Coolum Creek from Golf Ball Break Marcoola North
Access verdict · Lawful, with caveats · weakest evidence in the chain: statutory inference
A lawful approach from Golf Ball Break Marcoola North, 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.
On-ground signage and temporary closures override this page. Always.
Getting to the start The trailhead coordinate, not the feature
The start is at -26.57719, 153.07892
That is Golf Ball Break Marcoola North, where the walk below begins — 19.6 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
-26.57719, 153.07892
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
| # | Runs along | Parcel / reference | Mapped along it | Distance | Bearing | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protected estate | 3AP23585 | nothing mapped | 614.9 m | 115.6° ESE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 2 | Road reserve | 5286939 | nothing mapped | 21.1 m | 196.6° SSW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 3 | Protected estate | 3AP23585 | nothing mapped | 1444.7 m | 148.2° SSE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 4 | Road reserve | 2411148 | nothing mapped | 441.5 m | 103.5° ESE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 5 | Road reserve | 2324736 | nothing mapped | 144.2 m | 174.8° S | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 6 | Road reserve | 2324812 | nothing mapped | 290.2 m | 157.4° SSE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 7 | Watercourse bed | 523293 | nothing mapped | 654.6 m | 176.2° S | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 8 | Road reserve | 2323558 | nothing mapped | 53.4 m | 172.0° S | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 9 | Watercourse bed | 522609 | nothing mapped | 1357.0 m | 166.6° SSE | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 10 | Road reserve | 2500638 | nothing mapped | 288.5 m | 165.3° SSE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 11 | Watercourse bed | 522647 | nothing mapped | 2247.7 m | 181.2° S | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 12 | Road reserve | 1894447 | nothing mapped | 170.0 m | 221.5° SW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 13 | Protected estate | 509NPW594 | nothing mapped | 104.3 m | 251.9° WSW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 14 | Road reserve | 1894409 | nothing mapped | 403.1 m | 274.6° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 15 | Road reserve | 1893573 | nothing mapped | 760.1 m | 258.8° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 16 | Road reserve | 1907101 | nothing mapped | 21.0 m | 262.4° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 17 | Road reserve | 458201 | nothing mapped | 641.3 m | 273.0° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 18 | Road reserve | 482445 | nothing mapped | 21.8 m | 256.8° WSW | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 19 | Road reserve | 458239 | nothing mapped | 670.0 m | 267.4° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 20 | Watercourse bed | 845287 | nothing mapped | 599.2 m | 260.7° W | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 21 | Road reserve | 2031742 | nothing mapped | 36.8 m | 275.3° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 22 | Watercourse bed | 2024997 | nothing mapped | 12.4 m | 264.8° W | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 23 | Road reserve | 2033718 | nothing mapped | 21.0 m | 277.0° W | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 24 | Watercourse bed | 2024503 | nothing mapped | 734.4 m | 279.9° W | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 25 | Watercourse bed | 2024541 | nothing mapped | 934.5 m | 309.1° NW | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 26 | Watercourse bed | 2023743 | nothing mapped | 1095.7 m | 327.7° NNW | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 27 | Road reserve | 2024807 | nothing mapped | 298.9 m | 13.3° NNE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 28 | Road reserve | 2023895 | nothing mapped | 40.3 m | 50.8° NE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 29 | Road reserve | 1729772 | nothing mapped | 569.9 m | 18.7° NNE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 30 | Road reserve | 1729202 | nothing mapped | 20.3 m | 86.8° E | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 31 | Road reserve | 1729354 | nothing mapped | 295.0 m | 49.0° NE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 32 | Watercourse bed | 1729430 | nothing mapped | 132.9 m | 43.7° NE | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 33 | Watercourse bed | 1728518 | nothing mapped | 536.4 m | 32.5° NNE | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 34 | Watercourse bed | 1727834 | nothing mapped | 542.7 m | 16.1° NNE | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 35 | Protected estate | 539NPW863 | nothing mapped | 1706.8 m | 21.2° NNE | Official spatial — evidence class |
| 36 | Watercourse bed | 2474570 | nothing mapped | 445.8 m | 16.9° NNE | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 37 | Watercourse bed | 1725326 | nothing mapped | 629.3 m | 4.8° N | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 38 | Watercourse bed | 1697054 | nothing mapped | 488.5 m | 354.5° N | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| 39 | Watercourse bed | 1696750 | nothing mapped | 92.3 m | 359.9° N | Statutory inference — evidence class |
| Total | no way mapped | 19582.5 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 2324812 and 2323558 is 368.79 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2323558 and 2500638 is 1297.51 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2500638 and 1894447 is 1399.18 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 458239 and 2031742 is 574.94 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2031742 and 2033718 is 11.94 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2033718 and 2024541 is 613.02 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2024503 and 2023743 is 822.26 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2024541 and 2024807 is 1025.18 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1729354 and 1728518 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1729430 and 1727834 is 512.30 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1728518 and 539NPW863 is 533.67 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 539NPW863 and 1725326 is 390.72 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2474570 and 1725326 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1725326 and 1697054 is 0.00 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
- Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1725326 and 1696750 is 472.99 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 8 hours out and back
at least 4 hours there at least 4 hours back
0 m up and 0 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 0 m.
