Thilba Thalba Viewpoint from Gheerulla Road

Getting to the start The trailhead coordinate, not the feature

The chain, leg by leg Computed from cadastral geometry; never walked

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

1. Follow Western Break for 92 m, setting off ENE (77°), to the junction with Western Break.

   Back: 257° along Western Break, 92 m from the start.

2. Follow Western Break for 81 m, setting off E (80°), to the junction with Western Break.

   Back: 260° along Western Break, 173 m from the start.

3. Follow Western Break for 92 m, setting off E (82°), to the junction with Western Break.

   Back: 262° along Western Break, 265 m from the start.

4. Follow Western Break for 86 m, setting off ENE (75°), to the junction with Western Break.

   Back: 255° along Western Break, 351 m from the start.

5. Follow Western Break for 109 m, setting off ENE (79°), to the junction with Western Break.

   Back: 259° along Western Break, 460 m from the start.

6. Follow Western Break for 104 m, setting off ENE (69°), to the junction with Western Break.

   Back: 249° along Western Break, 564 m from the start.

7. Follow Western Break for 146 m, setting off NE (42°), to the 150 m contour.

   Back: 222° along Western Break, 709 m from the start.

8. Follow Western Break for 110 m, setting off NNE (21°), to the 160 m contour.

   Back: 201° along Western Break, 820 m from the start.

9. Follow Western Break for 113 m, setting off N (8°), to the 165 m contour.

   Back: 188° along Western Break, 932 m from the start.

10. Follow Western Break for 93 m, setting off N (349°), to the 140 m contour.

    Back: 169° along Western Break, 1025 m from the start.

11. Follow Western Break for 82 m, setting off NW (312°), to the 125 m contour.

    Back: 132° along Western Break, 1106 m from the start.

12. Follow Western Break for 95 m, setting off NNE (29°), to the 130 m contour.

    Back: 209° along Western Break, 1202 m from the start.

13. Follow Western Break for 108 m, setting off ENE (65°), to the 145 m contour.

    Back: 245° along Western Break, 1309 m from the start.

14. Follow Western Break for 863 m, setting off NNE (27°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 207° along Western Break, 2172 m from the start.

15. Follow Western Break for 89 m, setting off ENE (60°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 240° along Western Break, 2261 m from the start.

16. Follow Western Break for 86 m, setting off N (5°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 185° along Western Break, 2347 m from the start.

17. Follow Western Break for 85 m, setting off NNW (341°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 161° along Western Break, 2432 m from the start.

18. Follow Western Break for 85 m, setting off N (354°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 174° along Western Break, 2518 m from the start.

19. Follow Western Break for 84 m, setting off E (89°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 269° along Western Break, 2602 m from the start.

20. Follow Western Break for 103 m, setting off E (86°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 266° along Western Break, 2704 m from the start.

21. Follow Western Break for 89 m, setting off ESE (103°), to the junction with Western Break.

    Back: 283° along Western Break, 2794 m from the start.

22. Follow Western Break for 678 m, setting off ESE (112°), to the junction with Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk.

    Back: 292° along Western Break, 3471 m from the start.

23. Follow Western Break for 169 m, setting off WSW (243°), to the 120 m contour.

    Back: 63° along Western Break, 3641 m from the start.

24. Follow Western Break for 95 m, setting off SW (235°), to the 125 m contour.

    Back: 55° along Western Break, 3735 m from the start.

25. Follow Western Break for 278 m, setting off W (277°), to the 135 m contour.

    Back: 97° along Western Break, 4014 m from the start.

26. Follow Western Break for 129 m, setting off SW (233°), to the 145 m contour.

    Back: 53° along Western Break, 4142 m from the start.

27. Follow Western Break for 227 m, setting off WNW (294°), to the 150 m contour.

    Back: 114° along Western Break, 4369 m from the start.

28. Follow Western Break for 98 m, setting off WNW (283°), to the 155 m contour.

    Back: 103° along Western Break, 4467 m from the start.

29. Follow Western Break for 117 m, setting off W (275°), to the 170 m contour.

    Back: 95° along Western Break, 4584 m from the start.

30. Follow Western Break for 93 m, setting off SE (129°), to the 180 m contour.

    Back: 309° along Western Break, 4678 m from the start.

31. Follow Western Break for 107 m, setting off SSW (197°), to the 190 m contour.

    Back: 17° along Western Break, 4785 m from the start.

32. Follow Western Break for 94 m, setting off SSE (166°), to the 195 m contour.

    Back: 346° along Western Break, 4879 m from the start.

33. Follow Western Break for 116 m, setting off W (261°), to the 210 m contour.

    Back: 81° along Western Break, 4995 m from the start.

34. Follow Western Break for 107 m, setting off SSW (195°), to the 225 m contour.

    Back: 15° along Western Break, 5101 m from the start.

35. Follow Western Break for 96 m, setting off SSE (155°), to the 240 m contour.

    Back: 335° along Western Break, 5198 m from the start.

36. Follow Western Break for 91 m, setting off SE (136°), to the 260 m contour.

    Back: 316° along Western Break, 5288 m from the start.

37. Follow Western Break for 108 m, setting off SSE (148°), to the 280 m contour.

    Back: 328° along Western Break, 5396 m from the start.

38. Follow Western Break for 88 m, setting off SW (220°), to the 290 m contour.

    Back: 40° along Western Break, 5484 m from the start.

39. Follow Western Break for 90 m, setting off SSW (208°), to the 305 m contour.

    Back: 28° along Western Break, 5574 m from the start.

40. Follow Western Break for 811 m, setting off SE (129°), to Gheerulla Bluff.

    Back: 309° along Western Break, 6386 m from the start.

41. Follow Western Break for 631 m, setting off SE (128°), to the junction with Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk.

    Back: 308° along Western Break, 7016 m from the start.

42. Follow Western Break for 90 m, setting off NNW (344°), to the 460 m contour.

    Back: 164° along Western Break, 7106 m from the start.

43. Follow Western Break for 60 m, setting off NNE (24°), to arrive.

    Back: 204° along Western Break, 7166 m from the start.

7166 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.

How much climbing Read off the published contour layer

Total climb

515.0 m

Total descent

160.0 m

Steepest sustained

29.8% over 67.0 m

Contour interval

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 5.0 m contours cannot evidence a step smaller than the gap between them.

The line on the ground

What this verdict rests on Grades compose to the weakest link

• The destination sits on Mapleton National Park Official spatial — evidence class

  Parcel 1239NPW1105, 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: Western Break carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

  2812.4 m at 41.5°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

  Leg reference Western Break Grade official_spatial

• Leg 2: great walk management track carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

  658.7 m at 112.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

  Leg reference great walk management track Grade official_spatial

• Leg 3: Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

  3694.6 m at 187.6°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

  Leg reference Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk Grade official_spatial

If something goes wrong

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
• Protected areas of Queensland (estate polygons) — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-23
• QPWS access (walking tracks, roads, facilities) — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-23
• Queensland roads and tracks (named road centrelines) — © State of Queensland CC-BY-4.0 · snapshot 2026-08-22