Public Trails Computed from official land records

Sunshine Coast · Mount Wappa

Mount Wappa from Bracken Fern Road

entry is a road 295 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class mount-wappa--from-bracken-fern-road

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

A lawful approach from Bracken Fern 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 -26.57479, 152.94609

That is Bracken Fern Road, where the walk below begins — 13.4 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.

-26.57479, 152.94609

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 2209862 nothing mapped 365.9 m 97.7° E Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 2447900 nothing mapped 338.2 m 97.5° E Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 2179462 nothing mapped 519.6 m 32.4° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 2185618 nothing mapped 302.4 m 152.5° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
5 Road reserve 2185276 nothing mapped 153.8 m 154.8° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
6 Road reserve 2187328 nothing mapped 191.9 m 147.8° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
7 Road reserve 2166504 nothing mapped 450.1 m 142.5° SE Official spatial — evidence class
8 Road reserve 2166238 nothing mapped 63.1 m 156.5° SSE Official spatial — evidence class
9 Road reserve 2167340 nothing mapped 69.4 m 211.2° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
10 Road reserve 2167834 nothing mapped 30.3 m 192.9° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
11 Road reserve 2166314 nothing mapped 511.9 m 201.9° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
12 Road reserve 2167264 nothing mapped 40.9 m 180.4° S Official spatial — evidence class
13 Road reserve 2164566 nothing mapped 429.9 m 201.6° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
14 Road reserve 2164756 nothing mapped 21.6 m 168.8° S Official spatial — evidence class
15 Road reserve 2165782 nothing mapped 175.0 m 112.9° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
16 Watercourse bed 2164680 nothing mapped 112.4 m 9.3° N Statutory inference — evidence class
17 Road reserve 2163996 nothing mapped 890.4 m 99.2° E Official spatial — evidence class
18 Road reserve 2164870 nothing mapped 139.0 m 2.3° N Official spatial — evidence class
19 Road reserve 2165934 nothing mapped 455.4 m 337.7° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
20 Road reserve 2190900 nothing mapped 162.5 m 334.1° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
21 Road reserve 2190938 nothing mapped 817.5 m 337.9° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
22 Road reserve 2188886 nothing mapped 1436.0 m 10.7° N Official spatial — evidence class
23 Road reserve 2188962 nothing mapped 208.3 m 313.5° NW Official spatial — evidence class
24 Road reserve 2188012 nothing mapped 145.7 m 18.8° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
25 Watercourse bed 2188202 nothing mapped 548.3 m 259.8° W Statutory inference — evidence class
26 Watercourse bed 2174484 nothing mapped 32.1 m 239.1° WSW Statutory inference — evidence class
27 Watercourse bed 2168822 nothing mapped 395.2 m 232.2° SW Statutory inference — evidence class
28 Road reserve 2167910 nothing mapped 95.0 m 222.4° SW Official spatial — evidence class
29 Watercourse bed 2447216 nothing mapped 999.6 m 290.6° WNW Statutory inference — evidence class
30 Watercourse bed 1221370 nothing mapped 646.6 m 301.3° WNW Statutory inference — evidence class
31 Watercourse bed 2177334 nothing mapped 421.1 m 202.1° SSW Statutory inference — evidence class
32 Road reserve 2159056 nothing mapped 18.0 m 172.4° S Official spatial — evidence class
33 Watercourse bed 2162970 nothing mapped 668.1 m 227.3° SW Statutory inference — evidence class
34 Road reserve 2162514 nothing mapped 163.8 m 105.0° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
35 Road reserve 2162058 nothing mapped 28.5 m 100.0° E Official spatial — evidence class
36 Road reserve 2162590 nothing mapped 181.4 m 100.0° E Official spatial — evidence class
37 Road reserve 2161906 Colemans Farmroad open 535.9 m 190.0° S Official spatial — evidence class
38 Road reserve 2161564 Wappa Falls Road open 24.2 m 230.3° SW Official spatial — evidence class
39 Protected estate 368NPW1111 nothing mapped 583.1 m 194.6° SSW Official spatial — evidence class
Total 550.1 m mapped 13372.1 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 2165782 and 2163996 is 69.12 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2188012 and 2174484 is 461.28 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2188202 and 2168822 is 25.76 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2174484 and 2167910 is 352.16 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2167910 and 1221370 is 886.07 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2447216 and 2177334 is 623.16 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 1221370 and 2159056 is 406.38 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 2159056 and 2162514 is 521.17 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.