Walking only — nothing is counted for rest, water, photographs, navigation, or the state of the track.
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
- Total climb
- 0.0 m
- Total descent
- 0.0 m
- Steepest sustained
- 0.0% over 59.9 m
- Contour interval
- not stated by the layer
Every height the contours record along this route
| Distance along | Height |
|---|---|
| 2686.2 m | 5.0 m |
| 2689.3 m | 5.0 m |
| 2720.1 m | 5.0 m |
| 2801.9 m | 5.0 m |
| 2807.4 m | 5.0 m |
| 2898.2 m | 5.0 m |
| 3483.7 m | 5.0 m |
| 3504.1 m | 5.0 m |
| 5197.2 m | 5.0 m |
| 5257.2 m | 5.0 m |
| 5260.7 m | 5.0 m |
| 5274.1 m | 5.0 m |
| 7515.5 m | 5.0 m |
| 7517.6 m | 5.0 m |
| 7523.2 m | 5.0 m |
| 7539.0 m | 5.0 m |
| 7551.0 m | 5.0 m |
| 7564.2 m | 5.0 m |
| 7632.8 m | 5.0 m |
| 7664.8 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 an unstated interval cannot evidence a step smaller than the gap between them.
The line on the ground
Map
Route map: 39 legs from Golf Ball Break Marcoola North, 19582.5 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 the parcel below Official spatial — evidence class
Parcel 1696750, 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
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Leg 1: 3AP23585 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
614.9 m at 115.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 3AP23585 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 2: 5286939 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
21.1 m at 196.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 5286939 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 3: 3AP23585 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
1444.7 m at 148.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 3AP23585 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 4: 2411148 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
441.5 m at 103.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2411148 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 5: 2324736 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
144.2 m at 174.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2324736 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 6: 2324812 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
290.2 m at 157.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2324812 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 7: 523293 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
654.6 m at 176.2°. 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 523293 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 8: 2323558 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
53.4 m at 172.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2323558 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 9: 522609 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
1357.0 m at 166.6°. 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 522609 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 10: 2500638 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
288.5 m at 165.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2500638 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 11: 522647 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
2247.7 m at 181.2°. 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 522647 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 12: 1894447 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
170.0 m at 221.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1894447 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 13: 509NPW594 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
104.3 m at 251.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 509NPW594 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 14: 1894409 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
403.1 m at 274.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1894409 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 15: 1893573 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
760.1 m at 258.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1893573 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 16: 1907101 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
21.0 m at 262.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1907101 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 17: 458201 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
641.3 m at 273.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 458201 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 18: 482445 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
21.8 m at 256.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 482445 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 19: 458239 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
670.0 m at 267.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 458239 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 20: 845287 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
599.2 m at 260.7°. 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 845287 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 21: 2031742 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
36.8 m at 275.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2031742 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 22: 2024997 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
12.4 m at 264.8°. 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 2024997 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 23: 2033718 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
21.0 m at 277.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2033718 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 24: 2024503 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
734.4 m at 279.9°. 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 2024503 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 25: 2024541 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
934.5 m at 309.1°. 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 2024541 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 26: 2023743 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
1095.7 m at 327.7°. 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 2023743 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 27: 2024807 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
298.9 m at 13.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2024807 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 28: 2023895 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
40.3 m at 50.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 2023895 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 29: 1729772 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
569.9 m at 18.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1729772 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 30: 1729202 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
20.3 m at 86.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1729202 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 31: 1729354 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
295.0 m at 49.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 1729354 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 32: 1729430 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
132.9 m at 43.7°. 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 1729430 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 33: 1728518 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
536.4 m at 32.5°. 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 1728518 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 34: 1727834 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
542.7 m at 16.1°. 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 1727834 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 35: 539NPW863 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class
1706.8 m at 21.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.
Leg reference 539NPW863 Grade official_spatial
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Leg 36: 2474570 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
445.8 m at 16.9°. 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 2474570 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 37: 1725326 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
629.3 m at 4.8°. 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 1725326 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 38: 1697054 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
488.5 m at 354.5°. 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 1697054 Grade statutory_inference
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Leg 39: 1696750 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class
92.3 m at 359.9°. 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 1696750 Grade statutory_inference
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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
- Coolum Creek
- Lot on plan
- 1696750
- Coordinates
- -26.57688, 153.06544 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
- Feature
- watercourse
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