Public Trails Computed from official land records

Noosa · Laguna Lookout

Laguna Lookout from Sand Road

entry is a track 145 m of climb chain confidence Official spatial — evidence class laguna-lookout--from-sand-road

Access verdict · Lawful, nothing to flag · weakest evidence in the chain: official spatial record

A lawful approach from Sand Road.

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 -26.39568, 153.10738

That is Sand Road, where the walk below begins — 5.0 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.

-26.39568, 153.10738

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 Track Parkedge Break nothing mapped 589.3 m 188.4° S Official spatial — evidence class
2 Track Shared pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 9.9 m 191.6° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
3 Track Shared pathway - unpaved section nothing mapped 11.7 m 278.2° W Official spatial — evidence class
4 Track Shared pathway nothing mapped 66.5 m 239.2° WSW Official spatial — evidence class
5 Track Shared pathway - unpaved section nothing mapped 41.5 m 186.5° S Official spatial — evidence class
6 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 14.8 m 279.9° W Official spatial — evidence class
7 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 1294.9 m 280.8° W Official spatial — evidence class
8 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 8.1 m 296.9° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
9 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 80.1 m 296.4° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
10 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 12.1 m 279.2° W Official spatial — evidence class
11 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 82.0 m 297.3° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
12 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 14.9 m 297.0° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
13 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 419.1 m 326.5° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
14 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 12.7 m 22.2° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
15 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 96.2 m 2.2° N Official spatial — evidence class
16 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 13.6 m 2.1° N Official spatial — evidence class
17 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 176.4 m 0.7° N Official spatial — evidence class
18 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 13.9 m 358.0° N Official spatial — evidence class
19 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 710.3 m 12.9° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
20 Track Shared pathway nothing mapped 168.6 m 95.8° E Official spatial — evidence class
21 Track Laguna lookout pathway nothing mapped 366.3 m 148.4° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
22 Track Laguna lookout track nothing mapped 535.7 m 159.0° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
23 Track Laguna lookout pathway nothing mapped 257.2 m 126.4° SE Official spatial — evidence class
24 Track stairs track (Local Government Authority) nothing mapped 22.8 m 334.3° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
Total no way mapped 5018.6 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 2¼ hours out and back

at least 1¼ hours there at least 1 hour back

145 m up and 85 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 85 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

The way reaches this place Official spatial — evidence class

Parkedge Break passes 15 m from the recorded point. The gap crosses no contour, which is as level as this layer can evidence — not a survey saying the ground is flat.

Both gaps are small enough that the way is a way to this place, not merely one near it.

  1. Follow Parkedge Break for 95 m, setting off S (169°), to the junction with Parkedge Break.

    Back: 349° along Parkedge Break, 95 m from the start.

  2. Follow Parkedge Break for 94 m, setting off S (170°), to the junction with Parkedge Break.

    Back: 350° along Parkedge Break, 189 m from the start.

  3. Follow Parkedge Break for 91 m, setting off SSE (162°), to the junction with Parkedge Break.

    Back: 342° along Parkedge Break, 280 m from the start.

  4. Follow Parkedge Break for 83 m, setting off S (185°), to the junction with Parkedge Break.

    Back: 5° along Parkedge Break, 363 m from the start.

  5. Follow Parkedge Break for 106 m, setting off SW (219°), to the junction with Parkedge Break.

    Back: 39° along Parkedge Break, 469 m from the start.

  6. Follow Parkedge Break for 82 m, setting off SW (217°), to the junction with Parkedge Break.

    Back: 37° along Parkedge Break, 551 m from the start.

  7. Follow Parkedge Break for 168 m, setting off SW (217°), to the junction with Noosa Coastal Pathway.

    Back: 37° along Parkedge Break, 719 m from the start.

  8. Follow Parkedge Break for 319 m, setting off W (266°), to the junction with another published way.

    Back: 86° along Parkedge Break, 1038 m from the start.

  9. Follow Parkedge Break for 517 m, setting off WNW (297°), to the boundary of Noosa National Park.

    Back: 117° along Parkedge Break, 1554 m from the start.

  10. Follow Parkedge Break for 479 m, setting off W (274°), to the junction with Honeysuckle Lane.

    Back: 94° along Parkedge Break, 2033 m from the start.

  11. Follow Parkedge Break for 88 m, setting off WNW (296°), to the junction with Eugarie Street.

    Back: 116° along Parkedge Break, 2121 m from the start.

  12. Follow Parkedge Break for 97 m, setting off WNW (296°), to the junction with Berrima Row.

    Back: 116° along Parkedge Break, 2218 m from the start.

  13. Follow Parkedge Break for 431 m, setting off NNW (326°), to the junction with Bottlebrush Avenue.

    Back: 146° along Parkedge Break, 2649 m from the start.

  14. Follow Parkedge Break for 105 m, setting off N (4°), to the junction with Shared pathway.

    Back: 184° along Parkedge Break, 2754 m from the start.

  15. Follow Parkedge Break for 195 m, setting off N (1°), to the junction with Hibiscus Avenue.

    Back: 181° along Parkedge Break, 2948 m from the start.

  16. Follow Parkedge Break for 577 m, setting off NNE (18°), to the junction with Halse Lane.

    Back: 198° along Parkedge Break, 3525 m from the start.

