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Set Aside Determination

Event name:

Fireworks - Opening of the Sorrento Ferry Terminal

Date/time of event:

8:30pm until 8:40pm on Friday 20 March 2026

Location:

Local Port of Port Phillip - waters of Sorrento

Details:

Port Management Act 1995 (Vic.)
Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2025
Set Aside Determination – Regulation 11(1)
Local Port of Port Phillip
 
 
I, Sarah Auld, Acting Director Maritime & Waterways of Parks Victoria (as delegate of the Port Manager), determine under Regulation 11(1) of the Port Management (Local Ports) Regulations 2025 that the areas defined in the following table are set aside for the purposes and conditions specified.
 
This determination has been made in accordance with Regulation 11(2)
(a)           in the event of, or in anticipation of, any fire, flood, natural disaster or other emergency; or
(b)          if the port manager reasonably believes that there is imminent risk of—
(i)            harm or damage to—
(A)          the health or safety of any person; or
(B)          local port facilities or other property; or
(C)          the natural environment; or
(ii)           significant interference with the safe, efficient and effective management of the local port.
 
In accordance with Regulation 11(4), this determination replaces any previous set aside determination made by the port manager in respect of that area or any part there of that area for the period specified in this temporary determination. 
 
This determination applies from 8:30pm until 8:40pm on Friday 20 March 2026.
 
Signed at Melbourne
 
 
                …………………………………………………………….
 
by           Sarah Auld
                Acting Director Maritime & Waterways
               
                on     16 March 2026
 
 
 

 
Regulation
Description
Purpose
Area
Reasonable conditions (Regulation 14)
11(1)(a)
Determination to set aside an area in a local port in which access to that area is prohibited or restricted for not more than 90 days.
To set aside an area for the safety of operators and spectators of the fireworks.
 
That area of Port Phillip Bay known as the waters of Sorrento, in a 200m radius from a vessel positioned approximately 300m northeast of Sorrento Pier at the below approximate location (WGS84) as indicated on the attached map, from 8:30pm until 8.40pm on Friday 20 March 2026.
1. 38° 20.0190'S, 144° 44.8998'E
Mariners are requested to avoid the display area during the Set Aside period and follow the direction of any authorised staff and operators.
 

By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 16/03/26

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