News & Events
Cook’s 1770 voyage – 250 years on
April 29, 2020
The 250th anniversary of Cook’s landing in Kamay/Botany Bay on April 29 will be marked by the Australian National Maritime Museum with the launch of three new digital products from the Encounters 2020 program. Additional elements of the program will be made available to the…
Organisers officially cancel The Transat CIC 2020
April 29, 2020
OC Sport Pen Duick, the French subsidiary of international event organiser OC Sport, have announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition of The Transat CIC, due to the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The transatlantic race, which was scheduled to start from Brest…
States Support Return to Boating
April 27, 2020
The Boating Industry Association (BIA) today welcomed moves by Queensland and Western Australia to loosen the COVID-19 restrictions on recreational boating following encouraging signs of containment. Darren Vaux, BIA President, said yesterday’s announcements by the two States were good news for the boating public,…
Tall Ships Races 2020 postponed
April 27, 2020
Sail Training International has announced that due to the COVID-19 outbreak the Tall Ships Races 2020 has been postponed until next year – the first time this has happened since the event was first held in 1956. The Tall Ships Race is a huge…
The Reef in brief
April 24, 2020
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has come together with the Australian Institute of Marine Science and CSIRO to release an eight page ‘snapshot’ about the conditions on the Reef this summer and what this means for coral.
Recent spike in Great Barrier Reef zoning offences
April 17, 2020
Despite issuing a pre-Easter warning, Great Barrier Reef authorities were disappointed to encounter a high volume and array of illegal activity threatening the health of the Reef, and the communities dependent on it, over the long weekend. While data is still coming in from…
Boating Industry Association COVID-19 UPDATE: NSW
April 16, 2020
BIA has received confirmation from Transport for NSW Maritime that under current COVID-19 restrictions in NSW the following applies: A person can pick up a boat from a dealer, broker or person that they have purchased it from and tow it home as it…
Ramps and jetties closed across Victoria
April 9, 2020
Boat ramps and jetties across Victoria will be closed to keep everyone safe and help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Advice from Victorian State Government Department of Transport: From today, boat ramps, piers, jetties, and other marine infrastructure will be…
Compliance patrols continue to protect the Great Barrier Reef over Easter
April 8, 2020
While the past few weeks have been challenging for communities worldwide, Reef authorities are continuing vital work to protect the Great Barrier Reef; particularly in the face of severe and widespread coral bleaching. A key component of this is in-park…
Please stay at home this Easter
April 8, 2020
The Easter four-day weekend is typically a wonderful time for boating across Australia but 2020 is far from a typical year. Fires, floods and now a pandemic have made this an extraordinary and challenging time. The Boating Industry Association (BIA) supports…
Airlie Beach Race Week – the rounding mark on a distant horizon
April 7, 2020
Sometimes it’s really hard to see the rounding mark on the horizon, even when everyone aboard knows that it’s there – we just have to rely on the compass and keep all eyes focused ahead – like searching for cat’s paws wisps of wind…
Crest relaunched at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum
April 1, 2020
Crest relaunched at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum – 10th March 2020 In 1987 Crest was pulled up on the hard, presumably for the duration of its slow rot to destruction. An initial plan for restoration had it still on the hard…