  17. Follow Parkedge Break for 143 m, setting off N (352°), to the junction with Shared pathway - road crossing.

    Back: 172° along Parkedge Break, 3668 m from the start.

  18. Follow Parkedge Break for 137 m, setting off E (95°), to the junction with Shared pathway - road crossing.

    Back: 275° along Parkedge Break, 3806 m from the start.

  19. Follow Parkedge Break for 95 m, setting off SSE (154°), to the junction with Morwong Drive.

    Back: 334° along Parkedge Break, 3901 m from the start.

  20. Follow Parkedge Break for 838 m, setting off SSE (149°), to the junction with Shared pathway.

    Back: 329° along Parkedge Break, 4739 m from the start.

  21. Follow Parkedge Break for 170 m, setting off SSE (155°), to the junction with another published way.

    Back: 335° along Parkedge Break, 4909 m from the start.

  22. Follow Parkedge Break for 87 m, setting off NNE (20°), to the junction with another published way.

    Back: 200° along Parkedge Break, 4996 m from the start.

  23. Follow Parkedge Break for 23 m, setting off NNW (334°), to arrive.

    Back: 154° along Parkedge Break, 5019 m from the start.

5019 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.
estate
The boundary of a named protected estate — usually signed, but not always.
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

Distance along the route, 0 to 4977.1 m · height 5.0 to 125.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
145.0 m
Total descent
85.0 m
Steepest sustained
30.5% over 65.5 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
140.4 m 65.0 m
141.6 m 65.0 m
141.6 m 65.0 m
142.7 m 65.0 m
143.0 m 65.0 m
206.6 m 70.0 m
377.3 m 70.0 m
380.0 m 70.0 m
385.3 m 70.0 m
466.5 m 65.0 m
761.7 m 65.0 m
892.6 m 65.0 m
940.9 m 60.0 m
981.1 m 55.0 m
1048.1 m 50.0 m
1144.2 m 45.0 m
1296.9 m 40.0 m
1679.8 m 35.0 m
1682.0 m 35.0 m
1687.4 m 35.0 m
1688.6 m 35.0 m
1690.2 m 35.0 m
1883.6 m 30.0 m
2128.2 m 25.0 m
2129.2 m 25.0 m
2136.5 m 25.0 m
2615.0 m 25.0 m
2674.7 m 30.0 m
2715.4 m 35.0 m
2767.1 m 40.0 m
2822.6 m 45.0 m
2951.0 m 45.0 m
3016.0 m 40.0 m
3069.1 m 35.0 m
3129.0 m 30.0 m
3175.1 m 25.0 m
3234.3 m 20.0 m
3235.1 m 20.0 m
3240.2 m 20.0 m
3240.4 m 20.0 m
3240.7 m 20.0 m
3241.1 m 20.0 m
3241.2 m 20.0 m
3281.6 m 15.0 m
3343.9 m 10.0 m
3432.8 m 5.0 m
3831.0 m 5.0 m
3881.5 m 10.0 m
3935.2 m 15.0 m
3950.0 m 15.0 m
3958.0 m 15.0 m
3986.3 m 20.0 m
4013.8 m 25.0 m
4034.4 m 30.0 m
4059.7 m 35.0 m
4060.8 m 35.0 m
4063.2 m 35.0 m
4086.7 m 40.0 m
4109.7 m 45.0 m
4122.4 m 50.0 m
4135.4 m 55.0 m
4152.2 m 60.0 m
4178.9 m 65.0 m
4202.8 m 70.0 m
4242.0 m 75.0 m
4321.7 m 80.0 m
4553.2 m 85.0 m
4587.8 m 90.0 m
4638.7 m 95.0 m
4677.2 m 100.0 m
4755.5 m 105.0 m
4826.0 m 110.0 m
4873.1 m 115.0 m
4938.4 m 120.0 m
4977.1 m 125.0 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: 24 legs from Sand Road, 5018.6 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 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

  • Leg 1: Parkedge Break carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    589.3 m at 188.4°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Parkedge Break Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: Shared pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    9.9 m at 191.6°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: Shared pathway - unpaved section carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    11.7 m at 278.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway - unpaved section Grade official_spatial

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

    66.5 m at 239.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: Shared pathway - unpaved section carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    41.5 m at 186.5°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway - unpaved section Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    14.8 m at 279.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1294.9 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 Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    8.1 m at 296.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    80.1 m at 296.4°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    12.1 m at 279.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    82.0 m at 297.3°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    14.9 m at 297.0°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    419.1 m at 326.5°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    12.7 m at 22.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 15: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    96.2 m at 2.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 16: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    13.6 m at 2.1°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 17: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    176.4 m at 0.7°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 18: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    13.9 m at 358.0°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 19: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    710.3 m at 12.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

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

    168.6 m at 95.8°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 21: Laguna lookout pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    366.3 m at 148.4°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Laguna lookout pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 22: Laguna lookout track carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    535.7 m at 159.0°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Laguna lookout track Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 23: Laguna lookout pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    257.2 m at 126.4°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Laguna lookout pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 24: stairs track (Local Government Authority) carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    22.8 m at 334.3°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference stairs track (Local Government Authority) Grade official_spatial

If something goes wrong

Emergency reference — read this to 000

Location
Laguna Lookout, Noosa National Park
Lot on plan
147NPW889
Coordinates
-26.39083, 153.09556 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
lookout

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