Waterfront stays · arrive by water taxi
Waterfront hotels you can arrive at by boatbooked direct, not through an agency
Every property here sits on the water's edge with a wharf, jetty or pontoon a water taxi can land you at. Send the hotel your dates and they come back with their own best direct rate — because you're booking direct, there's no travel-agency commission built into the price, so it's usually cheaper than the same room on Booking.com or the other booking sites. We take nothing on the room.
- Hotel's own direct rate — no agency commission on top
- Water taxi drop-off at the property's own wharf or jetty
- Nothing charged to ask — for the room or the boat
Pittwater
Cottage Point Inn
Fine dining at the end of a bush-lined inlet
Cottage Point · lands at Cottage Point Inn private pontoon, Cottage Point NSW
Pittwater
Jonah's Whale Beach
Clifftop dining above the northern beaches
Whale Beach · lands at Palm Beach Wharf, Palm Beach NSW
Sydney Harbour
Ovolo Woolloomooloo
A hotel built on the wharf itself — the water taxi pulls up outside.
Woolloomooloo · lands at Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf, 6 Cowper Wharf Roadway NSW
Sydney Harbour
Pier One Sydney Harbour
Under the Harbour Bridge, on the water, with its own wharf frontage.
Dawes Point · lands at Walsh Bay Pier One, 11 Hickson Road NSW
Sydney Harbour
Taronga Wildlife Retreat
Sleep inside the zoo, arrive by boat at Taronga Wharf.
Mosman · lands at Taronga Zoo Wharf, Athol Wharf Road, Mosman NSW
Central Coast
The Boathouse Hotel Patonga
Beachfront pub dining on Patonga Beach, straight off the boat
Patonga · lands at Patonga Wharf, Patonga NSW
Whitsundays
Coral Sea Pavilion — Coral Sea Resort
Oceanfront all-day dining beside Coral Sea Marina
Airlie Beach · lands at Coral Sea Marina South - Airlie Beach
Whitsundays
Daydream Island Resort
Whitsundays island resort with its own arrival pontoon.
Daydream Island · lands at Daydream Island Resort arrival pontoon, Whitsundays QLD
Whitsundays
Elysian Retreat
Boat or helicopter only — ten villas on Long Island.
Long Island · lands at Elysian Retreat beach landing, Long Island QLD
Whitsundays
Palm Bay Resort
Boat-access-only villas on Long Island, adults only.
Long Island · lands at Palm Bay Resort jetty, Long Island QLD
Whitsundays
qualia — Hamilton Island
Hamilton Island's northern point, arrivals through the island marina.
Hamilton Island · lands at Hamilton Island Marina, 222 Front Street, Hamilton Island QLD
Whitsundays
Reef View Hotel — Hamilton Island
Catseye Beach rooms, five minutes from Hamilton Island Marina.
Hamilton Island · lands at Hamilton Island Marina, 222 Front Street, Hamilton Island QLD
Freycinet
Freycinet Lodge
Coles Bay pavilions with their own jetty on Great Oyster Bay.
Coles Bay · lands at Freycinet Lodge Jetty, Coles Bay TAS
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
Peppermint Bay Hotel
Arrive at the jetty, south of Hobart
Woodbridge · lands at Peppermint Bay Jetty, 3435 Channel Highway, Woodbridge TAS
Run a hotel on the water? We'll send you direct bookings
We're not an OTA. We don't hold your inventory, we never undercut you and there are no listing or lead fees — the guest deals with you, you quote your own direct rate, and we bring them to your jetty by water taxi. Our referral commission is a flat 5% of the room value on stayed nights only, invoiced after check-out — about a third of what the booking sites take.
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