New Year’s Fireworks Displays

When

• Tuesday, 31 December 2024 – 9:00pm to 9:20pm
• Wednesday, 1 January 2025 – 12:00 (midnight) to 12:20am

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 at Port Macquarie, from 9:00pm to 9:20pm on Tuesday 31 December 2024 and from 12:00 midnight to 12:20am on Wednesday, 1 January 2025.

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, Port Macquarie between the above times on the above dates. The Zone will extend for a radius of 150 metres around the firing barge moored near the inter-tidal sand flats to the east of Pelican Island and will be marked by buoys and patrolled by control vessels.

Directions

Transport for NSW advises that in relation to the exclusion zone:

• Persons within the vicinity of the zone must comply with any directions given by any 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 or persons 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