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Section 7 Rockhampton pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The Rockhampton pilotage area is the area of—

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

• the Fitzroy 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 at Cattle Point on the mainland to Arch Rock

• then to the high-water mark on the northern tip 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 23° 38.409' south

• then west to the high-water mark on the mainland at latitude 23° 38.409' south

• then by the high-water mark in a northerly 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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