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Wetlands cruise incident

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:38 pm
by STANDY
Was at Corroboree today and noticed the wetlands cruise boat on the other side of the billabong and fark out of nowhere another one comes screaming at me on the same side I was trolling close to the bank.

Stupidity haveing one tearing down each side of the billabong at once. Skipper wasn't even looking where he was going until the last minute. :banghead:

Might have to give Someone a call! Who would you let know about a incident on a billabong?

Composed myself well considering he was full of passengers ( didn't chase him down and give him a mouthful )

Re: Watch out so you don't get rammed by the Wetlands cruise

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:45 am
by bigwoody
All issues concerning vessel safety and compliant operation of vessels should be sent to the following person.


Captain Tony O’Malley

Regional Harbourmaster – Darwin

Pilotage Authority – Darwin

Director Marine Safety – NT

Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics

Northern Territory Government



Floor 2, Energy House, 18 Cavenagh St, Darwin

GPO Box 2520, Darwin, NT, 0801



p ... 08 8999 3867

m ... 0428 181 480

e ... [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] |

w ... www.nt.gov.au

Re: Watch out so you don't get rammed by the Wetlands cruise

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:49 am
by Hemi
Contact AMSA.

Re: Watch out so you don't get rammed by the Wetlands cruise

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:09 am
by jeffish
AMSA are toothless and incompetent !!!!!!!!!

Glad you survived the incident mate . Very scary when a bigger boat is tracking straight for you .
Hope you got some pics , I'd contact the Water Police .

Re: Wetlands cruise incident

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:51 pm
by STANDY
:roll: Noticed the thread title was changed.

Re: Watch out so you don't get rammed by the Wetlands cruise

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:15 pm
by Hemi
jeffish wrote:AMSA are toothless and incompetent !!!!!!!!!

Glad you survived the incident mate . Very scary when a bigger boat is tracking straight for you .
Hope you got some pics , I'd contact the Water Police .


Bwaahhaaaa... and NT authorities are better? :bonk:

Re: Wetlands cruise incident

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 7:51 am
by Blinky
Harbour Master won't want to know about it, Corroboree has nothing to do with him...... Call the Police.

Re: Wetlands cruise incident

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:29 pm
by bigwoody
The Harbour Master may not want anything to do with it, particularly if he is a lazy, incompetent public servant.

However he also has the title of Director Marine Safety NT and has jurisdiction over all vessels and all waterways in the NT.

All investigations of incidents and accidents in the Marine environment are his responsibility. Police hand pass any complaints directly to him.

Re: Wetlands cruise incident

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:25 pm
by Matt Flynn
The Harbour Master is well known in fishing circles and a helpful and knowledgeable bloke, if it is part of his jurisdiction I am sure he'll deal with it as required.

Re: Wetlands cruise incident

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:50 pm
by Blinky
Matt Flynn wrote:The Harbour Master is well known in fishing circles and a helpful and knowledgeable bloke, if it is part of his jurisdiction I am sure he'll deal with it as required.
The Harbour Master needs to deal with all the unlit mooring buoys and vessels in his harbour first...........

Re: Wetlands cruise incident

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 4:07 pm
by Matt Flynn
The Harbour Master needs to deal with all the unlit mooring buoys and vessels in his harbour first...........
Still there eh, I remember a couple of dark ones in Sadgroves Creek near the ramp, they sat almost at water level too, must have been nudged all the time.