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Section 11 Bowen pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The Bowen pilotage area is the area of—

(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• starting at the high-water mark on the southern tip of Dalrymple Point

• then 286° (T) by a straight line to the port entrance beacon to Bowen Boat Harbour (latitude 20° 01.339' south, longitude 148°15.390' east)

• then 303° (T) by a straight line to the intersection of the high-water mark and the northern edge of the wharf at Bowen (latitude 20° 01.049' south, longitude 148° 14.910' east)

• then by the high-water mark in an easterly direction along the shoreline of the mainland to the starting point; and

(b) the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters mentioned in paragraph (a).

Queensland Marine Safety Regulation 2016 current as at 1 February 2026. Official text: legislation.qld.gov.au.

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