AUS 303 — Nassau River to Wellesley Islands, QLD Nautical Chart

For skippers, fishers, and Gulf of Carpentaria coastal cruisers

Plan confident legs along the Gulf of Carpentaria from the Nassau River south-west to the Wellesley Islands. AUS 303 provides wide-area passage coverage at 1:300,000, with a precision 1:75,000 inset for Investigator Road—ideal for shaping offshore routes, timing tide gates, and cueing landfall bearings on this remote coastline.

Why skippers choose this chart

• 🧭 Built for passage planning — Main sheet at 1:300,000 for big-picture routing and coastal context.

• 🪨 Reef, bank & headland awareness — Read shoals and conspicuous features for reliable fixes.

• 🗺️ Mercator projection throughout — Clean rhumb-line plotting and GPS cross-checks.

• ⚓ Inset precision — Investigator Road at 1:75,000 for arrival/exit detail.

• 📍 Exact bounds — All four limits listed for quick position checks (see below).

• 🗺️ Deck-ready materials — Writeable laminate front face for chart-correction pencils.

• 🇦🇺 Printed in Australia — Colour-managed, hand-checked.

Coverage & inset

• Main Chart — AUS 303: Australia North Coast · Queensland · Nassau River to Wellesley Islands

  • Scale: 1:300,000 · Projection: Mercator

  • Bounds: N 15°51.63′ S · S 17°46.00′ S · E 142°00.00′ E · W 138°52.20′ E

  • Publication: 09-Jun-1995 · Latest Edition: 28-May-1999

• Subchart — AUS 303 (Investigator Road)

  • Scale: 1:75,000 · Projection: Mercator

  • Bounds: N 17°00.52′ S · S 17°13.12′ S · E 139°41.65′ E · W 139°31.18′ E

  • Publication/Edition: 09-Jun-1995 / 28-May-1999

Premium materials & finishes

• Paper (120 gsm matte) — Crisp, flexible and chart-table friendly; ideal under nav-station glass.

• Laminated (soft-matte front / gloss back, edge-sealed) — Low-glare, writeable face for notes and corrections; gloss back adds rigidity and wipes clean.

Note: We’ve intentionally configured the laminate with a soft-matte writeable face and a gloss reverse so you can annotate pilotage notes, fixes and ETAs directly on the chart, then clean down between passages.

On-board & ashore use

• 🧭 Passage planning — Pre-plot offshore tracks, tide windows and contingencies.

• 📒 Crew briefings — At-a-glance layout for pilotage notes and waypoint checks.

• 🛠️ Bridge/club display — Durable laminated option for noticeboards and training rooms.

• 🎁 Gift for skippers — A practical, good-looking chart for local and transiting crews.

Specifications

Important note (mariner’s guidance)

This product is ideal for planning, briefing, education, and display. For underway navigation, always carry and consult the latest official hydrographic chart or approved ECDIS and current Notices to Mariners. Local conditions and aids may change.

Ready to run the Gulf coast?

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