Note: If life is in danger, please call 000 otherwise for non-life threatening rescues call 18 000 RESCUE.
About VMR Weipa VMR Weipa does not maintain a radio watch. For assistance in the vicinity of the Weipa approaches, VTS Cairns maintains a 24 hr listening watch on VHF 16. If you are in phone range, Weipa Police should be your first point of contact on (07) 4090 6000. Masters should be advised that…
DetailsAbout VMR Aurukun VMR Aurukun operates from Aurukun on the eastern side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, south of Weipa. We do not maintain a radio watch. For assistance, VTS in partnership with other Squadrons maintain a 24hr listening watch on VHF Channel 16. If in phone range, the Qld Police Service should be your…
DetailsAbout VMR Karumba VMR Karumba is a small unit in a remote location that does not have the membership numbers to maintain duty rosters, radio watches or patrols. We are essentially a first response unit for serious emergencies at sea, where life is in danger, and we respond on a needs basis only. All emergency…
DetailsAbout VMR Burketown VMR Burketown operates from Burketown, at the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria, some 20 nautical miles up the Albert River. We do not maintain a radio watch. For assistance, VTS in partnership with other Squadrons maintain a 24hr listening watch on VHF Channel 16. If in phone range the Qld…
DetailsAbout VMR Mornington Island VMR Mornington Island operates out of Gununa in the Wellesley Island group at the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria. They do not maintain a radio watch. For assistance VTS in partnership with other Squadrons maintain a 24hr listening watch on VHF 16. If in phone range Qld Police Service should…
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