Well what a joke,
we need 16 printed nautical
charts ( yes we have
navigation equipment, but printed
charts are for back up) for our trip down the
east coast of
australia Yamba NSW to Sorrento Vic, we started with getting chart quotes from retailers and that soon turned into $640.00, Then I thought the State Libraries will surely have them so I put in a request, I got a call the next day from the MAPS person, she was perplexed as the latest Chart she has of Vic is from 1992 (that's crazy they don't have an up to date chart of their own coast), so I emailed local members and the premiers department (no reply from any) the state library then said go to the National Library they have them, so I ordered the charts at a total cost of $264 that took an hour, then last night I received a
Email from the NLA to state they don't have permission to print them under
copyright and that I need written approval from HYDRO (The Navy) so I emailed them and this is what I got UNCLASSIFIED
Hi Alex
As these chart are to be used for
navigation approval for printing by the NLA is not approved as the charts will not be in date and not safe to navigate by.
Regards
Now running out of time I have to pay $640 unless you guys know of any solution
Alex