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Section 19 Cooktown pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The Cooktown pilotage area is the area of—

(a) waters at the high-water mark consisting of the following—

• the Endeavour River and connected waterways systems from the head of navigation to the river mouth

• the waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn from the high-water mark on Monkhouse Point north to the high-water mark on the mainland at the southern tip of Indian Head; 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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