VICTORIAN NOTICE TO MARINERS The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information. GEELONG, 1 JANUARY 2021 AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA NO. 001(T)-21 VICTORIAN NOTICE TO MARINERS NOTICES IN FORCE Date: On the 1st January 2021 Former Notice: 001(T)-20 refers and is hereby cancelled. Details: The following Victorian Notice to Mariners are in force. Notices can be downloaded from: Victorian Regional Channels Authority (VRCA) website www.vrca.vic.gov.au Victorian Ports Corporation Melbourne (VPCM) website www.vicports.vic.gov.au Parks Victoria website www.parks.vic.gov.au Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2005 68 Port of Hastings Port of Hastings Port of Hastings Maritime Transport Security Regulations 2003 Restricted Zones – Crib Point & Long Island Point Jetties Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2006 53 Barwon Coast Port of Barwon Barwon Heads River Sand Movements – Possible Reduction in Depth Heads Entrance Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2008 64(T) Port of Hastings Port of Hastings Channel Off Sandy Shoaling in Channel Between Nos. 13 and 15 Buoys Point 65(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Outer Harbour Abalone Farm Dislodged Pipelines, Leopold 2 Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2013 173(T) Gippsland Ports Port of Corner Inlet Port Anthony Marine Berth Pocket Surveyed – Depths Declared & Port Albert Terminal Aids to Navigation Established Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2015 088 Gippsland Ports Port of Corner Inlet Lewis Channel Approach to Port Welshpool – Channel Shoaling & Port Albert 122(T) MSV Port Fairy Griffith Island Light Griffith Island Light - Warning 238 Barwon Coast Local Port of Barwon River Sector Light Aid to Navigation Barwon Heads Entrance Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2016 038 Barwon Coast Local Port of Barwon River Shallow Ground Barwon Heads Navigation Channel 134(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Wyndham Harbour Installation of Four Temporary Berthing Piles 147(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Wyndham Harbour Installation of One Temporary Berthing Pile 221 Gippsland Ports Port of Anderson Entrance Bar & Main Shoaling Inlet Channel 230 Gippsland Ports Port of Anderson Point Smythe Speed Restriction Zone Buoys and Isolated Danger Inlet Buoy Removed 250 Gippsland Ports Port of Corner Inlet Port of Corner Inlet & Harbour Masters Directions and Port Information & Port Albert Port Albert Handbook Part 1 – August 2016 Edition 331 LINX Cargo Port of Hastings Western Port Depths Reduced – 800 meters of No. 19 Buoy Group Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2017 198 Gippsland Port of Gippsland Port of Gippsland Harbour Masters Directions and Port Information Lakes Lakes Handbook Part 2 – July 2017 Edition 245(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Portarlington Installation of Temporary Port Buoys within the Harbour 347(T) Parks Victoria Western Port San Remo Eastern Entrance – South East of Starboard Lateral Pile #1 - Shoaling Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2018 016(T) VRCA Port of Geelong Corio Channel Installation of Temporary Buoy in Corio Channel 017(T) VRCA Port of Geelong Corio Channel Installation of Second Temporary Buoy in Corio Channel 059(T) Colac Otway Apollo Bay Port of Apollo Bay Entrance and Harbour Depth Reduced by Sand 072(T) VRCA Port of Geelong Corio Channel Virtual Aids to Navigation in Corio Channel 149(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Williamstown Kororoit Creek Entrance – Navigation Light – Non-operational 161 Gippsland Port of Gippsland Port of Gippsland WARNING Lakes Lakes Paddle Craft and Small Vessel Operations Near the Ocean Access Entrance 296(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Brighton Middle Brighton Harbour – Submerged Navigation Hazard 314(T) Gippsland Port of Gippsland Lakes Entrance Bar Leading Line Light Intensity Trial Lakes 371(T) Parks Victoria Western Port Gentle Annie Gentle Annie Channel – No. 6 Port Lateral Buoy Channel Missing 3 374 Gippsland Port of Anderson Port of Anderson WARNING Inlet & Anderson Inlet & Anderson To vessel operators intending to risk bar crossing at Inlet Bar Inlet Bar Anderson Inlet Ocean Entrance 377 Gippsland Port of Gippsland Port of Gippsland GAZETTE NOTICE – New Waterway Rule Lakes Lakes Transit Only Zone Established 386(T Parks Victoria Port Phillip Victoria Harbour Port & Starboard Fixed Lateral Navigation Lights – Non-operational 388(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Geelong Eastern Beach – Installation of Temporary Swing Moorings Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2019 42 Parks Vic Port Phillip Victoria Harbour Port & Starboard Fixed Lateral Navigation Lights – Operational 118 Gippsland Port of Corner Inlet Port of Corner Inlet Approaches to Port Welshpool Aid to navigation and Port Albert and Port Albert established 121(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Sandringham Sandringham Breakwater Starboard