We put serious poker on the water, and we have done it longer than anyone in Australia.
Since 2016 our crews have staged tournament voyages, corporate casino nights and private gaming charters out of Fremantle Passenger Terminal. Licensed dealers travel with every event. Structures are published before booking. The ship, the floor and the hospitality arrive as one production.
What started as a single chartered deck has grown into a season calendar that carries championship series, a members' league, charity galas and themed evenings down the Western Australian coast.
Liners we build casinos aboard
Three partner vessels home-port the WA season. Scroll the deck to compare ballrooms, salons and the deck spaces each ship lends to a gaming floor.
MV Coral Empress
Our championship vessel. A 900-guest ballroom converts to a 40-table floor, with the Sky Lounge reserved for final tables.
MV Silver Tern
The twilight loop ship: two open decks and a panoramic lounge that hosts our casino evenings and themed nights.
SY Aurora Australis
A smaller vessel for full buy-outs: salon gaming, 60 to 160 guests, and itineraries drawn around the booking.
Top-deck salon
Eight-seat private gaming salon with its own bar, terrace and dealer detail. Home of the VIP High Roller format.
Galley & cellar
Executive chefs and a sommelier list built for long evenings: table-side service, degustation menus and a reserve cellar.
Stage & AV deck
Marine-rated staging, lighting and screens that turn a ballroom into a broadcast set for final tables and galas.
Pick the kind of evening
Championship & league play
Published structures, registered dealers and a season calendar: three-day series at sea, monthly points nights at the terminal and a finals voyage for qualifiers.
Company casino nights
Harbour evenings and offsite voyages with teaching tables for beginners, a branded company tournament and an awards finish that carries your logo.
Charters & celebrations
Deck take-overs and full-ship charters for birthdays, anniversaries and closed guest lists, plus the invitation-only High Roller Salon for serious stakes.
Costumed casino nights
Gatsby ballrooms, Bond terraces and bespoke themes with dressed rooms, themed felt, matched menus and entertainment written into the run sheet.
Walk the casino deck before you board
Tap a point on the plan to see where each zone sits aboard our flagship partner vessel, the MV Coral Empress.
Main Ballroom
The tournament floor: up to 40 tables under the chandeliers, with the cage and registration desk at the aft entrance.
Sailings now open for booking
Southern Cross Championship
Three-day series to Busselton aboard MV Coral Empress. Two flights, one final table.
Details & seatsGatsby Casino Evening
Twilight loop past Rottnest: jazz trio, deco ballroom and a floor of open tables.
Details & seatsLeague Points Night
Season 13 points night at the terminal venue. Members and guests welcome.
About the leagueGuests who played the season
"The cleanest structure I have played outside a casino floor. Day two finished on schedule to the minute."
"Half our team had never played a hand. By ten o'clock they were arguing about position at the bar."
"They ran a serious game with none of the noise of a casino floor. Nobody outside our list knew the room existed."
"Standing on deck the morning of the finals is a feeling a pub tournament cannot give you."
"We moved our annual gala aboard and raised forty percent more than the previous year."
"Organising a bucks night for thirty people was looking like a second job. They took the whole thing."
"I came for the holiday excuse and left with a three-page list of things I was doing wrong."
"Our clients walked into a 1929 ballroom and kept asking where the ship had hidden it."
"We handed them a two-line brief and got back a ship that looked built for our anniversary."
"A hundred ways to go wrong on a ship and this team knows all of them. Our client saw none."
A season in frames
Find your voyage
Answer four quick questions and the planner suggests the format that fits your group, dates and appetite for stakes.
Voyages on the water right now
A look at where our partner fleet and event crews are this week. Positions update from the operations desk each morning.
Routes & portsThe Southern Cross Invitational
When a national retailer wanted a launch nobody could scroll past, we put 280 guests, a tournament floor and a headline act aboard the Coral Empress for two nights off Rottnest.
The brief
A product launch with a guest list of buyers, press and staff that had to feel like a reward, not a conference.
The build
Ballroom floor of 24 tournament tables plus eight social games, a branded trophy, and a headline set on the top deck at sunset.
The result
Ninety-four percent of guests stayed to the last hand, the launch ran three times its media target, and the client rebooked for the following season.
Who we work with, who writes about us
Liner partners, hospitality names and the publications that have covered the voyage calendar.
"The most persuasive argument yet for taking Western Australian events off dry land."
From first call to final hand
The call
Tell us the occasion, the headcount and the date range. A producer replies within one working day.
The proposal
A costed run sheet with vessel, floor plan, format and menu options, drafted to your brief.
The build
We board ahead of guests, dress the room, staff the floor and rehearse the run sheet.
The voyage
You host; we run the evening. After the last hand, a wrap report lands in your inbox.
Before you ask
The questions every first enquiry raises. The full FAQ covers dress codes, seasickness, licensing and the rest.
All answersDo I need to know how to play poker?
Is real money involved?
Where do voyages leave from?
Can non-players come along?
How far ahead should I book?
The next open table is already sailing
Tell us the occasion and the dates. A producer returns a costed proposal within two working days.