Public Trails Computed from official land records

Moreton Bay · Zillman Creek

Zillman Creek from McClure Road

entry is a road 300 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class zillman-creek--from-mcclure-road

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

A lawful approach from McClure 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 -27.07984, 152.83698

That is McClure Road, where the walk below begins — 13.2 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.

-27.07984, 152.83698

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 1558811 nothing mapped 134.9 m 349.3° N Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 1557747 nothing mapped 3165.6 m 103.2° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 1560141 nothing mapped 146.9 m 224.2° SW Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 1559495 nothing mapped 2004.4 m 191.7° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
5 Road reserve 1395259 nothing mapped 494.7 m 171.1° S Official spatial — evidence class
6 Road reserve 1394993 nothing mapped 20.3 m 183.3° S Official spatial — evidence class
7 Road reserve 1395297 nothing mapped 904.3 m 208.0° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
8 Road reserve 1394195 nothing mapped 702.6 m 193.6° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
9 Watercourse bed 1437933 nothing mapped 1241.0 m 304.2° NW Statutory inference — evidence class
10 Road reserve 1394233 nothing mapped 540.1 m 310.8° NW Official spatial — evidence class
11 Watercourse bed 1437591 nothing mapped 730.6 m 329.7° NNW Statutory inference — evidence class
12 Road reserve 1394005 nothing mapped 35.9 m 339.7° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
13 Watercourse bed 1437401 nothing mapped 415.0 m 340.4° NNW Statutory inference — evidence class
14 Watercourse bed 1438199 nothing mapped 175.0 m 3.0° N Statutory inference — evidence class
15 Watercourse bed 1561661 nothing mapped 1745.1 m 347.1° NNW Statutory inference — evidence class
16 Watercourse bed 1378463 nothing mapped 772.5 m 293.3° WNW Statutory inference — evidence class
17 Watercourse bed 1376829 nothing mapped 19.9 m 305.7° NW Statutory inference — evidence class
Total no way mapped 13248.8 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 1394195 and 1394233 is 1113.11 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1394233 and 1394005 is 697.71 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1394005 and 1438199 is 97.50 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1437401 and 1561661 is 174.26 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1438199 and 1378463 is 1735.13 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1561661 and 1376791 is 771.44 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1378463 and 1378387 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1376791 and 1376753 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1378387 and 1376829 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 6¼ hours out and back

