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Section 9 Townsville pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

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

(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• starting at the high-water mark on the northern tip of Cape Cleveland

• then in a south-westerly direction to latitude 19° 13.599' south, longitude 146° 54.300' east

• then west to latitude 19° 13.539' south, longitude 146° 51.450' east

• then in a north-easterly direction to latitude 19° 11.789' south, longitude 146° 52.750' east

• then in a north-easterly direction to latitude 19° 06.949' south, longitude 146° 55.050' east

• then in a north-westerly direction to latitude 19° 04.909' south, longitude 146° 52.070' east

• then west to latitude 19° 04.909' south, longitude 146° 45.070' east

• then south to the high-water mark on the mainland at longitude 146° 45.070' east

• then by the high-water mark 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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