.6 m 5.0 m
5430.9 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: 34 legs from Brays Road, 10732.0 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 613641, 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: 6957344 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    128.5 m at 18.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 6957344 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 6963272 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    840.6 m at 269.7°. 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 6963272 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 3: 6934164 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    27.7 m at 248.4°. 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 6934164 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 4: 361573 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    105.1 m at 273.4°. 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 361573 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 5: 1973644 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1327.8 m at 304.8°. 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 1973644 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 6: 4540544 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    75.9 m at 313.5°. 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 4540544 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 7: 4540582 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    60.1 m at 282.4°. 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 4540582 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 8: 4540316 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    192.8 m at 253.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 4540316 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 4540468 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    43.1 m at 204.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 4540468 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 4538720 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    992.7 m at 182.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 4538720 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: 4556162 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    39.2 m at 183.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 4556162 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: 1786796 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    847.8 m at 180.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1786796 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 1786644 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    167.3 m at 131.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1786644 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: 1794700 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    100.2 m at 44.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1794700 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 15: 1786758 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    187.7 m at 50.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1786758 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 16: 1794738 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    21.0 m at 44.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1794738 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 17: 1796714 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    108.4 m at 44.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1796714 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 18: 1769354 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    295.8 m at 147.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1769354 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 19: 379202 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    286.1 m at 159.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 379202 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 20: 379126 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    17.8 m at 168.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 379126 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 21: 379240 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    186.7 m at 161.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 379240 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 22: 2573663 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    363.5 m at 139.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2573663 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 23: 30435 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

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

    Leg reference 30435 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 24: 376200 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    90.0 m at 129.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 376200 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 25: 33703 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    25.0 m at 133.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 33703 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 26: 365636 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    618.9 m at 100.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 365636 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 27: 30245 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    797.2 m at 93.5°. 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 30245 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 28: 613185 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    257.0 m at 82.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 613185 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 29: 612919 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    448.9 m at 354.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 612919 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 30: 498809 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    448.3 m at 27.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 498809 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 31: 3SL839183 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    680.0 m at 36.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 3SL839183 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 32: 745799 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    705.1 m at 74.6°. 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 745799 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 33: 745837 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    164.6 m at 119.2°. 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 745837 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 34: 613641 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    48.9 m at 69.6°. 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 613641 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
Fresh Water Creek
Lot on plan
613641
Coordinates
-27.26304, 153.06095 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
watercourse

What this approach was read from