Regions Defined
Point of delivery is often referred to as a region. To avoid misunderstanding of the border of a region the Commerce Committee working with the relevant state merchant association defined the following regions.
These defined regions are accepted on contracts unless the region is otherwise defined. These definitions are not specially defined in the Trade Rules and took effect from 19 April 2005
Victoria - received from GIAV
Melbourne
Melbourne including Werribee, Lara, Pakenham, Clyde, Dandenong, Sunshine
Goulburn Valley
Refers to all locations bounded by, Echuca, Colbinabbin Murchison, Dookie, St James, Tungamah, Katamatite and direct north to Murray River and back to Echuca.(also include delivery to locations 5km from this list)
Note: Goulburn Valley does not include Bendigo, Peechelba, and or Cohuna)
West Gippsland
Refers to all locations West of a line from Leongatha to Moe in Gippsland. All locations East of this line are outside the Zone.
East Gippsland
East of a line from Moe to Leongatha including Sale and Maffra.
Western Districts
Western Districts is a wide zone from West to East and should be defined at time of contract.
Western Australia – received from GIAWA
The trade use the CBH's shipping/export zones when referring to areas as follows:
- Geraldton Zone
- Kwinana Zone
- Albany Zone
- Esperance Zone
Queensland – received from Queensland Agricultural Merchants
Brisbane
A 35 km radius from Captain Bishop Bridge, Fisherman’s Islands, Brisbane; limited on the northern side by the Pine River.
Darling Downs
A 20 km radius of Toowoomba Town Centre, bounded on the east by the range
A 15 km radius of Warwick Town Centre
A 15 km radius of Millmerran Town Centre
A 25 km radius of Dalby Town Centre
These 4 circles joined form the boundary of the Darling Downs
Northern Downs
Warwick is excluded from the definition and the 3 circles around Dalby, Toowoomba and Millmerran are joined to form the boundary.
Southern Downs
Dalby is excluded from the definition and then the 3 circles around Warwick, Toowoomba and Millmerran are joined to form the boundary.
Note: If Warwick is excluded and Clifton specifically included, then the boundary as defined above stands, but the specific location of Clifton is included.