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Section 16 Cairns pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The Cairns pilotage area is the area of—

(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• starting at the high-water mark on the north-western extremity of Cape Grafton

• then in a northerly direction to latitude 16° 49.874' south, longitude 145° 54.954' east

• then in a west-north-westerly direction to the high-water mark on the northern extremity of Taylor Point

• then by the high-water mark in a southerly 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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