at least 3 hours there at least 3¼ hours back

300 m up and 395 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 395 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 13220.1 m · height 30.0 to 200.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
300.0 m
Total descent
395.0 m
Steepest sustained
43.7% over 57.2 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
15.3 m 195.0 m
79.4 m 200.0 m
103.1 m 200.0 m
127.6 m 195.0 m
178.7 m 190.0 m
190.4 m 190.0 m
212.9 m 190.0 m
231.1 m 185.0 m
244.0 m 180.0 m
260.1 m 175.0 m
271.6 m 170.0 m
281.7 m 165.0 m
292.8 m 160.0 m
305.0 m 155.0 m
318.8 m 150.0 m
332.3 m 145.0 m
345.8 m 140.0 m
358.4 m 135.0 m
370.8 m 130.0 m
383.3 m 125.0 m
396.0 m 120.0 m
406.7 m 115.0 m
415.5 m 110.0 m
489.4 m 105.0 m
514.4 m 100.0 m
533.7 m 95.0 m
554.4 m 95.0 m
579.0 m 100.0 m
637.8 m 100.0 m
668.5 m 95.0 m
715.2 m 95.0 m
732.1 m 100.0 m
755.5 m 105.0 m
781.9 m 105.0 m
804.0 m 100.0 m
816.7 m 95.0 m
869.4 m 95.0 m
890.8 m 95.0 m
936.2 m 90.0 m
972.8 m 85.0 m
1007.7 m 80.0 m
1116.0 m 80.0 m
1129.0 m 85.0 m
1145.1 m 90.0 m
1162.8 m 95.0 m
1185.8 m 100.0 m
1230.5 m 100.0 m
1247.7 m 95.0 m
1262.1 m 90.0 m
1316.8 m 90.0 m
1343.1 m 90.0 m
1363.4 m 90.0 m
1397.1 m 90.0 m
1398.0 m 90.0 m
1414.0 m 95.0 m
1437.8 m 100.0 m
1509.7 m 100.0 m
1528.0 m 95.0 m
1545.4 m 90.0 m
1560.6 m 85.0 m
1575.1 m 80.0 m
1577.1 m 80.0 m
1595.3 m 85.0 m
1655.7 m 85.0 m
1674.6 m 80.0 m
1694.4 m 75.0 m
1721.3 m 70.0 m
1751.3 m 65.0 m
1814.9 m 65.0 m
1856.4 m 70.0 m
1910.0 m 70.0 m
1955.4 m 70.0 m
1983.3 m 75.0 m
2027.3 m 75.0 m
2125.9 m 70.0 m
2186.8 m 70.0 m
2300.0 m 70.0 m
2329.4 m 65.0 m
2358.1 m 60.0 m
2676.3 m 55.0 m
2757.7 m 55.0 m
2786.4 m 55.0 m
2835.0 m 50.0 m
2865.7 m 50.0 m
2940.9 m 55.0 m
3089.5 m 55.0 m
3136.4 m 55.0 m
3225.3 m 60.0 m
3284.1 m 65.0 m
3326.8 m 65.0 m
3433.9 m 60.0 m
3539.7 m 55.0 m
3583.7 m 50.0 m
3599.6 m 45.0 m
3609.8 m 40.0 m
3615.9 m 35.0 m
3624.0 m 35.0 m
3769.1 m 40.0 m
3931.2 m 40.0 m
3998.6 m 35.0 m
4029.6 m 35.0 m
4052.5 m 40.0 m
4217.1 m 40.0 m
4225.1 m 40.0 m
4271.0 m 45.0 m
4322.7 m 50.0 m
4380.5 m 55.0 m
4471.6 m 55.0 m
4473.4 m 55.0 m
4479.3 m 55.0 m
4573.4 m 50.0 m
4723.1 m 45.0 m
4940.1 m 45.0 m
4979.4 m 50.0 m
5139.6 m 50.0 m
5221.6 m 50.0 m
5272.5 m 55.0 m
5309.9 m 60.0 m
5345.9 m 65.0 m
5431.1 m 65.0 m
5563.5 m 60.0 m
5625.6 m 60.0 m
5783.6 m 60.0 m
5842.5 m 55.0 m
5917.9 m 50.0 m
6029.4 m 45.0 m
6171.3 m 45.0 m
6264.3 m 45.0 m
6336.5 m 40.0 m
6432.3 m 35.0 m
6442.0 m 35.0 m
6450.5 m 35.0 m
6455.7 m 35.0 m
6618.2 m 35.0 m
6930.2 m 30.0 m
6936.2 m 30.0 m
7082.6 m 35.0 m
7191.6 m 40.0 m
7257.8 m 45.0 m
7351.2 m 45.0 m
7489.3 m 40.0 m
7524.2 m 35.0 m
7607.3 m 35.0 m
7679.2 m 40.0 m
7735.3 m 45.0 m
7818.8 m 50.0 m
7967.6 m 55.0 m
7990.5 m 55.0 m
8063.3 m 50.0 m
8097.0 m 45.0 m
8298.8 m 40.0 m
8352.3 m 35.0 m
8404.3 m 35.0 m
8420.1 m 40.0 m
8441.3 m 45.0 m
8478.4 m 45.0 m
8525.1 m 40.0 m
8532.7 m 40.0 m
8601.2 m 45.0 m
8717.9 m 45.0 m
8797.4 m 40.0 m
8813.9 m 35.0 m
8826.6 m 35.0 m
8838.5 m 40.0 m
8871.7 m 45.0 m
8985.8 m 50.0 m
9029.9 m 55.0 m
9071.4 m 60.0 m
9126.7 m 65.0 m
9150.3 m 65.0 m
9185.1 m 60.0 m
9224.2 m 55.0 m
9287.4 m 50.0 m
9333.5 m 45.0 m
9394.5 m 45.0 m
9438.8 m 45.0 m
9492.7 m 45.0 m
9842.3 m 45.0 m
9890.7 m 45.0 m
10030.0 m 45.0 m
10281.0 m 45.0 m
10312.6 m 45.0 m
10320.9 m 45.0 m
10378.2 m 45.0 m
10378.6 m 45.0 m
10387.5 m 45.0 m
10392.4 m 45.0 m
10503.2 m 45.0 m
10523.5 m 45.0 m
10543.8 m 45.0 m
10548.2 m 45.0 m
10548.7 m 45.0 m
10556.4 m 45.0 m
10599.9 m 50.0 m
10669.9 m 50.0 m
10744.1 m 50.0 m
10757.7 m 50.0 m
10769.4 m 50.0 m
10776.9 m 50.0 m
10816.3 m 50.0 m
10885.0 m 55.0 m
11094.9 m 60.0 m
11125.8 m 65.0 m
11189.3 m 65.0 m
11266.2 m 65.0 m
11295.5 m 70.0 m
11322.6 m 75.0 m
11445.0 m 75.0 m
11465.4 m 70.0 m
11488.8 m 65.0 m
11514.0 m 60.0 m
11580.5 m 60.0 m
11635.0 m 65.0 m
11641.2 m 65.0 m
11697.4 m 65.0 m
11767.8 m 70.0 m
11790.8 m 70.0 m
11822.5 m 70.0 m
11844.7 m 75.0 m
11860.6 m 80.0 m
11881.3 m 85.0 m
11918.5 m 85.0 m
11945.0 m 80.0 m
11990.0 m 80.0 m
12005.9 m 85.0 m
12025.5 m 85.0 m
