This heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.

This heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.

The 2014-15 year has been a busy one, with a focus on the development and implementation of supporting policies, guidelines and advisories, in support of the 2014 published National Plan. The 2015 annual National Plan exercise, Exercise Westwind, was a great success.

The Queensland coastal passage plan (QCPP) seeks to improve pre-pilotage communications between coastal pilotage providers, the vessels they service and the pilots embarked within these vessels.

The North-East Shipping Management Plan aims to give Australians confidence in how the growth of shipping area is managed concomitant with growth in commodity flows and associated infrastructure such as ports.

An advisory to assist jurisdictions prepare for the possibility that significant numbers of the public may wish to spontaneously volunteer to assist in a maritime environmental emergency.

This heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.

Whilst there were no major pollution incidents during the 2012-13 financial year, in July 2012 we completed the removal of the wreck of the MV Tycoon from Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island. The National Plan was also called upon to support state/NT agencies in responding to several minor incidents.

The 2015-16 year has been yet another busy period for National Plan stakeholders. In July 2015 an oil spill occurred 30 nautical miles from Cape Upstart, in the Whitsunday region, which affected a number of Queensland beaches.