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Trinity Inlet Declared Fish Habitat Area Plan Revision 3 R 145°44'0"E IV 145°46'0"E 145°48'0"E 145°50'0"E 145°52'0"E ER 2817.5/5560.5 147°46.792' E 16°51.918' S 2378.5/5560.5 Outer alignment of mangroves BARRON ESPLANADE 1 2378.5/5740.0 51 RP736304 16°52'0"S NR3159 16°52'0"S Casuarina Point False Cape CAPTAIN ESPLANADE CAIRNS AIRPORT Ellie Point Line of Latitude 16°52.487' S L 1(pt) E RP736304 N CORAL 1(pt) N A RP736304 H k Sand rac C T Stockpile lar hicu COOK Ve 108 RP712063 ESPLANADE 5 USL22041 ESPLANADE 100 metres from and parallel 100 metres from and parallel Note: Numbers at Cairns Airport shown as to the centre-line of the 1940.0/3389.5 are coordinates measured 2817.5/3389.5 to the centre-line of the marked navigation channel to marked navigation channel 100 metres from and parallel Koombal in metres on the Airport Grid location "A" to location "B". to outer boundary Browns Ck 109 N 1940.0/3389.5 1(pt) I SP134212 RP736304 A M ESPLANADE SEA HIGHWAY The eastern alignment of the road e Lyons CAIRNS v A ESPLANADE Point t D r u o 1 n p l r o i RP738764 p C A TRINITY BAY k 2 4(pt) A ESPLANADE RP738764 SP264282 B ROAD A prolongation of the eastern 1 4(pt) -0 alignment of the esplanade 5 SP264282 1 -0 1 2 9 A prolongation of Esplanade secant from ESPLANADE . Cairns Harbour o SW corner of Lot 111 on plan NR7962 N Mick g ESPLANADE 16°54'0"S in 16°54'0"S w A prolongation of the southern a Indicative line of tidal activity r ESPLANADE alignment of Smith Street D ESPLANADE h t Bessie 41 r Y o a SP113657 Point rra Lily St N bah Giangurra R s Ck t Ro r ad A 100 metres from and parallel o I 711 L P 18(pt) to north eastern boundary 14 ROAD 111(pt) W n Smith St SP155099 40 o NR7962 A S of Lot 18 on SP155099 P n Y 1 SP113657 Trinty Bay(pt) 2 2 SP155099 w 8 o 64 771 h s ESPLANADE 18(pt) SP113657 s a l e SP155099 100 metres from 111(pt) 111(pt) n and parallel to NW bdry n NR7962 NR7962 a of Lot15 on SP214821 h C 19(pt) Boundary as described on Ports North SP214821 plan No. 921-015-01 (E-F-G) 90° 204 D C E NR7567 41 SP113657 CAIRNS Coord (MGA) Florence St 370009m E 771 ESPLANADE SP113657 From a point on the boundary (the prolongation 8129069m N ESPLANADE of the southern alignment of Florence Street to the 15 boundary) then on a line south-east to identified point. 16 SP214821 SP155099 Shields St 41 SP113657 F G 40 A prolongation of NW boundary SP113657 Y A of Lot 15 on SP122865 south W H west to identified point. G 1-4 I ROAD H C19823 36 AP7416 158 NR5877 16°56'0"S 16°56'0"S ESPLANADE C r eek 50 metres from and parallel BRUCE to the northern and eastern boundaries of Lot 637 on 34 plan SP119100 USL9876 Lee Yan Road 8 ESPLANADE A prologation of the western 36 17 boundary of Lot 27 on SP218291 3 RP749582 SP270880 27 USL9877 AP12447 SP218291 ADMIRALTY From the north eastern corner of 2 4(pt) 773(pt) SP218291 SP218291 637 Lot 603 on Plan NR835483 to the k 4(pt) 775(pt) e SP119100 e ISLAND south west corner of Lot17 on SP218291 2 5 SP218291 r 50 metres from and parallel 1 abt 734m 4 603 C USL9877 7 SP270880 and Chinaman Ck to the boundary of Lot 36 P USL9877 NR835483 270° 3-5 A on Plan RP749582 AP11292 1 37 ROAD 4(pt) A prolongation of the southern 41 3 SP218291 boundary of Lot 27 on SP218291 4 AP12447 22 RP711365 USL9877 C19830 42 T China 45(pt) 4 7(pt) m E RP711364 Jackson Dr 92 AP USL9986 a L 3 91 n 4 48 k NR3051 N C NR6140 C19830 12 I 153(pt) C19830 AP3442 Ck S 121 95° eelee NR4373 23 600m 153(pt) 275° NR4373 200m RP728586 856 1 SP245715 ESPLANADE 10-12 RESERVE R.954 SP184829 153(pt) 4 16°58'0"S Hepburn St RP804084 16°58'0"S NR4373 4 RP710376 68 RP743959 Smiths 674 NR7090 RD 7(pt) 7(pt) USL9986 5 USL9986 153(pt) 208-217 1(pt) NR4373 RP710376 RP740396 AP12174 F Lane alls P in 68 e RP868161 27 C 9010 re 0 C SP 1 e y k r k a e WHITEROCK e d h e e a Creek r REFUSE TIP W 1(pt) k C AP12174 19 N157215 TRINITY 2 HIGHWAY 