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Section 9 Bowen, Whitsunday Passage and Repulse Bay

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• from the high-water mark at the eastern tip of the southern bank of the mouth of Hervey Creek on the mainland

• to the south-western tip of Shaw Island

• along the western shore of Shaw Island and Gaibirra Island to the northern tip of Gaibirra Island

• to the southern tip of Maher Island

• along the western shore of Maher Island to Jesuit Point

• to the southern tip of Harold Island

• along the eastern shore to the northern tip of Harold Island

• to the south-eastern tip of Deloraine Island

• along the eastern shore to the north eastern tip of Deloraine Island

• to a point situated 1n mile north-east of Pinnacle Point, Hook Island

• to a point situated 1n mile north of Dolphin Point, Hayman Island

• to a point situated 1n mile north of the northern tip of Eshelby Island

• to a point situated 1n mile north of the northern tip of Rattray Island

• to a point situated 1n mile north of Gloucester Head, Gloucester Island

• to the north headland at the mouth of the Don River on the mainland.

Queensland Marine Safety Regulation 2016 current as at 1 February 2026. Official text: legislation.qld.gov.au.

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