• Permitted Activity Zones

    Lake Use Management ZonePermissible Water CraftPermissible Water Activities
    Zone 1
    • No recreational vessels permitted.
    • No public activities permitted.
    Zone 2
    • Model yachts/model power boats  
    • Sail boards  
    • Pedal powered leisure craft  
    • Canoes, kayaks  
    • Row boats  
    • Small electric powered boats
    • Controlled water access  
    • Model boat use  
    • Small water craft hire and use  
    • Fishing from boats  
    • Foreshore fishing within designated locations 
    • Organised fishing competitions, 
    • model boating or other environmentally appropriate -events
    Zone 3
    • Canoes, kayaks, rowing skiffs, and dragon boats for sporting events.  
    • Tour boats and Cruise boats. Vessels to comply with predetermined design and performance -criteria.  
    • Water police and Emergency response boats.  
    • Lake maintenance vessels.
    • Aquatic sporting events with prior permit.  
    • Tour and Cruise boat commercial operations by permit.  
    • Foreshore fishing within designated areas.
    Zone 4
    • Canoes, kayaks, rowing skiffs, dragon boats for club activities and events.  
    • Small powered boats complying with predetermined design and performance criteria.  
    • Powered leisure boats complying with predetermined design and performance criteria.  
    • Ferries and Tour boats complying with predetermined vessel design and performance criteria.
    • Sports rowing and paddling training and events (permissible with a club permit but better suited to Zone 5 for other than competitions).
    Zone 5
    • Model yachts/model powerboats.  
    • Pedal powered leisure craft.  
    • Small yachts and sailboards.  
    • Canoes, kayaks, row boats.  
    • Rowing skiffs, dragon boats.
    • Model sailing and power boating within designated areas. 
    • Pedal powered leisure craft hire within designated areas.  
    • Sailing within designated areas.  
    • Leisure canoeing, kayaking and row boating hire.  
    • Sports rowing and paddling training and competition events.
    • Zone 6
    • Canoes, kayaks, row boats.  
    • Small powered boats complying with predetermined design and performance criteria.  
    • Powered leisure boats complying with predetermined design and performance criteria.  
    • Marine police and Emergency response boats.  
    • Lake maintenance vessels.
    • No public access or recreational activities permissible within designated fish habitat sectors.  
    • Leisure canoeing, kayaking and row boating.  
    • Sports rowing and paddling training.  
    • Small powered hire boating.  
    • Powered leisure boating by hire - self-driven (by license) or professionally skippered.  
    • Fishing from boats.  
    • Foreshore fishing within designated areas.  
    • Special fishing competitions by permit.