993 3 AP12174 SP207019 USL21945 R - e - 1 db 995(pt) USL9875 an SP201285 k 90° 7(pt) 100 metres from and parallel to the USL9986 105 200m boundary of Lot 100 on SP198647 NR3078 Midstream line 270° ROAD Y 7(pt) a 2 Giffin Rd r 200m r NR6417 USL9986 1 a 900 100(pt) Swallows USL9879 b SP198641 7 a 4 h 86 Landing 19 SP k rac 3 R 100(pt) T Midstream line o SP198647 Skeleton lar RP713965 6 cu 1 a 151 hi d Ve SP222769 RP850037 367808mE 1(pt) 8121066mN NR4172 A NR804348 C AP12174 1(pt) P 1 r AP12174 1 r k o 239 e g 3 RP728970 1 e NR7237 r 6 100(pt) e e AP12174 r 8 Ck s RP728462 1 100(pt) e ROAD s R 100(pt) SP198647 k C N SP198647 NR7044 R 2 3 o W NR1861 Vehicular Track Blackfellow a SP198647 1 SP132057 d 667 r 8(pt) ROAD 146(pt) ig AP9494 ROAD 366929mE 100(pt) h USL9879 8120420mN SP129134 t ESPLANADE R 2 s O 227 226 A 228 229 e RP741768 230 231 232 SP129134 Pin 1 D 1 RP741768 RD 903(pt) 903(pt) 270° 5 20 metres downstream from the railway SP168699 SP168699 143(pt) 4(pt) 2 RL8492 N157 USL9879 200m P 58 4 4(pt) AP21277 RP720668 i 28 SP281960 n Y AP21277 6 17°0'0"S e W D 143(pt) SP218285 L 6 17°0'0"S a l ROAD R la s N15737 es 195 C c 1 SP281960 3 C o Ac RL5586 Mangroves s 16 90° USL9879 r ta 200m e Swallows Rd RP725478 7 e 1 k 5 SP218285 N15737 13 C 40 SP274771 k 8(pt) Mangroves SP202665 15 Ck USL9879 360°/200m 16(pt) 139(pt) - k SP182894 1 dle C ROAD NR4684 481 USL9898 d 4 AP12174 COAST REDBANK i RP727798 SP284109 RD M C 1 2 2 18(pt) C157306 135 4 r SP218285 w 9 1(pt) 136 e N157190 C157306 USL9901 Y RP711173 o N15737 SP198009 AP7424 2 e l 16(pt) k a l Hill Road 18(pt) ROAD e NR5023 USL9898 r SP198009 f 167 r k 270° BRUCE N157190 RP711173 k a 3 3 e c 203 e b a r 200m 1 D NR5023 1 l SP108482 1 417 a 1 B A 5 RL5673 RL5673 N157473 2 C RP719926 h 20 metres downstream from the railway O AP12175 8 1(pt) R 16 RP748435 SP198009 R SP190463 USL9897 4 156 3 o RP743385 D NR6220 a E SP150163 4 186 4 d A S 9 k SP118077 SP276737 ROAD AP12175 O N157190 e SP108478 L e 2 C r SP108478 Y C 1 NORTH L 177 1 I 7-8 AP7402 1 R ESPLANADE NR6326 2 20 metres downstream from the road RL5673 A AP20204 20 metres downstream from the road R ROAD RL6852 O 10 SP150163 s P d M N157190 E 3(pt) n T SP276738 o 3(pt) m 11 ROAD m N157190 SP276738 2 i y AP7402 S ROAD e 2(pt) k B c RP746754 ROAD u a d 12 5-6 d N157190 AP20204 M a 21 b SP222346 1 RL6220 1 a ROAD d RL6304 o 2(pt) 13 RP746754 o NR6080 57 1-4 NR443 AP20204 2 A prolongation of northern boundary of western part of C NR6080 re Lot 2(pt) on RP746754 east across road to western ek boundary of eastern part of Lot 2(pt) on RP746754 1 A prolongation of the northern boundary RP706216 ESPLANADE of Lot 171 on Plan NR5534 to the western 3 SP219080 boundary of Lot 3 on SP219080 17°2'0"S 17°2'0"S NR5534 ROAD 145°44'0"E 145°46'0"E 145°48'0"E 145°50'0"E 145°52'0"E LOCALITY MAP REFERENCE Fish Habitat Area (Outer Boundary) FISH HABITAT AREA Fish Habitat Area (Inner Boundary) SOUTH Management Area 'A' PACIFIC Management Area 'B' CAIRNS OCEAN TRINITY INLET EXCLUDED AREAS KARUMBA Plan FHA-003 Rev3 only shows the outer boundary of the Fish Habitat Area. See the Fisheries Regulations that declares the Fish Habitat Area for areas TERRITORY NORTHERN TOWNSVILLE FISH HABITAT AREA within the outer boundary that are excluded. OUTER BOUNDARY MACKAY © The State of Queensland, Department of Environment and Science, 2018 BASE MAP derived from the Digital Cadastral Data Base (Aug 2018) supplied by, and reproduced ROCKHAMPTON with the permission of, the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Brisbane. SCALE 1:30,000 Notification Date:- 7 December 2018 750 375 0 750 1,500 2,250 3,000 Revision 3 Metres PLAN NUMBER BRISBANE SOUTH AUSTRALIA UNIVERSAL MERCATOR PROJECTION - ZONE 55 1:100000 MAP REFERENCE GEOCENTRIC DATUM OF AUSTRALIA - 1994 NEW SOUTH WALES 8064 FHA-003 Printing Date: 10 September 2018 File: G:\....
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