Following it on the ground No steps, but the record maps ground here

at least 6¼ hours out and back

at least 3¼ hours there at least 3 hours back

295 m up and 130 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 130 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

What is mapped along this chain

A managing authority has surveyed a way along 550 m of this 13372 m chain — about 4% of it. That is a statement about what is on the ground, not about your right to be there, which the parcels above already settled, and not a direction: no step below is measured along any of these ways.

  • Leg 37 Colemans Farmroad Official spatial — evidence class

    526 m along it · the managing authority publishes it as open to the public (Local Government Authority).

  • Leg 38 Wappa Falls Road Official spatial — evidence class

    24 m along it · the managing authority publishes it as open to the public (Local Government Authority).

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 13370.8 m · height 5.0 to 205.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
295.0 m
Total descent
130.0 m
Steepest sustained
56.8% over 52.8 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
26.2 m 40.0 m
64.2 m 35.0 m
145.3 m 30.0 m
389.8 m 25.0 m
499.9 m 20.0 m
595.8 m 15.0 m
744.3 m 15.0 m
770.8 m 15.0 m
970.4 m 10.0 m
980.4 m 10.0 m
1255.2 m 15.0 m
1398.4 m 20.0 m
1674.6 m 25.0 m
1772.2 m 30.0 m
1891.3 m 30.0 m
1952.4 m 25.0 m
1998.3 m 20.0 m
2008.6 m 20.0 m
2031.6 m 20.0 m
2114.2 m 20.0 m
2292.1 m 20.0 m
2334.7 m 15.0 m
2399.4 m 15.0 m
2410.4 m 20.0 m
2424.9 m 20.0 m
2512.7 m 15.0 m
2711.3 m 15.0 m
2785.7 m 20.0 m
2932.5 m 20.0 m
3671.7 m 15.0 m
3683.4 m 15.0 m
3765.7 m 15.0 m
3784.5 m 15.0 m
3799.9 m 20.0 m
3826.4 m 25.0 m
3858.9 m 30.0 m
3909.5 m 30.0 m
3939.9 m 25.0 m
3995.5 m 20.0 m
4058.9 m 15.0 m
4282.6 m 15.0 m
4322.3 m 20.0 m
4353.6 m 25.0 m
4388.7 m 30.0 m
4443.8 m 30.0 m
4483.2 m 25.0 m
4617.4 m 25.0 m
4644.4 m 30.0 m
4745.2 m 30.0 m
4834.1 m 25.0 m
4934.3 m 20.0 m
5027.3 m 15.0 m
5102.1 m 15.0 m
5197.1 m 15.0 m
5259.4 m 15.0 m
5288.4 m 15.0 m
5326.4 m 15.0 m
5400.9 m 15.0 m
5442.7 m 10.0 m
5461.6 m 10.0 m
5770.3 m 10.0 m
6239.0 m 10.0 m
6246.8 m 10.0 m
6668.1 m 10.0 m
6738.6 m 10.0 m
7600.5 m 10.0 m
7689.1 m 15.0 m
7949.0 m 15.0 m
8003.2 m 10.0 m
8125.0 m 10.0 m
8144.5 m 10.0 m
8245.1 m 5.0 m
8263.3 m 5.0 m
8493.3 m 5.0 m
9108.8 m 5.0 m
9414.7 m 10.0 m
9454.6 m 10.0 m
9462.9 m 10.0 m
9622.2 m 10.0 m
9625.9 m 10.0 m
9816.9 m 15.0 m
10037.1 m 15.0 m
10070.4 m 10.0 m
10103.7 m 5.0 m
10117.0 m 5.0 m
10139.2 m 10.0 m
10198.2 m 15.0 m
10251.3 m 15.0 m
10264.2 m 15.0 m
10294.8 m 15.0 m
10317.3 m 10.0 m
10374.7 m 10.0 m
10414.1 m 15.0 m
10484.4 m 15.0 m
10494.4 m 15.0 m
10505.1 m 15.0 m
10732.1 m 10.0 m
10879.1 m 10.0 m
10960.4 m 10.0 m
10976.0 m 10.0 m
10981.1 m 10.0 m
10999.7 m 10.0 m
11037.4 m 15.0 m
11106.5 m 15.0 m
11240.9 m 15.0 m
11459.1 m 20.0 m
11459.6 m 20.0 m
11477.9 m 20.0 m
11479.9 m 20.0 m
11504.3 m 20.0 m
11515.7 m 20.0 m
11708.9 m 15.0 m
11864.2 m 15.0 m
11965.2 m 20.0 m
12477.8 m 25.0 m
12616.0 m 30.0 m
12702.6 m 35.0 m
12749.8 m 40.0 m
12775.8 m 45.0 m
12798.0 m 50.0 m
12815.9 m 55.0 m
12833.8 m 60.0 m
12850.0 m 65.0 m
12865.6 m 70.0 m
12879.6 m 75.0 m
12892.4 m 80.0 m
12904.8 m 85.0 m
12917.1 m 90.0 m
12928.5 m 95.0 m
12938.8 m 100.0 m
12948.5 m 105.0 m
12959.4 m 110.0 m
12970.4 m 115.0 m
12981.4 m 120.0 m
12991.9 m 125.0 m
13001.0 m 130.0 m
13010.5 m 135.0 m
13019.3 m 140.0 m
13026.7 m 145.0 m
13034.2 m 150.0 m
13046.9 m 155.0 m
13060.0 m 160.0 m
13073.9 m 165.0 m
13101.8 m 170.0 m
13104.5 m 170.0 m
13106.6 m 170.0 m
13220.4 m 175.0 m
13235.8 m 180.0 m
13250.3 m 185.0 m
13264.3 m 190.0 m
13275.0 m 195.0 m
13289.2 m 200.0 m
13305.5 m 205.0 m
13358.9 m 205.0 m
13370.8 m 205.0 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: 39 legs from Bracken Fern Road, 13372.1 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 Mapleton Conservation Park Official spatial — evidence class

