Public Trails Computed from official land records

Sunshine Coast · Oaky Creek

Oaky Creek from Walker Road

entry is a road 255 m of climb chain confidence Statutory inference — evidence class oaky-creek--from-walker-road

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

A lawful approach from Walker 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 -26.52778, 152.75546

That is Walker Road, where the walk below begins — 9.3 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.

-26.52778, 152.75546

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 733797 nothing mapped 383.3 m 274.4° W Official spatial — evidence class
2 Road reserve 211866 nothing mapped 1522.5 m 333.7° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
3 Road reserve 212854 nothing mapped 233.6 m 9.0° N Official spatial — evidence class
4 Road reserve 213424 nothing mapped 18.2 m 286.4° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
5 Watercourse bed 213196 nothing mapped 656.8 m 255.8° WSW Statutory inference — evidence class
6 Watercourse bed 212132 nothing mapped 1576.3 m 153.9° SSE Statutory inference — evidence class
7 Watercourse bed 211106 nothing mapped 876.8 m 145.5° SE Statutory inference — evidence class
8 Watercourse bed 733873 nothing mapped 1306.4 m 44.3° NE Statutory inference — evidence class
9 Watercourse bed 734671 nothing mapped 1333.1 m 133.9° SE Statutory inference — evidence class
10 Watercourse bed 1042580 nothing mapped 1379.9 m 242.2° WSW Statutory inference — evidence class
Total no way mapped 9286.9 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 213424 and 212132 is 633.61 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 213196 and 211106 is 1377.08 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 212132 and 733873 is 808.97 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 211106 and 734671 is 1268.14 m. There is no structure. Do not cross in high flow.
  • Measured crossing. The narrowest gap between 733873 and 1042580 is 672.10 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 4½ hours out and back

at least 2¼ hours there at least 2¼ hours back

255 m up and 265 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 265 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

