Swan River Cruises

Included in your charter hire is a 15 minute window before your charter, where our vessel will be at the departure jetty for you. At this time, we suggest any catering, drinks, ice be delivered for our crew to load your drinks and ice into our iceboxes and handle your catering. At this time, the event organiser is welcome to board vessel to decorate if needed. However, the rest of the party will need to wait on the jetty till the departure time. Once the crew and skipper are in place and ready to assist guests, then boarding can begin. If you require additional, set up time, please request when booking as a surcharge will apply.

• Commercial BBQ with bbq utensils, serving food trays, oil and alfoil (our crew will cook your BBQ for you)

• Complimentary tea/coffee - please order from our crew

• Removal of all rubbish and bin bags

• All toiletries for the toilet

• Dishwashing liquid, tea towels however our crew will do the washing up

• Large iceboxes for your drinks & 60kg of ice

• Fridge, freezer, microwave, (no oven)

• Serving spoons, platters, bowls etc

• Free loading of your drinks and food 15 minutes prior to start time

• Plates, napkins & cutlery

• Acrylic wine & champagne glasses

• Inflatables, 2 x SUP boards and 2 x kayaks

• iPhone for music

• Towels, sunscreen, bathers, sunhat etc

• Drinks

• Bottled water (we do have desal tap water on the boat)

• Food - feel free to order our catering or BYO

All your belongings must be taken off the vessel at the completion of charter. We are not responsible for any of your belongings that you leave on the vessel.

Our charter company has been operating successfully for 25 years. Safety is paramount on our vessel. We have strict licensing requirements with AMSA, Dept of transport, DPAW, Swan River Trust, Rottnest Island Authority, Liquor and Gaming, ACMA, DPI, and a few other government departments. Our company operates under an AMSA Safety Management system, which our crew adhere to. Our vessel is inspected annually by Dept of transport and is in survey for 1B, 1C and 1D. Our crew have first aid training, are RSA accredited and follow RSA guidelines on all charters. We will need a completed passenger manifest prior to the vessel departing. The form will be emailed to the organiser with charter paperwork. At the start of each charter, our skipper will conduct a safety briefing.

We are a registered BYO vessel and as such when our clients are chartering our vessel for a private event such as birthday, anniversary, wedding, corporate staff party, hens party, staff Christmas party or any celebration where you are supplying alcohol complimentary and are NOT SELLING the alcohol to your guests, then these boat functions are EXEMPT from liquor licensing regulations regardless of the duration and number of guests. However, you will need to get a liquor licence if your company is supplying liquor to on board guests that are from another company, supplier or client which is then considered commercial gain and a licence is then required. its only a form to fill out and a small fee to the RGL. We can help if you have any queries. This information has come direct from the Racing and Gaming Department, so please feel free to call our office if you are still unsure.