Routes Down the Western Coast
Every voyage starts at Fremantle Passenger Terminal. From there the season works the WA coast: twilight loops past Rottnest, weekend legs to Busselton, and the long south-coast runs that carry our championship series.
The season's corridor
Three route families carry the calendar. Coordinates for the regular calls sit on the list; bespoke legs for charters go further when the vessel allows.
Fremantle
Home port. Every voyage boards at the Passenger Terminal on Peter Hughes Drive.
Sketch your own itinerary
Pick the calls you want and the estimate drafts a custom charter range. A producer turns the sketch into a real schedule with port windows.
Where the ship ties up
Fremantle
Home berth at Victoria Quay. Terminal venue for league nights, boarding hub for every voyage.
Rottnest Island
The default day call: tenders to Thomson Bay, bikes across the island, a hosted lunch on the sand.
Busselton
Geographe Bay anchorage beside the long jetty. Weekend legs and the Southern Cross turnaround.
Margaret River
Tender calls with wine-country excursions: cellar doors, estate lunches and the coast road back.
Albany
Deep south port call for series legs. Whale season mornings, the gap and the long beach afternoon.
Esperance & Geraldton
The season's long legs: white-sand anchorages east, Abrolhos views north. Expedition bookings only.
How the poker series travels
Stage 1 · Southern Cross
NovemberFremantle to Busselton, three days. The season opener and the year's most relaxed structure.
Stage 2 · Salon circuit
Dec – JanEvening loops and invitation games while the corporate season fills the calendar.
Stage 3 · Finals voyage
FebruaryAlbany leg for league qualifiers: the season championship decided on the water.
Stage 4 · Autumn Series
MarchFive days to Esperance, two bracelet events, the longest and most ambitious leg of the year.
Pick your window
Nov – Feb
Peak season: warm evenings, longest daylight, fullest calendar. Book early; the marquee dates move first.
Mar – Apr
Shoulder gold: softer prices, steadier seas, and the autumn series' favourite water on the south coast.
May – Oct
Winter rhythm: dockside events, short loops inside sheltered water, league nights ashore and next-season planning.
Green berths and clean calls
Itineraries favour ports with shore power, licensed marine-park operators and waste systems that keep the coast the way the brochures claim.
Shore power
Preferred for berth days: engines down, emissions to near zero.
Zero single-use
Event kit is reuse-cycle stock; nothing plastic goes over or ashore.
Park permits
Excursions run with licensed operators inside marine park rules.
Coast fund
A slice of every series funds harbour clean-up days in Fremantle.
Transfers to the terminal
For guests who want the evening to start before the gangway: transfers arranged through the concierge desk.
Chauffeur
City and airport pickups to the terminal door. The standard add-on for corporate groups and out-of-state guests.
Rotor & jet
Charter heli transfers to Jandakot and onward for guests arriving on private aircraft. Quoted per movement.
Tender transfers
Yacht-side transfers from private vessels at anchor to the liner on port days, arranged through the charter desk.
Can a private charter choose its own route?
What happens if a port call is cancelled?
Do voyages go further than Esperance?
How do port days fit the tournament schedule?
Every route starts at the same berth
Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Peter Hughes Drive. The rest is a conversation with a producer.