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Beacon to Beacon Guide for Brisbane and Bremer River Maritime Safety Queensland Town Reach, Brisbane River Beacon to Beacon Guide Brisbane River and Bremer River Published by For commercial use terms and conditions Maritime Safety Queensland Please visit the Maritime Safety Queensland website at www.msq.qld.gov.au © Copyright The State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads) 2014 ‘How to’ use this guide Use this Beacon to Beacon Guide with To view a copy of this licence, visit the ‘How to’ and legend booklet available from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au www.msq.qld.gov.au Brisbane River and Bremer River Key Sheet !14 Scarborough Point Mag P P P P North Pine REDCLIFFE P P P P Dam P P P P P P P P P P AP P See Moreton ¶ Bay series Bramble Moreton Bay Bay Shorncliffe !15 Fisherman Islands Pinkenba BRISBANE !A E Bulimba Manly!16 CBD RIVER Lake Manchester Indooroopilly Karana Downs BRISBANE River Wacol Bremer IPSWICH Marine rescue services !14 CG Redcliffe !15 VMR Sandgate (Brisbane) !16 CG Brisbane Enlargement See ! A Rivergate Marina Southern Moreton Bay series BR-1 K h o lo C r e MOUNT CROSBY e k d Mt Crosby Roa S ' 2 3 ° y 7 a Taylors 2 W Weir Nook Rocks to 15m out a r NORTH r KARANA e d Kookaburra n IPSWICH DOWNS a T Park No depth contours R Weir Unsurveyed IVE upstream R oad R Rocks to S Caution - submerged rocks ' 6m out 3 End of tidal influence 3 ° B 7 H 2 R C C d o I lleg Venus Pool A a e E S o Dalys B R A R Ma NE Rocks across Johnsons Rocks g Strong channel Crossing currents P P P P P P P P P Colleges B P Head of navigable water S P Y R P L P Crossing P KARALEE A I P CHUWAR P S P P D P y P B A b s A o r S ¶ ' N 4 C 3 ° E t 7 nautical miles (nM) 2 M 0 0.5 Road BARELLAN N POINT 2 Junction 0 0.5 1 W Bremer AR Devils kilometres RE GO Elbow Junction NORTH Rocks RIV TIVOLI Rocks ER Finlay Rocks to Warrego Highway Island S S andy C BREMER 6m out ' k Bridges (Floodlit) 5 3 ° 12.5m 7 2 Unsurveyed Shallow bank upstream H RIVERVIEW Bu W nd Y M !"! a R TIVOLI m O Motor Boat E b G a A G Bend C I H L Wharf Waterstown L remains Rocks DINMORE Tivoli Rocks No depth contours C BUNDAMBA Rocks r e e Rocks to k S 18m out ' 6 Moores 3 ° 7 B2 risba Basin Pocket Y ne A Pocket W NORTH H G EAST I BOOVAL H IPSWICH IPSWICH Y M WA A R H TO O G M N I e oad H N an R WIC EBBW VALE N b PS U s I S B ri ' C 7 NEWTOWN 3 ° 7 2 SILKSTONE EASTERN HEIGHTS 152°46'E 152°47'E 152°48'E 152°49'E 152°50'E Always keep a proper lookout when boating. Nautical information current to 16 June 2014. Look up and live for power and cable crossings that may not be shown on these maps due to scale or recent construction. CAUTION: depth contours have not been re-surveyed in most areas since the 2011 and 2013 floods. Exercise care when travelling outside suggested navigation tracks. © Copyright The State of Queensland 2014 Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maritime Safety Queensland. To reproduce any map within this series, see terms and conditions at Maritime Safety Queensland's website (www.msq.qld.gov.au) BR-2 S ' KENMORE 1 3 K ° 7 e M 2 o n g M m ag g i N o nautical miles (nM) l l P P r 0 0.5 P P e 3 P P P P P P PULLENVALE K P C h P P P r Ro o 0 0.5 1 ad d P P e l o kilometres P P a e P AP o k 11.3m R ¶ F Bu Mosquito Island F Bu Cr eek canoe ramp Centenary S ' Floodlit Fairy Bower Y Bridge 2 E Spans 3 ° N 7 2 l A H Reservoir l C i M g A Fl G 3s g M o E O M R Rocks to M 15m out t PINJARRA HILLS T C r M Y o MT R sb REACH y MILE OMMANEY A d TWO N a R E o oa T R d RIVER Reservoir N P E Sugars U Westlake C L L ANSTEAD E S H Quarry ' N 3 C Fl G 3s Pu 3 A lle ° n R 7 Rocks to 8m out k E Pu E 2 R C WESTLAKE lle A n C H y Hells r u Gate b s H e AC k E B R w S R E S a P Y O I H L P S A B D A N BELLBOWRIE RIVERHILLS E 1 S lston C ' 4 N o k W 3 ° 7 H 2 d C Roa A E R S Bedwell R G E I G Island V MOGGILL O N E G A B WACOL R IS l l Finlay i Rocky R g B B Island g Island Rocks to REM o 15m out R E M IVE R R S ' Fl Y 2.5s 5 G 3 Chemical ° O 7 O 2 The Abnormal Crossing D Cockatoo H N Y M A Junction run of tide C Island W R A O I M E E S C G The R L A Fl Y 2.5s Fl Y 2.5s O G A C C N I H K K L Race Gumtree D N A L A R T Crossing O Moggill B Silo k E e (Simpsons A O Wishart D Vehicle Water tower e C E r Crossing) Island R H Ferry R C Rocks to E A H Cable ferry 20m out C C REDBANK I GOODNA H B Water tower Priors W risba S ne S R P ' oa k Pocket I 6 d 3 e ° e 7 r IP 2 Warning - cable ferry SW C operates between IC e a H l 0600 -1830 Mon - Fri n i M Woogaroo Ck L and 0600 - 1800 w/e. d O M o W Hospital G RIVERVIEW Give way to ferry. o Y AN x G i Corner S M W Y Reservoir 152°51'E 152°52'E 152°53'E 152°54'E 152°55'E 152°56'E Always keep a proper lookout when boating. Nautical information current to 16 June 2014. Look up and live for power and cable crossings that may not be shown on these maps due to scale or recent construction. CAUTION: depth contours have not been re-surveyed in most areas since the 2011 and 2013 floods. Exercise care when travelling outside suggested navigation tracks. © Copyright The State of Queensland 2014 Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maritime Safety Queensland. To reproduce any map within this series, see terms and conditions at Maritime Safety Queensland's website (www.msq.qld.gov.au) BR-3 Mag P P P P P P P P P SEE MAP BR-4 P P P P P P P P P AP P Channel 10 ¶ Merivale William Jolly S Channel 2 ' Rail 8 Channel 7 Bridge 2 ° Bridge Kurilpa 7 nautical miles (nM) 2 Television transmission towers MILTON N Bridge O 0 0.5 T H L C Victoria I A M E Bridge R Channel 9 d r Go-Between oa D Bridge 0 0.5 1 AUCHENFLOWER R FY kilometres n o n ti MOUNT o a SOUTH ilt n M ro Davies o BRISBANE COOT-THA C H Park C South A Fl G 2.5s E Bank R Parklands S Vultu ' r 9 G e Str eet 2 N ° O 7 2 W WEST O TOOWONG O T END HIGHGATE ad HILL Ro Kayes Rocks R UCIA E ST. L AC Y H Green Hill A Queensland F Bu W ill Reservoir gg 11.4m H Mo University G I Eleanor Schonell S ' H Bridge INDOOROOPILLY F Bu 0 Fl R 3 ST. LUCIA ° 2.5s 7 Walter Taylor Bridge Albert Rail Bridges 2 Floodlit pylons Six Mile Fl G 2.5s 13.5m (Downstream) Sa Rocks 14.5m nd R 12.9m (Upstream) y C CH IVE The k A R Elbow IN St. Lucia RE D E d H F Bu O Golf a C O N o R R A O Course A E O E B R L YERONGA M P I S og IL I gi R ll LY M E R X M B R I L CHELMER E Long S E A Jay C LONG H H POC K S ET ' Park C Radio mast RE KENMORE ACH 1 3 C ° 7 u O Indooroopilly 2 F b i x g b l Golf Course e Indooroopilly H e y r C T Island C Pocket A l A E r 2 a N R e OE e Fl R 4s N C S H P re E GRR ACEVILLE o ek Centenary R o Pamphlett Submerged Tennyson c a ISBANE k W Bridge rock BR F Bu Bridge d 5.8m Tennis Centre e O F Bu t R O IV Rd D 11.3m E Masts TENNYSON MERMAID d Floodlit R Lone a spans R FIG TREE Pine o E k R S Jetty SHERWOOD ' A e Reservoir C e 2 H POCKET r 3 ° FG C 7 Fl G 3s ROCKLEA 2 R Fl R 2.5s SINNAMON Rocks E Carrington S Fl R 3s A y her JINDALEE C Rocks e wo PARK H l o Y Fl G 3s x d R Seventeen A Mile Rocks CORINDA O Ro N ad E T N Fl Y 2.5s E C Rocks Riverside Park h SEVENTEEN c i w s S MILE ROCKS ' p 3 I OXLEY 3 ° 7 2 152°56'E 152°57'E 152°58'E 152°59'E 153°0'E 153°1'E Always keep a proper lookout when boating.
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