Public Notices
Parks Victoria publishes public notices where relevant, including information regarding leases and boating and waterway activity exemptions.
DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION & EXCLUSION ZONE
Event name:
Inflatable Regatta - Yarra River
Location:
Yarra River
Details:
DECLARATION OF
BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION
Parks Victoria as the declared waterway
manager for the Yarra River upstream of the port waters of the Port of
Melbourne, makes the following declaration under
section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act
2010 (Vic).
For the purposes of boating
activity conducted by Spark Inflatable Pty Ltd, persons and vessels involved in
the Inflatable Regatta are exempt from the following requirements:
State Rules made under the Marine Act 1988
1. Clause
2(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a person in the water;
2. Clause
2(c) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 meters of another vessel;
3. Clause
3(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of the water’s edge;
4. Clause
3(b) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a fixed or floating
structure;
Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 /
Marine Act 1988
5. Clause
3.1 of Schedule 3 – 5 knot speed restriction on the Yarra River;
Subject to the conditions detailed below:
·
All
participants involved with the event must wear a life jacket at all times
during the event and vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment.
·
The
exemptions apply from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday 3rd February
2024 within the exclusion zone waters of the Yarra River between approximately
89 metres upstream of Hawthorne Bridge/Bridge Road and Scotsburn Street Reserve
as marked by exclusion zone buoys.
- The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are adhered to.
Dated: 7/12/2023
Section
208(2)
NOTICE OF BOATING ACTIVITY
EXCLUSION ZONE
Parks Victoria as
the declared waterway manager for the Yarra River hereby gives notice under
section 208(2) of the Marine Safety Act
2010 (Vic) that all persons and vessels not registered to take part in the Inflatable
Regatta are prohibited from entering and remaining in the following waters.
Waters of the Yarra
River – between approximately 89 metres upstream of Hawthorne Bridge/Bridge
Road and Scotsburn Street Reserve as marked by exclusion zone buoys at
approximate locations:
·
-37.819226, 145.015109
·
-37.832176, 145.027632
The exclusion zone
will be in effect from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday
3rd February 2024.
[By order of Parks Victoria]
Dated: 7/12/2023
By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 01/01/24