Rockhampton pilotage area
The Rockhampton pilotage area is the area of:
(a) waters at the high water mark consisting of the Fitzroy
River and connected waterways system from the head of navigation to
the river mouth; and
(b) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn
- from the high water mark at the river mouth at Cattle Point on
the mainland across to Arch Rock
- then across to the high water mark on the northern extremity of
Cape Keppel
- then by the high water mark in a westerly direction along the
northern shoreline and in a southerly direction along the western
shoreline of Curtis Island to latitude 23º 38.41' south
- then due west to the high water mark on the mainland at
latitude 23º 38.41' south
- then by the high water mark in a northerly direction along the
shoreline of the mainland returning to the starting point at the
Fitzroy River mouth; and
(c) the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly
or indirectly, into the waters in paragraphs (a) and
(b).
Rockhampton pilotage/compulsory pilotage area chartlet (PDF, 812 KB).
Last reviewed: 10 February 2012
