There’s a joke batting around the internet that everything in Australia wants to kill you. From poisonous spiders, venous snakes, great white sharks, jellyfish, stone fish, giant centipedes and drop bears (look it up), Australia is full of men carved out of rock and leather, and their national past time is little more than a Foster-fueled bar brawl on a soccer field. So when James Tod of The JetSkiShop invites his “Breakfast Club” of local PWC enthusiasts out for a wintertime ride, you can bet yer keister it’s gonna be a rough one.
James reported, “We had an epic jet ski adventure for the first week of August 2014. We gave 12 lucky watercraft riders the exclusive tour of the Whitsundays, which included Hamilton Island and the world famous Whitehaven Beach. Each day had a a unique experience. Each day we went sking around the Whitsundays, which is part of the Great barrier reef.
“We also had a themed ‘Castaway Night,’ with each person dressed up to the theme of a castaway. We had a great ride followed by drinks and cocktails. Each night we all got back to the marina just in time to watch the sunset. We saw lots of coral, white sandy beaches on isolated islands, whales, turtles, and dolphins.
“We also got to explore ‘Hill Inlet’ located on Whitsunday Island (the largest island in the Whitsundays), which had a prehistoric feel about it as it is uninhabited, and knowing there is the real danger of man-eating crocodiles and large sharks. Once we headed up the river and into the mangroves, it had some of the largest oysters I had ever seen.
“We completed the 78km trip without too much disruption, other than one ski that ran aground and in one section of that trip we encountered 2.5–3 meter swells. This was a huge test for the all riders, which covered male and female, 25-to-65 years of age.
“As this was our second trip, we plan on this being an annual event.”
