Wet Areas for Australia Day
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Council will be designating wet areas for Australia Day, which will be in effect from 10am to 7pm on Sunday 26 January, 2025.
Signage will be installed at all relevant locations prior to the day. For a list of parks, please visit:
Hervey Bay wet areas Maryborough wet areas
Under the Liquor Act 1992, Council has authority to declare ‘wet areas’ in the Local Government area where alcohol consumption is usually prohibited.
A wet area is designated solely for the consumption of alcohol and does not permit the sale of alcohol within the specified location.
You can be fined a maximum of $80,650 for a first offence, with increased fines of up to $161,300 or 18 months imprisonment for subsequent offences. The Liquor Act defines 'sell' as including:
- barter or exchange
- offer, agree or attempt to sell
- expose, send, forward or deliver for sale
- cause or permit to be sold or offered for sale
- supply or offer, agree or attempt to supply
- in circumstances in which the supplier derives, or would be likely to derive, a direct or indirect pecuniary benefit, or
- gratuitously, but to gain or keep custom or other commercial advantage.