The geographic coordinates shown on mapping products for Great Sandy Marine Park, and listed in the Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2024 are expressed in the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 as legally defined by the National Measurement (Recognized-Value Standard of Measurement of Position) Determination 2017.

When using these coordinates please ensure your GPS device or plotter is set to use the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020) datum.

How to access and use zoning and designated area maps

Marine Parks Southern Queensland App

Download the free Marine Parks Southern Queensland App to access and understand zoning and designated area rules in the Great Sandy Marine Park and Moreton Bay Marine Park.

The Marine Parks Southern Queensland App:

• shows what zone and designated area you’re in and what activities are allowed/prohibited
• works “offline” when outside of mobile phone range
• is available for download via Google Play and the App Store, for use on your smartphone or tablet.

Download on the App Store for iOS

Download on Google Play for Android

QLD Fishing 2.0 app

Marine park zoning in Great Sandy Marine Park is now available on the QLD Fishing 2.0 app. The app provides information on recreational fishing rules and also contains zoning information. It can be downloaded on the App Store or Google Play.

Download a PDF

The maps below can be viewed and/or printed using your web browser or downloaded for use in a range of software such as Adobe Reader or Avenza Maps.

• Great Sandy Marine Park zones and designated areas (PDF, 3.2MB)
• Great Sandy Marine Park benthic habitat map with MNP zones (PDF, 4.6MB)
• Great Sandy Marine Park Seasonal Shorebird Closure Area map – Moon Point (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Great Sandy Marine Park Seasonal Shorebird Closure Area map - Maaroom (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Great Sandy Marine Park Seasonal Shorebird Closure Area map – Boonooroo (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Great Sandy Marine Park Seasonal Shorebird Closure Area map - Cooloola (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Poona Creek transit lane map (PDF, 15.1MB)
• Tinnanbar transit lane map (PDF, 18.1MB)
• Kauri Creek transit lane map (PDF, 19.8MB)
• Great Sandy Marine Park—Artificial reefs locality map – to be updated soon with new zoning information
• Great Sandy Marine Park—Hardie Artificial Reef map – to be updated soon with new zoning information
• Great Sandy Marine Park - Simpson Artificial Reef map – to be updated soon with new zoning information
• Crab fishery non-conforming use area – Map 1 (Baffle Creek, Elliott River and Burrum River) (PDF, 14.3MB)
• Crab fishery non-conforming use area – Map 2 (Great Sandy Strait and Tin Can Inlet) (PDF, 15.2MB)
• Marine yabby fishery non-conforming use area – Map 1 (Baffle Creek, Elliott River and Burrum River) (PDF, 14.3MB)
• Marine yabby fishery non-conforming use area – Map 2 (Great Sandy Strait and Tin Can Inlet) (PDF, 15.2MB)
• Tunnel net fishery non-conforming use area (Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Inlet) (PDF, 14.7MB)
• Use of set pocket nets non-conforming use area (Mary River) (PDF, 16.8MB)
• Ocean beach net fishery non-conforming use area (Inskip/Hook Point) (PDF, 18.1MB)
• Aquarium fish fishery non-conforming use area (Little Woody Island) (PDF, 14.4MB)
• Coral fishery non-conforming use area (Big Woody Island) (PDF, 15.6MB)

Use your GPS chartplotter unit

After 21 May 2024, zoning information will be available for navigation software companies to update chart cards for use on GPS fish finder units and chartplotters. Check with your navigation software provider regarding the products they offer.

Data for use in GIS software

After 21 May 2024, datasets (for zoning and designated areas and marine park habitat types) will be available to help interpret the zoning plan, via the following platforms:

• QSpatial - Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset of the Great Sandy Marine Park. Data can be downloaded in a range of formats (e.g. KML/KMZ, shapefile and file geodatabase) for use in GIS software and Google Earth.
• Queensland Globe
• Webservice containing Great Sandy Marine Park datasets along with other state marine parks datasets

Please note, as designated areas overlap zones it may be necessary to turn layers on/off to clearly see a particular zone or designated area.

Spatial data of the zones and designated areas is also available to download for use in Google Earth and other GIS software:

• KML/KMZ file of zones (KMZ, 2.3MB)
• KML/KMZ file of designated areas (KMZ, 904.9KB)
• Zip file containing spatial data in Shapefile format (ZIP, 2.1MB)

Zoning coordinates

• Zoning coordinates spreadsheet (XLSX, 11.0MB)

The coordinates in the spreadsheet are provided to help interpret zone and designated area boundaries described in schedules 1 and 2 of the Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2024 . The coordinate lists for each zone/designated area do not necessarily contain every coordinate that would be required to describe the shape of the zone/designated area. These coordinate lists should be used in conjunction with the descriptions in the Zoning Plan and the PDF maps available above.

Special activity and Regulatory notices

• None currently in effect.

Other resources

• Great Sandy Marine Park boaties quick guide (PDF, 2.1MB)
• Provisions table
• How zoning and designated areas work
• More maps and resources
• GSMP artificial reefs
• Best practice video clips
• Whale watching approach distances and regulations
• Go slow for those below video
• Use the marine park wisely video
• Biodegradable bait bags video

Disclaimer

• The maps contained on this page are not to be used for navigation. For navigation, refer to official nautical charts published by maritime agencies.
• While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of these products, the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation makes no representations or warranties about their accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose.
• The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of these maps and documents being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.