Gladstone Water Police were generally very pleased with the behaviour of boaties over the Australia Day long weekend at a number of areas in the District.
Water police deployed one police vessel and two jet skis over the weekend at Gladstone, Tannum Sands and the Awoonga Dam and they were specifically targeting general behaviour as well as drug and alcohol testing of skippers.
Officers were pleased to report that over 100 vessels there were intercepted over the weekend produced no positive alcohol or drug tests.
A number of boaties were spoken to by water police about general safety and only a handful of minor offences were reported, mostly for failure to identify the location of their life jackets.
Police also targeted jet ski activity in the Round Hill Creek area following a number of recent reports of bad behaviour by riders, however no breaches by riders were identified.
The hot weather saw large crowds out enjoying their time on the water and their behaviour has been commended by officers.
Gladstone Water Police would like to remind boaties that if life jackets on their vessels are stowed and not visible, labelling in required so they can be easily identified by anyone that is on board.
