Hastings River Geographical Indication

The Australian Geographical Indication "Hastings River" was entered in the Register of Protected Names on 25 March 1999 in response to a direction received by the Registrar from the Presiding Member of the Geographical Indications Committee acting under Section 40Z of the WAC Act 1980.

Source maps for locating GI area boundaries:

Hastings Topographic Map
Scale 1:250,000
Sheet SH56-14 Edition 2
Produced by the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group
© Commonwealth of Australia 1996, MAP 94/191

GI textual description:

The Geographical Indication "Hastings River" is located within the zone Northern Rivers, within the State of New South Wales, Australia.

The beginning point of the boundary is situated on Map Hastings (Sheet SH56-14) at grid reference MK815910, being a point on the shoreline of the South Pacific Ocean (Tasman Sea) at Diamond Head some 50 kilometres south of the town of Port Macquarie, then proceeds west north westerly in a straight line to Watson Taylors Lake at grid reference MK770910, then proceeds west north westerly around the southern edge of Watson Taylors Lake to grid reference MK740920, then proceeds westerly in a straight line to the Pacific Highway at grid reference MK735920, then proceeds south westerly along the Pacific Highway to an unnamed road near Johns River at grid reference MK715890, then proceeds westerly along the unnamed road to a road intersection at grid reference MK670890, then proceeds north westerly along unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference MK660895, then proceeds north westerly along the southern most of two unnamed roads to Hannam Vale at grid reference MK620910, then proceeds north westerly to intersection with unnamed road at grid reference MK605925, then proceeds north north westerly and then north easterly along the same unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference MK635960, then proceeds northerly along that road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference MK633975, then proceeds westerly along unnamed road to another road junction at grid reference MK520990, then proceeds generally northerly along unnamed road towards Comboyne to road junction at grid reference ML510030, then proceeds north north easterly and then northerly along unnamed road past Bridal Veil Falls to its intersection near Byabarra with another unnamed road at grid reference ML545110, then proceeds northerly along unsealed road to its intersection with the Oxley Highway in Bagnoo at grid reference ML550190, then proceeds in a straight line to an unnamed road at grid reference ML590255, then proceeds south easterly along this unnamed road to Beechwood at grid reference ML665215, then proceeds northerly in a straight line to an unnamed road at grid reference ML670265, then proceeds north westerly along this unnamed road past Bellangry to its intersection with unsealed road at the edge of Bellangry State Forest at grid reference ML595360, then proceeds north easterly along unsealed road to its intersection with an unsealed track adjacent to Bottlebrush Creek at grid reference ML650380, then proceeds north north easterly in a straight line crossing the Wilson River to an unsealed track at grid reference ML660440, then proceeds south easterly in a straight line to the Pacific Highway at grid reference ML820400, then proceeds southerly along the Pacific Highway to a bridge over an unnamed creek at grid reference ML830380, then proceeds east south easterly in a straight line to Point Plomer on the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean at grid reference ML975355, then proceeds south westerly along the shoreline past Port Macquarie to Diamond Head at grid reference MK815910, which is the descriptor starting point.