LIGHTHOUSES, PORT PHILLIP HEADS VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 68, 30 June 1863, Page 2

LIGHTHOUSES, PORT PHILLIP HEADS VICTORIA.

(From tbo Gazette, March 18.) The accompanying notice to mariners respecting Iterations intho lijjht at Port Phillip Heads, and ailing directions rendered necessary by the alt eraions in question, are published for general infor- \ mation. RoaBBT S. Asdessow, Commissioner of Trade and Customs. Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne. March 12, 18et3. Notice to Haiunebs. ?OBT PHIIXTP HEADS IKxHTHOtTSEfI. Kavigators are hereby. informed that in accord, ance with a notice to mariners dated the 27th of "' ,Dcc»rafcor, 1862, the alterations in Shorthand's •Bluff and Swan Spit Lights, and the exhibition for the first time of a light on Point Lonsdale, as notified on the 3rd February, 1863, were carried into effect on the respective dates mentioned in such notices. Consequent upon these changes, the following Bailing directions are published for the guidance of Tessels navigating the entrance to Port Phillip at night:— \Tp*se> from the southward and eastward will *-*S$ the highest ~(fixed -white) on aNJW bear- * ing* an d the-white lowlighfc (fixed white and red) o©aNi"E bearing; as they proceed to the ft W "* vjbringthe two light* in one, the low light will — from white to red on a NNE £-H _ ftannff. ' v - W Vessels from the southward and westward *• iebtin» the higb ; light to the eastward of NE by * should t& **°?4. tho.Barw.on bight, haul out to fee eastward to openthe'-Ww 1 light; which will be first wen whft 6 on * '&'& W E bearing, and as they t>i7%sed to pring the two lights in one the low .'-|«r/itwiirchange its color from white v to red ona •T&l 15 beanng.2 ;.•■?::- --'-•^reference ; to? the chart will show that, as *^♦heVestand safest course between the Having made la^tteut^o.Shortland's Bluff lights raises, inform the PuE'by N and 8W by Shearing; "' znited ntomVerbfT^w- ''become scant andthe^vesse when in the vicinity of Point Lonsdale Beef, by vessel* of light B'ti€ low red so circumstknod B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^BW. ''v' r

must be careful to go about or -haul towards m«pt eWel before the low lightfchangev from rod to white. ' ..'..-*' The light (fixed red and green) on Point Lotadale has been established to warnvegßela entering or departing at night, of their vicinky to, and when they are clear of, the Lonsdale and Ferguson Vessels steering from sea for Port Phillip, and near the entrance, will first see the Point Lona dale green light on a NW by N £ N bearing, and io long aa they have it full in view they are to seaward of the Lonsctale and Ferguson rocks, when the two colors, red and green, begin to blend, ii indicates vicinity to the line which passes on aNW by W bearing from the light over these dangers. . „ Whon the lonsdale red light opens out full, vesseh are ineide of them; and when they abut it in on a Wi N bearing, they are inside of the CorVessols steering towards the West Channel will avoid the reef off ShortlancPs Bluff, and the bank between it and Swan Spit, and also clear tue Royal George sand, when in their vicinity, by not opening ouV the white light on Swan Spit, I.ut keeping tho red light in sight until within three cables' length of it, when they will be above tha Royal George buoy, and should haul to the eastward, and open the white light, giving the lighthouse a berth of three-quarter's of a cable's length in passing. v essels navigating the South Chunnel are reminded that the low light on Shortlands Bluff now shows white from sea up to the South Channel to the east end of Capel Sound. Vessels below Capel Sound, White Perch Buoy, will be aided in their passage up or down the South Channel, and avoid the north sand, by not shutting the light in, it being masked on a west by north bearing. With the view of keeping the fairway to the West Channel clear, vessels of light draught are recommended, when anchoring oft Shortland s Bluff, to bring up aa close over towards the shore as possible on the NW side of the fairway, indicates at nisrhtby the Swan Spit light changing from red to white on a NE £ E hearing, and by day the Swan Spit lighthouse just open E of No. 1 black buoy. Vessels of heavy draupht should anchor on the SE side of the fairway, which is indicated at niffht by tho Swan Spit liglit changing from red to white on a NE -J N bearing, and by day the Swan Spit Lighthouse just open TV of No. 2 White Perch Buoy, Masters of vessels about to anchor at night off Shortland's Bluff are requested to note that the low light shuts in on a N by W bearing. All bearings are magnetic. Charles Fekgttso-s, Chief Harbor Master. Department of Ports and Harbors, Williametown. 11th March. 1863. « —