Dolphin Point from Paddys Line
Access verdict · Lawful, nothing to flag · weakest evidence in the chain: official spatial record
A lawful approach from Paddys Line.
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.
On-ground signage and temporary closures override this page. Always.
Getting to the start The trailhead coordinate, not the feature
The start is at -26.39483, 153.10961
That is Paddys Line, where the walk below begins — 3.8 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.
- Google Maps one link for a desktop browser, Android or iPhone
- Apple Maps the default on iPhone and Mac
- Your own map app hands the coordinate to an installed app, offline ones included
-26.39483, 153.10961
Four-wheel-drive only The roads layer marks the road reaching this point as four-wheel-drive. A vehicle that gets most of the way along a road like this can still be stopped by the last of it.
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
| # | Runs along | Parcel / reference | Mapped along it | Distance | Bearing | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Track | Paddys Line | nothing mapped | 312.9 m | 12.3° NNE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 2 | Track | Alexandria Bay Walk | nothing mapped | 304.7 m | 70.1° ENE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 3 | Track | Sunshine Beach Break | nothing mapped | 106.9 m | 295.5° WNW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 4 | Track | Grass Tree Break | nothing mapped | 575.5 m | 303.4° WNW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 5 | Track | Tanglewood Walk | nothing mapped | 838.3 m | 16.1° NNE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 6 | Track | Tanglewood Break | nothing mapped | 952.1 m | 51.6° NE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 7 | Track | Coastal-Tanglewood Link | nothing mapped | 80.8 m | 280.8° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 8 | Track | Coastal Walk | nothing mapped | 628.4 m | 291.9° WNW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| Total | no way mapped | 3799.6 m | Chain confidence Official spatial — 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.
Following it on the ground Every step ends at something you can check
at least 1¾ hours out and back
at least three quarters of an hour there at least 1 hour back
40 m up and 75 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 75 m.
Walking only — nothing is counted for rest, water, photographs, navigation, or the state of the track.
The way reaches this place Official spatial — evidence class
Paddys Line passes 37 m from the recorded point. There is 5 m of climb or drop between the two, read at a 5.0 m contour interval.
Both gaps are small enough that the way is a way to this place, not merely one near it.
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Follow Paddys Line for 107 m, setting off NNW (343°), to the junction with Paddys Line.
Back: 163° along Paddys Line, 107 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 101 m, setting off NNE (12°), to the junction with Paddys Line.
Back: 192° along Paddys Line, 208 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 83 m, setting off NE (43°), to the junction with Paddys Line.
Back: 223° along Paddys Line, 291 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 167 m, setting off ENE (73°), to the junction with another published way.
Back: 253° along Paddys Line, 458 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 159 m, setting off ENE (62°), to the junction with Sunshine Beach Break.
Back: 242° along Paddys Line, 618 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 104 m, setting off WNW (296°), to the junction with Sunshine Beach Break.
Back: 116° along Paddys Line, 721 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 102 m, setting off WNW (299°), to the junction with Grass Tree Break.
Back: 119° along Paddys Line, 823 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 88 m, setting off WNW (298°), to the junction with Grass Tree Break.
Back: 118° along Paddys Line, 912 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 84 m, setting off WNW (293°), to the junction with Grass Tree Break.
Back: 113° along Paddys Line, 995 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 84 m, setting off WNW (302°), to the junction with Grass Tree Break.
Back: 122° along Paddys Line, 1079 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 87 m, setting off WNW (296°), to the junction with Grass Tree Break.
Back: 116° along Paddys Line, 1166 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 92 m, setting off NW (320°), to the junction with Grass Tree Break.
Back: 140° along Paddys Line, 1257 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 604 m, setting off N (5°), to the junction with Tanglewood Walk.
Back: 185° along Paddys Line, 1862 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 277 m, setting off NNE (30°), to the junction with Box Tree Break.
Back: 210° along Paddys Line, 2138 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 116 m, setting off NE (46°), to the 60 m contour.
Back: 226° along Paddys Line, 2255 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 836 m, setting off NE (53°), to the junction with Tanglewood Break.
Back: 233° along Paddys Line, 3090 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 81 m, setting off W (281°), to the junction with Coastal Walk.
Back: 101° along Paddys Line, 3171 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 129 m, setting off W (260°), to the junction with Granite Bay beach access.
Back: 80° along Paddys Line, 3301 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 286 m, setting off WNW (294°), to the junction with Granite Bay beach access.
Back: 114° along Paddys Line, 3587 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 144 m, setting off NW (315°), to the junction with Dolphin Point/Granite Bay Emergency Access.
Back: 135° along Paddys Line, 3731 m from the start.
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Follow Paddys Line for 69 m, setting off WNW (296°), to arrive.
Back: 116° along Paddys Line, 3800 m from the start.
3800 m in total, along the way the managing authority publishes. Every step above ends at something the records let you check on the ground. Bearings are true, not magnetic: they match a phone compass with no conversion. In this part of Queensland a magnetic bezel reads about 11° east of them, so an analogue compass needs that taken off before you set it.
What each step ends at, and why Official spatial — evidence class
- junction
- A junction with another published way. Unmissable on the ground, and the place a wrong turn happens.
- contour
- A mapped height. Checkable on a phone, and nothing else on the ground marks it.