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 9213.6 m · height 70.0 to 205.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
255.0 m
Total descent
265.0 m
Steepest sustained
39.8% over 50.2 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
63.2 m 90.0 m
110.6 m 95.0 m
167.1 m 100.0 m
218.7 m 105.0 m
232.6 m 110.0 m
253.2 m 115.0 m
272.1 m 120.0 m
342.9 m 125.0 m
389.5 m 130.0 m
443.4 m 135.0 m
461.3 m 140.0 m
478.0 m 145.0 m
499.2 m 150.0 m
552.1 m 155.0 m
587.1 m 160.0 m
627.4 m 165.0 m
640.3 m 170.0 m
655.3 m 175.0 m
668.2 m 180.0 m
681.0 m 185.0 m
693.4 m 190.0 m
705.6 m 195.0 m
718.5 m 200.0 m
735.7 m 205.0 m
772.8 m 205.0 m
800.0 m 200.0 m
818.6 m 195.0 m
833.7 m 190.0 m
848.1 m 185.0 m
862.0 m 180.0 m
876.4 m 175.0 m
891.5 m 170.0 m
909.3 m 165.0 m
926.4 m 160.0 m
943.8 m 155.0 m
962.6 m 150.0 m
971.9 m 145.0 m
982.0 m 140.0 m
984.5 m 140.0 m
1025.8 m 140.0 m
1053.6 m 135.0 m
1066.8 m 135.0 m
1119.9 m 135.0 m
1144.6 m 130.0 m
1158.4 m 125.0 m
1164.3 m 125.0 m
1176.6 m 130.0 m
1201.9 m 135.0 m
1239.0 m 140.0 m
1296.7 m 145.0 m
1370.1 m 145.0 m
1415.7 m 140.0 m
1461.6 m 135.0 m
1512.5 m 130.0 m
1544.1 m 125.0 m
1576.1 m 120.0 m
1602.9 m 115.0 m
1627.0 m 110.0 m
1648.3 m 105.0 m
1671.0 m 100.0 m
1692.8 m 95.0 m
1698.7 m 95.0 m
1727.8 m 95.0 m
1789.0 m 90.0 m
1864.0 m 85.0 m
2062.2 m 80.0 m
2149.4 m 75.0 m
2160.2 m 70.0 m
2193.0 m 70.0 m
2203.9 m 75.0 m
2243.6 m 75.0 m
2248.2 m 75.0 m
2291.9 m 75.0 m
2540.9 m 70.0 m
2551.2 m 70.0 m
2566.5 m 70.0 m
2634.3 m 70.0 m
2674.2 m 75.0 m
2678.0 m 75.0 m
2751.7 m 70.0 m
2827.3 m 70.0 m
2839.2 m 75.0 m
2851.1 m 80.0 m
2926.3 m 80.0 m
2980.2 m 80.0 m
3000.9 m 80.0 m
3011.2 m 80.0 m
3334.4 m 85.0 m
3441.4 m 90.0 m
3607.7 m 95.0 m
3862.9 m 95.0 m
3882.3 m 90.0 m
3902.0 m 85.0 m
3953.7 m 85.0 m
4042.5 m 90.0 m
4066.5 m 95.0 m
4095.5 m 100.0 m
4127.1 m 105.0 m
4159.0 m 110.0 m
4192.1 m 110.0 m
4232.9 m 105.0 m
4271.9 m 100.0 m
4291.4 m 95.0 m
4295.1 m 95.0 m
4298.3 m 95.0 m
4316.3 m 90.0 m
4327.8 m 85.0 m
4340.0 m 80.0 m
4358.5 m 75.0 m
4401.3 m 75.0 m
4548.0 m 80.0 m
4599.9 m 80.0 m
4628.1 m 75.0 m
4662.3 m 75.0 m
4670.1 m 80.0 m
5044.5 m 80.0 m
5071.3 m 80.0 m
5183.5 m 80.0 m
5192.8 m 80.0 m
5237.9 m 80.0 m
5251.5 m 75.0 m
5299.3 m 75.0 m
5333.0 m 80.0 m
5499.6 m 80.0 m
5515.4 m 80.0 m
5515.9 m 80.0 m
5544.6 m 75.0 m
5751.1 m 75.0 m
5773.7 m 80.0 m
6165.2 m 80.0 m
6193.1 m 75.0 m
6259.6 m 75.0 m
6337.5 m 80.0 m
6338.2 m 80.0 m
6339.8 m 80.0 m
6342.2 m 80.0 m
6342.6 m 80.0 m
6344.4 m 80.0 m
6345.5 m 80.0 m
6370.0 m 80.0 m
6380.4 m 80.0 m
6383.0 m 80.0 m
6451.3 m 80.0 m
6462.1 m 80.0 m
6502.0 m 75.0 m
6628.5 m 75.0 m
6638.1 m 80.0 m
6652.2 m 85.0 m
6695.2 m 85.0 m
6705.0 m 80.0 m
6715.5 m 80.0 m
6728.0 m 80.0 m
6740.6 m 80.0 m
6763.1 m 85.0 m
7602.2 m 85.0 m
7883.0 m 80.0 m
7898.4 m 75.0 m
7915.8 m 75.0 m
7930.4 m 80.0 m
8468.5 m 85.0 m
8661.0 m 85.0 m
8669.3 m 80.0 m
8678.6 m 75.0 m
8700.8 m 75.0 m
8710.0 m 80.0 m
9149.0 m 85.0 m
9195.6 m 85.0 m
9213.6 m 80.0 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: 10 legs from Walker Road, 9286.9 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 Official spatial — evidence class

    Parcel 1042580, 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

  • Leg 1: 733797 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    383.3 m at 274.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 733797 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: 211866 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1522.5 m at 333.7°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 211866 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: 212854 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    233.6 m at 9.0°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 212854 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: 213424 carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    18.2 m at 286.4°. Read from the mapped parcel geometry in the official layer, with no inference beyond what the record states.

    Leg reference 213424 Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: 213196 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    656.8 m at 255.8°. 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 213196 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 6: 212132 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1576.3 m at 153.9°. 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 212132 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 7: 211106 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    876.8 m at 145.5°. 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 211106 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 8: 733873 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1306.4 m at 44.3°. 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 733873 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 9: 734671 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1333.1 m at 133.9°. 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 734671 Grade statutory_inference

  • Leg 10: 1042580 carries a right of passage Statutory inference — evidence class

    1379.9 m at 242.2°. 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 1042580 Grade statutory_inference

  • 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
Oaky Creek
Lot on plan
1042580
Coordinates
-26.53953, 152.75715 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
watercourse

What this approach was read from