Fireworks display

When

9:00pm to 9:15pm

• Sunday, 12 December 2021
• Saturday, 15 January 2022

Special event

Vessel operators are advised that a Special Event pursuant to Section 12(2) of the Marine Safety Act 1998 is to be held on the Hastings River between Lady Nelson Wharf and Pelican Island, Port Macquarie between 9:00pm and 9:15pm on Sunday, 12 December 2021 and Saturday, 15 January 2022.

Exclusion zone

Due to the potential to affect the safety of navigation, Transport for NSW has granted an Exclusive Use Aquatic License to All Occasions Pyrotechnics Pty Ltd to conduct the Event and an exclusion zone will be established on the navigable waters of the Hastings River between Lady Nelson Wharf and Pelican Island at Port Macquarie, between the above times on the above dates. The zone will extend for a radius of 150 metres around the firing barge which will be moored near the inter-tidal sand flats to the east of Pelican Island. The zone will be patrolled by control vessels.

Directions

Transport for NSW advises:

• Persons within the vicinity of the Zone must comply with any directions given by a Boating Safety Officer or Police Officer in relation to the Special Event or to marine safety. Failure to comply with any such direction is an offence (Marine Safety Act 1998, s.15A - Maximum Penalty $3,300.00).
• No unauthorised vessels are permitted to enter the Zone and to do so may be an offence (Marine Safety Act 1998, s.12(5) - Maximum Penalty $1,100.00).

Maps and charts affected

To see the area affected, refer to:

• Transport for NSW Boating Map – 5A (PDF 1.28MB)