Government

Legal Requirements of Yachts Entering/Leaving Australia

This link is to the Australian Government Customs Service website pages dealing with yachts entering Australia. Overseas yachts intending to visit Australia should note particularly the legal requirement to give Customs advance notice of their arrival.

WA DOPI Marine home page

Thw Western Australia Department of Planning and Infrastructure has responsibility for all things marine (harbours, moorings, registration etc.) Their Marine home page is here.

Australian Government Trap for the Unwary Inbound Cruiser

This article presents one side of a saga that has raised many eyebrows in the cruising community on and near Australia's East Coast. Whatever your beliefs about who's at fault here, foreign nationals arriving in Australia by yacht have been ordered by an Australian Court to pay very substantial sums of money for failing to adhere to the letter of Australian Customs law. There are important lessons in this story for any yacht approaching Australian shores.