Lateral Mark Light – Non- Operational 124(T) MSV West Bass Strait Allensford Patricia Mary exclusion Zone 127(T) MSV Bass Strait Port Fairy Bay Deakin Uni Wave Buoys 153(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip St Kilda West of St Kilda Marina – Deployment of Water Quality Monitoring Station 154(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Little River South East of Little River – Deployment of Water Quality Monitoring Station 165(T) MSV Portland Cape Bridgewater Deakin Uni sub-surface IMOS moorings 170 Colac Otway Apollo Bay Port of Apollo Bay Harbour Navigational Aids and Lights 176(T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Port of Melbourne Maribyrnong River - West Gate Tunnel Project Construction Works 184 VRCA Port of Geelong Port of Geelong Changes to Point Henry Lead Lights 189 Colac Otway Apollo Bay Port of Apollo Bay Harbour Navigational Aids and Lights 199 VRCA Westernport Port of Hastings Sand Waves 224(T) MSV Portland Dutton Way/Cape Wave Buoys deployment Nelson 235 VRCA Port of Geelong Port of Geelong Speed limits – Port of Geelong Waters 248(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Sandringham Sandringham Breakwater – Installation of Temporary Starboard Lateral Buoy 251(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Black Rock Reduced Depth at Black Rock Boat Ramp 253(T) Gippsland Port of Mallacoota Bastion Point Bastion Point Boat Ramp – Navigation Advice 262(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Geelong Corio Bay – Steampacket Quay – Marked Submerged Temporary Mooring 275(T) MSV Bass Strait Apollo Bay Wave Buoys deployment 278(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Geelong Corio Bay - Royal Geelong Yacht Club –Safe Harbour Precinct Construction Works 280(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Geelong Corio Bay – Limeburners Point Construction Vessel Traffic 290 (T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Port of Melbourne Pilot Boarding Communications 291(T) Gippsland Port of Gippsland Port of Gippsland North Arm Stbd Lateral Buoy established Lakes Lakes 310 VRCA Port of Geelong Port of Geelong Temporary installation of scientific monitoring equipment 322(T) Parks Vic Port Phillip Rye Reduced Depth at Boat Ramp Channel 324 Gippsland Gippsland Anderson Inlet Position and Navigational Significance of the Anderson Inlet Fairway Buoy Landfall Light Beacon Notice No Issued By Region Location Details 2020 040 MSV Bass Strait Gippsland Pipeline Inspections 079 MSV Portland Bay Offshore Fitzroy DELWP Acoustic Receivers River 4 086 (T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Port of Melbourne Shoaling South Channel 108 Barwon Coast Barwon Heads Barwon River Lateral Marks Upgrade Navigable Channel Barwon River 133(T) Parks Victoria Port Phillip Williamstown Gem Pier – Piling and Maintenance Works 149 MSV East Bass Strait Snowy River Aid to Navigation relocated 158(T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Port Phillip Drill Rig Ocean Onyx Layup 166T Parks Victoria Bass Strait HMAS Canberra Temporary removal of Special Mark & Mooring Buoy no 2. 189T Parks Victoria Port Phillip Queenscliff Queenscliff Pier Pile Repairs and Maintenance Works 193(T) Gippsland Gippsland Port of Gippsland Dredging Operations Completed - Entrance to Reeve Lakes Channel realigned 195(T) Gippsland Gippsland Entrance to Port of Lakes Entrance Bar - Leading line altered from 8.5 to Gippsland Lakes Green Light 203 MSV East Bass Strait Port Albert Shoal Inlet 206 VRCA Western Port Port of Hastings Trial Buoys deployed in Western Passage 217(T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Maribyrnong River West Gate Tunnel Project Construction Works Extended 222(T) Gippsland Gippsland Port of Gippsland Stabiliser Safety Alert AMSA - Harbour Master Lakes Direction 228(T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Yarra River Westgate Bridge Wing Maintenance Works Extended 231(T) Gippsland Gippsland Port of Corner Inlet Corner Inlet Channel No.6 Buoy damaged - light and Port Albert extinguished 237T Parks Victoria Port Phillip Williamstown Boyd Pier and Commissioners Jetty – Berthing Prohibited 239 VRCA Geelong Geelong Point Wilson Waterside Infrastructure Remediation Project 244(T) Gippsland Gippsland Port of Corner Inlet Corner Inlet Channel No.6 Buoy - Light reinstated and Port Albert 254T Parks Victoria Port Phillip Queenscliff Queenscliff Ferry Terminal Upgrade works 256(T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Yarra River Westgate Bridge Air Draft Reduced - During Painting Works 264(T) VPCM Port of Melbourne Swanson Dock East Berth 1 – Harbour Master’s Directions 266(T) Gippsland Gippsland Port of Corner Inlet Port Albert Entrance - Outer Red Port Lateral Buoy and Port Albert has been relocated 273 VRCA Western Port Port of Hastings Buoy No 5 unavailable 281T Parks Victoria Port Phillip Sorrento Point King – Private Jetty Maintenance Works 290T Parks Victoria Western Port Warneet Warneet North Jetty – Navigation Hazard and Closure to Berthing 292(T) Gippsland Gippsland Port of Corner Inlet Port Albert Compass Pile