Public Trails Computed from official land records

Somerset · Waterfall Creek

Waterfall Creek from Kangaroo Creek Road

entry is a road chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class waterfall-creek--from-kangaroo-creek-road

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

A lawful approach from Kangaroo Creek 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 -26.86091, 152.34890

That is Kangaroo Creek Road, where the walk below begins — 27.7 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.

-26.86091, 152.34890

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 573386 nothing mapped 2964.2 m 128.3° SE Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 583570 nothing mapped 693.4 m 115.2° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 408770 nothing mapped 1430.7 m 231.4° SW Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 409416 nothing mapped 48.7 m 208.1° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
5 Watercourse bed 407402 nothing mapped 1481.1 m 63.9° ENE Statutory inference — evidence class
6 Watercourse bed 585166 nothing mapped 1382.7 m 42.3° NE Statutory inference — evidence class
7 Watercourse bed 302902 nothing mapped 2136.3 m 45.9° NE Statutory inference — evidence class
8 Road reserve 302940 nothing mapped 427.8 m 49.6° NE Official spatial — evidence class
9 Road reserve 301648 nothing mapped 590.2 m 50.1° NE Official spatial — evidence class
10 Watercourse bed 300926 nothing mapped 738.8 m 45.9° NE Statutory inference — evidence class
11 Road reserve 301344 nothing mapped 1001.5 m 59.2° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
12 Road reserve 301458 nothing mapped 20.2 m 94.9° E Official spatial — evidence class
13 Road reserve 301496 nothing mapped 1519.6 m 98.4° E Official spatial — evidence class
14 Road reserve 301838 nothing mapped 147.6 m 335.8° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
15 Road reserve 1861587 nothing mapped 75.7 m 2.1° N Official spatial — evidence class
16 Road reserve 1861549 nothing mapped 20.5 m 322.4° NW Official spatial — evidence class
17 Road reserve 1861245 nothing mapped 890.5 m 325.3° NW Official spatial — evidence class
18 Road reserve 1858851 nothing mapped 159.1 m 322.6° NW Official spatial — evidence class
19 Road reserve 1858015 nothing mapped 2160.8 m 301.0° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
20 Road reserve 1855203 nothing mapped 4502.3 m 291.3° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
21 Road reserve 574564 nothing mapped 942.6 m 264.4° W Official spatial — evidence class
22 Road reserve 574412 nothing mapped 2086.4 m 200.3° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
23 Road reserve 573500 nothing mapped 2282.4 m 200.9° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
Total no way mapped 27703.1 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 409416 and 585166 is 1363.36 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 407402 and 302902 is 1377.23 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 585166 and 302940 is 558.58 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 301648 and 301344 is 722.27 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.

Following it on the ground No published way to follow

at least 11 hours out and back

at least 5½ hours there at least 5½ hours back

This walk is 11 hours out and back at a minimum, past the 8 hours this site plans a day walk against. It is published in full and it is not a day walk: plan it as an overnight trip, or turn around at a time you choose before you set off rather than at the fall.

Walking only — nothing is counted for rest, water, photographs, navigation, or the state of the track. The climb on this route could not be measured, so the figure is flat-ground time and the real walk is longer.

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 No contour cover along this line

No profile is published for this route. The contour layer does not cross its line often enough to describe a climb, and a profile drawn from anything else would be a guess about the ground.

The line on the ground

Map

Route map: 23 legs from Kangaroo Creek Road, 27703.1 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

    Parcel not resolved, recorded tenure "unresolved". 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: 573386 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    2964.2 m at 128.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 573386 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 583570 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    693.4 m at 115.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 583570 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 408770 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1430.7 m at 231.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 408770 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 409416 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    48.7 m at 208.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 409416 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 407402 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1481.1 m at 63.9°. 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 407402 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 6: 585166 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1382.7 m at 42.3°. 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 585166 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 7: 302902 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    2136.3 m at 45.9°. 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 302902 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 8: 302940 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    427.8 m at 49.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 302940 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 301648 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    590.2 m at 50.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 301648 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 300926 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    738.8 m at 45.9°. 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 300926 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 11: 301344 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1001.5 m at 59.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 301344 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: 301458 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.2 m at 94.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 301458 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 301496 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1519.6 m at 98.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 301496 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: 301838 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    147.6 m at 335.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 301838 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 15: 1861587 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    75.7 m at 2.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1861587 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 16: 1861549 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    20.5 m at 322.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1861549 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 17: 1861245 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    890.5 m at 325.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1861245 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 18: 1858851 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    159.1 m at 322.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1858851 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 19: 1858015 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    2160.8 m at 301.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1858015 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 20: 1855203 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    4502.3 m at 291.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 1855203 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 21: 574564 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    942.6 m at 264.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 574564 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 22: 574412 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    2086.4 m at 200.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 574412 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 23: 573500 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    2282.4 m at 200.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 573500 Grade official_spatial

  • 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
Waterfall Creek
Lot on plan
not established from the cadastre
Coordinates
-26.85000, 152.35000 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
watercourse

What this approach was read from