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Section 2 Brisbane pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

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 east to longitude 153° 10.060' east

• then in a south-south-easterly direction to latitude 26° 49.899' south, longitude 153° 15.060' east

• then in a south-easterly direction to the high-water mark on the north-eastern tip 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 tip of the island

• then to the high-water mark on the northern tip of North Stradbroke Island

• then by the high-water mark in a southerly direction along the western shoreline of North Stradbroke Island to latitude 27° 39.899' south

• then west to the high-water mark on the mainland at latitude 27º 39.899' south

• then by the high-water mark in a northerly direction along the eastern 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.

Based on content from the Queensland Legislation website at 26 October 2026. For the latest information on Queensland Government legislation please go to https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au. © The State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0.