Brisbane pilotage area
The Brisbane pilotage area is the area of
(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn
- starting at the high water mark at the north head of the Maroochy River entrance
- then in a direction due east to longitude 153º 10.06' east
- then in a south-south-easterly direction to latitude 26º 49.90' south, longitude 153º 15.06' east
- then in a south-easterly direction to the high water mark on the north-eastern extremity of Cape Moreton on Moreton Island
- then by the high water mark in a westerly direction along the northern shoreline and in a southerly direction along the western shoreline of Moreton Island to the southern extremity of the island
- then across to the high water mark on the northern extremity of North Stradbroke Island
- then by the high water mark in a southerly direction along the western shoreline of North Stradbroke Island to latitude 27º 39.90' south
- then due west to the high water mark on the mainland at latitude 27º 39.90' south
- then by the high water mark in a northerly direction along the eastern shoreline of the mainland returning to the starting point; and
(b) the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters in paragraph (a).
Brisbane pilotage/compulsory pilotage area chartlet (PDF, 1.02 MB).
Last reviewed: 08 February 2012
