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Section 7 Mackay pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The part of the Mackay pilotage area that is the area of—

(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• starting at the high-water mark at the northern extremity of Slade Point

• then generally easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 03.809' south, longitude 149° 16.000' east

• then south to latitude 21° 06.999' south, longitude 149° 16.000' east

• then generally south-easterly along the geodesic to latitude 21° 10.759' south, longitude 149° 17.730' east

• then generally south-westerly along the geodesic to the intersection with the high-water mark at the southern extremity of the north head of Bakers Creek entrance

• then generally northerly along the high-water mark on 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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