Regional Contacts – Cairns and Cooktown

For contact details for the Cairns and Cooktown region, click on the relevant organisation:

Marine Park management

• Community Partnerships Group
• Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS)
• Bookings for the Cairns Planning Area and for Sensitive Locations
• Bookings for GBRMPA cruise ship anchorages

Related organisations

• Reef Pilots
• Harbour Masters (MSQ)
• Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP)
• Water Police

Contact details for the GBRMPA and other Great Barrier Reef wide organisations are to be found at Key Agencies.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Community Partnerships Group

Far Northern Region (Daintree to Mission Beach)

51 The Esplanade
or
PO Box 6091
CAIRNS QLD
4870

Phone: (07) 4051 7132
Fax: (07) 4051 9744

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS)

Cairns Office

5b Sheridan Street
or
PO Box 2066
CAIRNS QLD
4870

Phone: (07) 4046 6601
Fax: (07) 4046 6606
Email: cic@epa.qld.gov.au

Cooktown

Shop 3, Level 1,
5 Webber Esplanade
or PO Box 611
COOKTOWN QLD
4895

Phone: (07) 4069 5777
Fax: (07) 4069 5574

Innisfail

Flying Fish Point Road
or
PO Box 44
INNISFAIL
4860

Phone: (07) 4061 5900
Fax: (07) 4061 5999

Port Douglas

Ashmore Avenue
or
PO Box 430
PORT DOUGLAS QLD
4877

Phone: (07) 4099 4709
Fax: (07) 4099 4849

Bookings for Cairns Planning Area and Sensitive Locations (QPWS)

Phone: (07) 4046 6601 (Business Hours)
0417 004 815 (After hours)

Bookings for GBRMPA cruise ship anchorages

Email: cruise.bookings@gbrmpa.gov.au (preferred)
Phone: (07) 4750 0775
Fax: (07) 4772 6093

Reef Pilots

Australian Reef Pilots

Phone: (07) 3026 2660
Fax: (07) 3026 2666

or

Torres Pilots Pty Ltd

Phone: (07) 4055 2368

Harbour Masters (MSQ)

Cairns

64-66 Tingira Street,
Portsmith

PO Box 1787
CAIRNS QLD
4870

Phone: (07) 4052 7400
Fax: (07) 4052 7451
Email: rhmcairns@msq.qld.gov.au

Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP)

Cairns

64-66 Tingira Street, Portsmith
or PO Box 7453
CAIRNS QLD
4870

Phone: (07) 4035 0700
Fax: (07) 4035 1603

Port Douglas

Ashmore Avenue
or
PO Box 412
PORT DOUGLAS QLD
4871

Phone: (07) 4099 5160
Fax: (07) 4099 5172

Water Police

Cairns

Queensland Transport
Marine Operations,
64-66 Tingira Street,
Portsmith

or

PO Box 1120
CAIRNS QLD
4871

Phone: (07) 4035 1733
Fax: (07) 4052 7477