Eastern Voyager – Explore . Fish . Dive

Explore the Southern Great Barrier Reef, or choose your own destination

Coral Sea

Get on Board! Explore the remote outer reefs of the Coral Seas beautiful reef system which offers up exceptional clarity for some great fishing where you can experience catches of dog tooth tuna, yellow fin tuna, wahoo, giant trevally, green job fish, coral trout and more.

Swain Reefs

Enjoy a trip with your mates and partners to these remote reefs and coral cays located 120 nautical miles from Gladstone in the Southern Great Barrier Reef. You can explore both deep and reef edge fishing, and it is an ideal location for all fishers. This remote reef system offers up some great varieties of fish from coral trout, sweet lip, spanish mackerel, red emperor and many more great species.

Capricorn Bunker Group

Offers similar fishing to the Swains. You can drift fish from the Eastern Voyager or fish from one of the five tenders we carry onboard with us.

Choose your own destination

If you have another area in mind, we will do our best to accommodate your request. Up to 20 passengers can enjoy a 14 day trip onboard Eastern Voyager.

Group Charters

BOOK ONLINE AND SAVE $170pp FOR A 7 NIGHT TRIP to the Swain Reefs or Shoalwater Bay.
In MARCH 2023, we have an extra special deal. BOOK ONLINE AND SAVE $325pp FOR A 7 NIGHT TRIP.

EASTERN VOYAGER CATERS FOR SELF GUIDED GROUP BOOKINGS (14-20 GUESTS)
Eastern Voyager is a long range liveaboard vessel that specialises in fishing charters out of Gladstone to the Southern Great Barrier Reef waters. The minimum group booking is 14. Groups of less than the minimum 14 guests are welcome to book the vessel based on the minimum day rate.

DESTINATIONS:
Capricorn Bunker Group: (4-6 nights). 7-10 hrs travel. Located 50 nautical miles from Gladstone.
Swain Reefs / Shoalwater Bay: (7 nights and beyond). 15 hrs overnight travel (Saturday to Saturday). Located up 120 nautical miles from Gladstone.
Coral Sea: (10 nights and beyond). Up to 30 hours travel. Located up to 260 nautical miles from Gladstone.
Travel times dependant on destination and weather.

BOOKING TRIPS:
Group bookings require 1 designated Group Organiser for your trip. To access the discounted price, the Group Organiser must BOOK THE TRIP ONLINE and the trip needs to be paid in full six (6) weeks before departure. Once you have either booked online or through our booking office, an email information package will be sent to the Group Organiser. This will confirm your charter dates, and will include details about the payments required to confirm and hold your booked dates. A non-refundable deposit of $750.00 per person ($1,000 per person for Coral Sea trips) is required to confirm and hold your booking.

If you are not able to organise a group booking click on our Join a Group tab to see if there are trips you can join. If there are none available, simply fill out our contact form, or phone the office of 0419 653 740 to add your name(s) to our waiting list to (1) join a group already booked looking for fill-ins for their trip, or (2) join one of our own organised group trips.

More information regarding the boat, fishing gear and charters can be found on the Eastern Voyager and FAQ tabs.

Join a Group Charter

We currently don't have any organised trips, but your welcome to leave your name with us in case any groups might need some extra people.

On our organised charters we endeavour (weather dependent always) to both drift fish from the mother ship and reef edge / lure etc. from the tenders. The end catch is shared amongst the group evenly at the end of the charter.

We require the minimum number of (14+) before we can confirm trips. When we have reached minimum numbers, you will then be contacted regarding further information and confirmation of the trip proceeding. A non-refundable deposit of $750.00 per person would then be required to confirm and hold your booking.

JOIN another group already booked : For the keen angler on their own, with a mate or small groups interested we can add your name (s) to our waiting list and then put you in touch with the organiser to join a private group already booked who are looking for people to fill in required numbers.

More information regarding the boat, fishing gear and charters can be found on the Eastern Voyager and FAQ tabs.

Fishing

13/01/2022

We are looking for a Deckhand to join us in 2022

We have a casual position available for anyone who might like to join us for nine months in2022 as a Deckhand. It’s a 3 weeks on, 1 week off roster (based on bookings and no interruptions). Most of our 7day …

Catches Fishing Life on board Newsletter

22/12/2021

Great Catches for Charter Fishing Trips to Swain Reefs and Cap Bunker Group

During November and December 2021, our groups have experienced some amazing sights and catches on the reef with exciting fishing trips to the Swain Reefs and Capricorn Bunker Group. We were also joined onboard by the Citizens of the Great …

Fishing

07/09/2021

Swain Reefs and Ribbon Reefs fishing trips see big catches and exciting sights

Beautiful weather conditions throughout July and August offered up some great fishing opportunities on the reef.
Some of the fish caught by our passengers included Common Coral Trout, Red Emperor, Spanish Mackerel and Yellow Fin Tuna to name a few.