The boat, the table and the room — one booking, one confirmation.
Water Taxis Australia is the country's booking platform for water taxis, water limousines and charter boats — and the only one that also gets you a waterfront restaurant table and a waterfront hotel room on the same trip.
Water Taxis Australia started with one frustration: getting on the water in this country was still a phone call, a voicemail and a maybe. No live price, no confirmation, no idea whether a skipper was even free.
So we built the booking engine the industry never had. Today a request for a cross-harbour water taxi in Sydney, a water limousine on the harbour at sunset, or a full-day charter boat in the Whitsundays is priced, booked and matched to a licensed operator in one place, in minutes.
Then we followed our passengers ashore. Nearly every trip ended somewhere: lunch on the water at Palm Beach, dinner on Sydney Harbour, a night on Pittwater or in Freycinet. So we added the waterfront restaurants and the waterfront hotels — booked with the venue directly, table held before your transfer locks in, and the hotel's own rate instead of an agency price.
We don't own the boats, the kitchens or the beds. We back the operators, chefs and owners who do — with bookings, payments, dispatch and their own partner portal — so you get on the water faster, and they spend less time on the phone.
Three ways to spend a day on the water
Water taxis, water limousines & charter boats
Point-to-point transfers, a black-tie water limousine on Sydney Harbour, or a full-day private charter in the Whitsundays. Live fares, instant operator match, tracking until you board.
Get a live fareWaterfront restaurants, booked with the boat
Pick a waterfront restaurant, we ask the venue to hold your table and match the boat to your sitting. The table is confirmed before your transfer locks in — you never arrive to a full room.
Browse restaurantsWaterfront hotels, booked direct
Hotels, resorts and inns a boat can land you at. We ask the property for its own direct rate — no agency mark-up — then hand you straight to a water taxi for the arrival.
Browse hotelsOne request. The whole day handled.
Tell us where and when
Pick-up, drop-off, time and passengers. A live fare in seconds.
Add the shore
Want a waterfront table or a room on the water? Add it to the same request.
We match the operator
We put you with a licensed, insured operator on that waterway.
Boarding pass
Accepted job, confirmed table, direct hotel rate — all in one confirmation.
Four things we won't compromise on
Safety first, always
Every operator on the platform carries commercial vessel insurance, AMSA certification and a clean safety record. No exceptions, no shortcuts.
Local skippers, local venues
We partner with independent operators, family restaurants and owner-run waterfront hotels who know their waterway better than any big brand ever will.
Secure checkout
Clear all-inclusive fares, per boat, paid through secure encrypted checkout. Full conditions are in our terms.
Built for passengers
No surge pricing, no hidden extras, transparent fares and a written quote every single time — because that's how we'd want to be treated.
Who's on the platform today
34
Licensed operators
14
Regions served
23
Waterfront restaurants
22
Waterfront stays
6am–10pm
Every day
Syd → Whits
…and Tasmania
Sydney Harbour · Pittwater · Central Coast · Newcastle · Gold Coast · Brisbane · Noosa · Whitsundays · Cairns · Melbourne · Perth · Hobart · Freycinet
Run a boat, a kitchen or a hotel?
Listing costs you nothing. Operators keep their full base fare and surcharges, restaurants keep their covers, hotels keep their direct-booking relationship. Every partner gets a portal with photos, rates, a 400-day calendar and every enquiry in one place.
Come for a ride. Stay for lunch.
Book a water taxi, water limousine or charter boat — plus a waterfront restaurant table or a waterfront hotel room — anywhere in Australia.
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