Harbour Jet: A Wet and Wild Ride on Sydney Harbour
For those who find run-of-the mill harbour cruising a little tame for their liking, Harbour Jet takes the Sydney Harbour experience to a whole new level of adrenalin pumping excitement. (Harbour Jet is one of a growing number of jet boat companies in the harbour.)
Once a quick briefing at the jetty is out of the way, participants climb into the jet boat’s comfortable bucket seats, are immediately instructed to hang on tight and almost instantly find themselves blasting across the water in Harbour Jet’s purpose-built speed machine – spinning, sliding, fishtailing, power stopping and wave riding as the iconic sights of Sydney Harbour go flashing before their eyes. Combine the world’s most beautiful harbour with the surging power and unruly excitement of a 420hp jet boat and you have one of the wettest, wildest experiences an ocean-going craft can deliver.
Fortunately, Harbour Jet’s disarmingly cheeky but very experienced drivers do make the occasional stop – to let you catch your breath, take in the scenery and snap a photo as you’re let in on some of the secrets of Sydney, the harbour and its history. Harbour Jet offers a choice of three daily jet boat adventures – the 35-minute Jet Blast, the 50-minute Sydney Harbour Adventure and the Middle Harbour Adventure, which lets you experience riding the open ocean swell between the Sydney Heads before cruising past the stunning bays and beaches of Middle Harbour National Park.
HelloSydney Tip: Although the Harbour Jet crew will provide you with rain coats, the truth is, they do nothing! So much water gets into the boat that you will almost certainly get soaked. Bring a change of clothes if you plan on looking presentable afterwards.
Posted on Mar 13, 2011 by Fiona Davies