- destination
- The place itself, which is always where the last step ends.
A cadastral parcel boundary is never one of them. It is invisible on the ground, so a step that ended at one could never be checked — however convenient it looks in the data.
How much climbing Read off the published contour layer
- Total climb
- 40.0 m
- Total descent
- 75.0 m
- Steepest sustained
- 22.5% over 66.7 m
- Contour interval
- 5.0 m
Every height the contours record along this route
| Distance along | Height |
|---|---|
| 187.4 m | 55.0 m |
| 363.3 m | 55.0 m |
| 390.1 m | 50.0 m |
| 419.8 m | 45.0 m |
| 438.8 m | 40.0 m |
| 456.8 m | 35.0 m |
| 507.7 m | 35.0 m |
| 546.3 m | 40.0 m |
| 553.8 m | 40.0 m |
| 568.5 m | 40.0 m |
| 667.0 m | 40.0 m |
| 868.3 m | 40.0 m |
| 927.4 m | 45.0 m |
| 971.1 m | 50.0 m |
| 1006.1 m | 55.0 m |
| 1101.3 m | 60.0 m |
| 1170.1 m | 65.0 m |
| 1276.4 m | 70.0 m |
| 1419.3 m | 70.0 m |
| 1466.4 m | 70.0 m |
| 1469.9 m | 70.0 m |
| 1657.0 m | 65.0 m |
| 1703.4 m | 65.0 m |
| 1706.1 m | 65.0 m |
| 1724.1 m | 65.0 m |
| 1724.3 m | 65.0 m |
| 1725.1 m | 65.0 m |
| 1755.4 m | 65.0 m |
| 1776.1 m | 65.0 m |
| 1859.2 m | 70.0 m |
| 1863.2 m | 70.0 m |
| 1903.7 m | 65.0 m |
| 1911.6 m | 65.0 m |
| 2049.4 m | 65.0 m |
| 2254.5 m | 60.0 m |
| 2451.7 m | 55.0 m |
| 2691.5 m | 50.0 m |
| 2867.4 m | 45.0 m |
| 2945.0 m | 40.0 m |
| 3007.7 m | 35.0 m |
| 3010.1 m | 35.0 m |
| 3011.1 m | 35.0 m |
| 3077.0 m | 30.0 m |
| 3125.8 m | 25.0 m |
| 3156.9 m | 20.0 m |
| 3685.9 m | 20.0 m |
| 3698.2 m | 20.0 m |
| 3698.5 m | 20.0 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: 8 legs from Paddys Line, 3799.6 m in total.
What the colours mean
- Land — the council area the region is published under
- Water beyond the council boundary
- Freehold or leasehold — no public access
- National park / protected estate — public land
- Road reserve
- Watercourse
- Track recorded by the managing authority
- Contour, every 10 m of height — nothing is implied about the ground between two of them
- Tenure unresolved — treated as no access
- Where your device says you are, shown only if you press the locate button — read as a rough fix, not a position, and never sent anywhere
- A place with a published approach — the pin is a link to it
- A place with none — every one is listed under the map with its verdict in words
- Where a published approach starts — each one has a page of its own below
- The walk — the line the legs below describe, not a surveyed path
- The parcels it crosses — the evidence the walk is lawful
- Watercourse crossing — no structure, off in high flow
Names on the map come from the same official records as the rest of the page — road and track names from the cadastre and the access layer, watercourses and estates from their own layers. A feature the record does not name is left unlabelled rather than guessed at.
Sources, licences and dataset versions for everything this map draws.
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
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The destination sits on Noosa National Park Official spatial — evidence class
Parcel 147NPW889, recorded tenure "National Park". 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
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Leg 1: Paddys Line carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
312.9 m at 12.3°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Paddys Line Grade official_spatial
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Leg 2: Alexandria Bay Walk carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
304.7 m at 70.1°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Alexandria Bay Walk Grade official_spatial
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Leg 3: Sunshine Beach Break carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
106.9 m at 295.5°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Sunshine Beach Break Grade official_spatial
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Leg 4: Grass Tree Break carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
575.5 m at 303.4°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Grass Tree Break Grade official_spatial
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Leg 5: Tanglewood Walk carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
838.3 m at 16.1°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Tanglewood Walk Grade official_spatial
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Leg 6: Tanglewood Break carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
952.1 m at 51.6°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Tanglewood Break Grade official_spatial
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Leg 7: Coastal-Tanglewood Link carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
80.8 m at 280.8°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Coastal-Tanglewood Link Grade official_spatial
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Leg 8: Coastal Walk carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
628.4 m at 291.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.
Leg reference Coastal Walk Grade official_spatial
If something goes wrong
Emergency reference — read this to 000
- Location
- Dolphin Point, Noosa National Park
- Lot on plan
- 147NPW889
- Coordinates
- -26.37722, 153.10779 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
- Feature
- point
What this approach was read from
- Cadastral data Queensland (DCDB), incl. easement layer — © State of Queensland (Department of Resources) CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-22
- Queensland LiDAR-derived contours (5 m) — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-22
- Queensland local government area boundaries — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-27
- Queensland place names gazetteer — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-16
- QPWS access (walking tracks, roads, facilities) — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-23
- Queensland roads and tracks (named road centrelines) — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-22