AUS 304 — Wellesley Islands to Vanderlin Island, QLD Nautical Chart
For skippers, fishers, and Gulf of Carpentaria coastal cruisers
Shape confident passages across the Gulf of Carpentaria from the Wellesley Islands westward to Vanderlin Island. AUS 304 delivers wide-area coastal planning at 1:300,000 on a Mercator projection—ideal for plotting offshore routes, timing tide windows, and cueing landfall bearings along this remote coastline.
Why skippers choose this chart
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🧭 Built for passage planning — Main sheet at 1:300,000 for big-picture routing and coastal context.
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🪨 Shoal & headland awareness — Read banks, reefs and conspicuous points for reliable fixes.
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🗺️ Mercator projection — Clean rhumb-line plotting for bearings and GPS cross-checks.
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📍 Exact bounds — All four limits listed for quick position checks (see below).
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🗺️ Deck-ready materials — Writeable laminate front face for chart-correction pencils.
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🇦🇺 Printed in Australia — Colour-managed, hand-checked.
Coverage
Premium materials & finishes
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Paper (120 gsm matte) — Crisp, flexible and chart-table friendly; ideal under nav-station glass.
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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
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🧭 Passage planning — Pre-plot offshore tracks, tide windows and contingencies.
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📒 Crew briefings — At-a-glance layout for pilotage notes and waypoint checks.
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🛠️ Bridge/club display — Durable laminated option for noticeboards and training rooms.
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🎁 Gift for skippers — A practical, good-looking chart for local and transiting crews.
Specifications
| Field |
Detail |
| Chart Number |
AUS 304 |
| Title |
Australia North Coast — Queensland — Wellesley Islands to Vanderlin Island |
| Geographic Location |
Australia |
| Scale (main) |
1:300,000 |
| Projection |
Mercator |
| North / South Limits |
15°08.00′ S / 17°03.00′ S |
| East / West Limits |
139°55.00′ E / 136°48.00′ E |
| Publication Date |
12-May-2000 |
| Latest Edition |
12-May-2000 |
| Sheet Size |
1100 mm (W) × 770 mm (H) |
| Available Finishes |
Paper (120 gsm matte); Laminated (soft-matte writeable front, gloss back, edge-sealed) |
| Inks |
Pigment-based, fade-resistant |
| Origin |
Printed in Australia |
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?
Select your finish above and add to cart. We’ll print locally, hand-check, and ship with care.