    Parcel 368NPW1111, 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: 2209862 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    365.9 m at 97.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2209862 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 2447900 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    338.2 m at 97.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2447900 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 2179462 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    519.6 m at 32.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2179462 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 2185618 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    302.4 m at 152.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2185618 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 2185276 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    153.8 m at 154.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2185276 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: 2187328 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    191.9 m at 147.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2187328 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: 2166504 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    450.1 m at 142.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2166504 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: 2166238 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    63.1 m at 156.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2166238 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: 2167340 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    69.4 m at 211.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2167340 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: 2167834 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    30.3 m at 192.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2167834 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: 2166314 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    511.9 m at 201.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2166314 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: 2167264 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    40.9 m at 180.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2167264 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: 2164566 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    429.9 m at 201.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2164566 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: 2164756 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    21.6 m at 168.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2164756 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 15: 2165782 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    175.0 m at 112.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2165782 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 16: 2164680 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    112.4 m at 9.3°. 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 2164680 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 17: 2163996 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    890.4 m at 99.2°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2163996 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 18: 2164870 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    139.0 m at 2.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2164870 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 19: 2165934 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    455.4 m at 337.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2165934 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 20: 2190900 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    162.5 m at 334.1°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2190900 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 21: 2190938 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    817.5 m at 337.9°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2190938 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 22: 2188886 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1436.0 m at 10.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2188886 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 23: 2188962 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    208.3 m at 313.5°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2188962 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 24: 2188012 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    145.7 m at 18.8°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2188012 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 25: 2188202 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    548.3 m at 259.8°. 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 2188202 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 26: 2174484 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    32.1 m at 239.1°. 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 2174484 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 27: 2168822 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    395.2 m at 232.2°. 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 2168822 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 28: 2167910 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    95.0 m at 222.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2167910 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 29: 2447216 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    999.6 m at 290.6°. 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 2447216 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 30: 1221370 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    646.6 m at 301.3°. 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 1221370 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 31: 2177334 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    421.1 m at 202.1°. 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 2177334 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 32: 2159056 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    18.0 m at 172.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2159056 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 33: 2162970 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    668.1 m at 227.3°. 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 2162970 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 34: 2162514 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    163.8 m at 105.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2162514 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 35: 2162058 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    28.5 m at 100.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2162058 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 36: 2162590 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    181.4 m at 100.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2162590 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 37: 2161906 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    535.9 m at 190.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2161906 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 38: 2161564 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    24.2 m at 230.3°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 2161564 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 39: 368NPW1111 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    583.1 m at 194.6°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 368NPW1111 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
Mount Wappa, Mapleton Conservation Park
Lot on plan
368NPW1111
Coordinates
-26.57833, 152.93500 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
mountain

What this approach was read from