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Compulsory pilotage areas

  • Abbot Point pilotage area
  • Bowen pilotage area
  • Brisbane pilotage area
  • Bundaberg pilotage area
  • Cairns pilotage area
  • Part of the Cape Flattery pilotage area
    That part of the Cape Flattery pilotage area that is the area of
    1. waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn
      • starting at the high water mark on the northern extremity of Lookout Point
      • then due east to longitude 145° 15.23' east
      • then to latitude 14° 54.71' south, longitude 145° 21.65' east
      • then to latitude 14° 59.91' south, longitude 145° 22.51' east
      • then due west to the high water mark on the mainland at latitude 14° 59.91' south
      • then by the high water mark of the mainland in a northerly direction returning to the starting point; and
    2. the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters in paragraph (a).
  • Cooktown pilotage area
  • Daintree River pilotage area
  • Gladstone pilotage area
  • Part of the Hay Point pilotage area
    The part of the Hay Point pilotage area that is the area of
    1. waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn
      • starting at the high-water mark at the southern extremity of the north head of Bakers Creek entrance
      • then generally north-easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 10.76' south, longitude 149° 17.73' east
      • then generally south-easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 14.00' south, longitude 149° 20.50' east
      • then south along the meridian to latitude 21° 15.69' south, longitude 149° 20.50' east
      • then generally north-easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 14.49' south, longitude 149° 25.41' east
      • then generally south-easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 14.80' south, longitude 149° 25.50' east
      • then generally south-westerly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 16.11' south, longitude 149° 20.50' east
      • then south along the meridian to latitude 21° 17.91' south, longitude 149° 20.50' east
      • then west along the parallel to the intersection of the high-water mark on the mainland with latitude 21° 17.91' south
      • then generally northerly along the high water mark on the mainland to the starting point; and
    2. the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters in paragraph (a).
  • Karumba pilotage area
  • Lucinda pilotage area
  • Part of the Mackay pilotage area
    The part of the Mackay pilotage area that is the area of
    1. waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn
      • starting at the high water mark on the northern extremity of Slade Point
      • then generally easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 03.81' south, longitude 149° 16.00' east
      • then south along the meridian to latitude 21° 07.00' south, longitude 149° 16.00' east
      • then generally south-easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 10.76' south, longitude 149° 17.73' east
      • then generally south-westerly along the geodesic to the intersection with the high-water mark at the southern extremity of the north head of Bakers Creek entrance
      • then generally northerly along the high-water mark on the mainland to the starting point; and
    2. the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters in paragraph (a).
  • Maryborough pilotage area
  • Mourilyan pilotage area
  • Noosa pilotage area
  • Port Douglas pilotage area
  • Rockhampton pilotage area
  • Part of the Skardon River pilotage area
    The part of the Skardon pilotage area that is the area of
    1. waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn
      • starting at the high water mark at approximate latitude 11º 46.73' south, longitude 141º 58.63' east on the mainland, south of the entrance of the Skardon River
      • then west to latitude 11º 46.73' south, longitude 141º 57.28' east
      • then north to latitude 11º 44.77' south, longitude 141º 57.28' east
      • then east to the high water mark on the mainland at latitude 11º 44.77' south, longitude 142º 00.12' east
      • then by the high water mark, initially in a southerly direction, returning to the starting point; and
    2. the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters in paragraph (a).
  • Southport pilotage area
  • Thursday Island pilotage area
  • Townsville pilotage area 
  • Weipa pilotage area
  • Whitsundays pilotage area

Last updated: 17 January 2012