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Section 12 Cairns pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The part of the Cairns pilotage area that 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° 49.999' south, longitude 145° 54.954' east

• then west to latitude 16° 49.999' south, longitude 145° 51.000' east

• then north to latitude 16° 48.873' south, longitude 145° 51.000' 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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