PADDLE WHEELER FLOATING RESTAURANT VESSEL  

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEAT RISING HOUSE PRICES AND RENTAL COSTS

Iconic Brisbane River tour boats are now for sale. These authentic paddle wheelers were once used to market Brisbane to the world.

Kookaburra I and Kookaburra III are ready for an innovative buyer to take them on their next journey. If you ask around there is always someone who has been part of a celebration or great moment on one of these beautiful vessels at a wedding, birthday, engagement or romantic dinner cruise.

These beautiful boats have been part of the Brisbane river for decades.

Once operating from the Eagle street pier these boats were part of the busy Brisbane River bustle and are ready to be moved to either a new port or destination to be rediscovered by a new generation of boating enthusiasts, with a dream of owning a riverside restaurant or a unique convention or function centre.
The future possibilities are endless. Presenting an entrepreneurial opportunity for an individual or company to take their dreams further with a unique concept.
These vessels are set up to be fixed or floating restaurants and can cater for a myriad of functions. With three levels including the rooftop for photogenic opportunities and the ability to cater for 400 plus guests for either private functions or just have a great restaurant experience on the water. Both vessels have enormous commercial galleys and the ability to be self sufficient.

Here is a very rare opportunity to have your home and business premises in one - No huge commercial rents or housing costs. Best of all no lawns to mow.

Kookaburra Queen III - Dinner Cruise Passenger Vessel
Stern Paddle Wheeler
Built - 1987
Lenght - 41.2 m
LWL - 34.9 m
Beam - 11.77 max 8.5 m moulded
Draft - 1.64 m
Builder - Siong Huat - Shipyard
Tonnage - 415 tonne displacement
Hull - Steel
Decks - Steel
Cruise Sprrd - 4 knots
Max Speed - 10 knots
Survey - AMSA Certificate of Operation - 1E : 426 + 4 ( QLD ONLY )
Fuel - 11,860 lt
Water - 7,200 lt
Main Engines - 2 x Caterpillar 3406B - 236 hp
Bow and Stern Thrusters
Gensets - 2 x Caterpillar


Kookaburra Queen I - Dinner Cruise Vessel
Side Paddle Wheeler
Built - 1986
Length - 30.5 m
Beam - 11.2 m
Draft - 1.68 m
Builder - Milkraft Thompson - Brisbane
Hull - Timber, triple diagonal carvel
planked oregon pine with
hardwood frames, stringers,
laminated ribs and deck beams
Decks - Timber/ply with fibreglass
coverings
Tonnage - 240 t net - 417 t gross
Cruise Speed - 4 kn
Max Speed - 8 kn
Survey - AMSA Certificate of Operation - 1E : 378 Persons ( QLD ONLY )
Fuel - 7,000 lt
Water - 4,000 lt
Main Engines - 2 x Scania 6 Cyl - 313 kw each

MV Voyager -
Multi Deck Mono Hull Charter Vessel
Built - 1977
LOA - 43.9 m
Beam - 10.00 m
Draft - 2.8 m
Survey - AMSA Certificate of Operation 1D/1E : 515 Persons ( QLD ONLY )
Builder - Unknown in Freemantle WA
Hull - Steel
Displacement - 509 tonne
Main Engines - 2 x Caterpillar D398 - 634 kw each
Fuel - 30,000 lt
Water - 20,000 lt
Galley - Commercial Stainless Steel