About the data
Boat Ramp Spots lists boat ramps in Australia. Every listing comes from open data published by state governments and from OpenStreetMap, combined so that each ramp appears once.
Sources
- Transport for NSW, NSW Boat Ramps: name, address, waterway, launching lanes, trailer parking, water access, condition and facilities (CC BY 4.0).
- WA Department of Transport, Public Boat Ramps: sealed and unsealed ramps, lanes, trailer parking and jetties (CC BY 4.0).
- Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland: boat, barge and canoe ramps with lanes, gradient, parking, tide limits, toilets, water taps and pontoons. © The State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU.
- Vicmap Hydro, Victorian Government: positions of launching ramps (CC BY 4.0).
- OpenStreetMap: slipways mapped across Australia and the toilets, parking, BBQs, jetties and other features around them. © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL).
- Australian Bureau of Statistics: local government area boundaries, 2024 edition (CC BY 4.0).
How listings are built
- State government records come first. A ramp mapped on OpenStreetMap within 150 m of a government record is merged into it; ramps less than 100 m apart are treated as one site with several lanes.
- Ramps marked as private on OpenStreetMap and absent from government records are left out.
- Ramps without a recorded name are shown by their locality. We never invent a name.
- Each ramp is placed in its local government area from official boundaries and linked to the nearest town.
- Facilities are shown only when a source records them. A missing item means unknown, not absent.
Before you launch
Ramp conditions, fees and access rules change, and some ramps are usable only at high tide. Check tides, weather and local boating rules with the state maritime authority before you go.
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