12042.9 m 85.0 m
12065.3 m 90.0 m
12143.5 m 90.0 m
12165.4 m 85.0 m
12190.2 m 85.0 m
12238.8 m 85.0 m
12271.6 m 80.0 m
12296.6 m 75.0 m
12327.6 m 70.0 m
12378.4 m 70.0 m
12648.9 m 75.0 m
12736.9 m 80.0 m
12811.1 m 85.0 m
12837.2 m 90.0 m
12841.0 m 90.0 m
12891.9 m 90.0 m
13021.5 m 95.0 m
13220.1 m 100.0 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: 17 legs from McClure Road, 13248.8 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 1376829, 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: 1558811 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    134.9 m at 349.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1558811 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 1557747 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    3165.6 m at 103.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1557747 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 1560141 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    146.9 m at 224.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1560141 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 1559495 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    2004.4 m at 191.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1559495 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 1395259 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    494.7 m at 171.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1395259 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: 1394993 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.3 m at 183.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1394993 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: 1395297 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    904.3 m at 208.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1395297 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: 1394195 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    702.6 m at 193.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1394195 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 1437933 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1241.0 m at 304.2°. 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 1437933 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 10: 1394233 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    540.1 m at 310.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1394233 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: 1437591 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    730.6 m at 329.7°. 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 1437591 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 12: 1394005 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    35.9 m at 339.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1394005 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 1437401 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    415.0 m at 340.4°. 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 1437401 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 14: 1438199 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    175.0 m at 3.0°. 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 1438199 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 15: 1561661 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1745.1 m at 347.1°. 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 1561661 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 16: 1378463 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    772.5 m at 293.3°. 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 1378463 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 17: 1376829 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    19.9 m at 305.7°. 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 1376829 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
Zillman Creek
Lot on plan
1376829
Coordinates
-27.08298, 152.82659 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
watercourse

What this approach was read from