Strait Experience

05/06/2023

✨ 🌊 Experience the vibrant energy and rich traditions of the Torres Strait Islands at the Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival! This breathtaking photo gallery from captures the essence of this unique celebration, showcasing mesmerising performances, stunning attire, and the enduring spirit of community. Join us on this visual journey 📸🌏👉

The Winds of Zenadth cultural festival, held on Queensland’s Thursday Island, showcases the islands’ rich diversity of culture over four days

30/05/2023

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04/05/2023

Thoughts and prays...

Far North District police are co-ordinating a search and rescue operation for a missing paddler, following the discovery of an un-manned outrigger canoe

01/05/2023

Wow... how awesome is this! Well done!

From Thursday Island to top PR talent! 🙌 Jondayah Martin (Class of 2019), a Bond University Indigenous Scholar, has been shortlisted for Best New PR Talent of the Year at the Mumbrella CommsCon Awards🎓🏆

Jondayah’s success truly shows the power of education.

Read her story 👉 https://fal.cn/3xQRn

01/05/2023

Great initiative from the Skytrans team... get your designs in and be part of the Northern Pride movement.

….Don’t forget

Indigenous Round Jersey competition.

The talented winner will get to feature their design as the Kenfrost Northern Pride Indigenous jersey for 2023.

Winner will receive a Fitzroy Island getaway for two in an 1 bedroom Island suite with a balcony and all ammenities.Included in this package is a return transfer from Cairns to Fitzroy Island with breakfast included.

Winner will also receive 2 Legends passes to the indigenous round game, which includes 2 hours unlimited drinks package with hot and cold gourmet food in a special sectioned off area at our home game.

For the winner of this competition residing outside of Cairns and within our footprint you will also be flown in by our game day sponsors Skytrans
With a prize Value over $1200 it’s not too late to enter.

To submit your design head on over to our website

https://www.northernpride.com.au/2023/04/20/indigenous-round-jersey-art-competition/

06/02/2023

Thanks Regional Tech Hub for the post... we are excited and honoured to be apart of such an amazing group of regional and remote businesses.

We have made several attempts to initiate the process of establishing an nbn network connection to your building, however we have been unsuccessful in our engagement with the building’s authorised representative. Consequently, nbn does not currently plan to install a network connection to your bu...

24/01/2023

Strait Experience is proudly leading the way on what sustainable, locally-led and community-centered tourism should look like for tours operators and travel agents.

Strait Experience, has established a Community Fund, called the ‘Good Pasin Community Fund’ which commits 5% of inbound package costs to the local Native Title Prescribed Body Corporate from where the Package operates. On top of the fund, a stand-alone Welcome to Country payment is provided on every package.
These commitments form a significant financial injection to a diverse amount of community.

We also recognise that any tourism must be respectful of Ailan Kastom (Island Custom) and maintain community safety and cultural preservation as paramount factors. We continue to work with Traditional Owner groups via a two-way engagement process which develops a sustainable tourism model which considers the implementation of practical and real-world steps.

Strait Experience, challenges all tour companies working in the region to take similar steps in acknowledging the importance of Good Pasin, reciprocity and giving back.

For us its about 'Deeds not Words'...

23/01/2023

We are all getting excited about our next world first...

"CORAL CAYS & CULTURE" - starting May and running monthly till October.

An extraordinary 3-day/2-night journey to Masig Island in the Torres Strait. A coral cay of rich natural beauty. A living landscape above and below the azure waters, which connect the reefs, cays and islands of this destination.

To register your interest please email [email protected]

19/01/2023

What a meal from the Torres Strait... a new culinary experience is underway on Thursday Island and due for lunch in 2023, watch this space and follow Strait Experience.

19/01/2023

16/01/2023

Great work team - what an article!

Last year Strait Experience was pleased to team up with Tourism & Events Queensland to host respected Travel Writer Mr Kendall Hill and amazing Photographer Jonathan Cami into the Torres Strait. This is the outcome of that visit - thank you all for the beautiful words and an amazing story on your Strait Experience.

14/01/2023

You dont visit the Torres Strait... you experience it!

13/01/2023

Flashback Friday... to our 'A Strait Day' tour launch in May 2022. Here our cofounder, Fraser Nai, provides information about the tour as part of the charter flight from Cairns to Horn Island.

12/01/2023

Honoured. Grateful. Blessed.

Strait Experience is pleased to announce we have been shortlisted by NBNCo. as one of only 2 finalists for Australian Indigenous Business of the Year 2022.

2022 was for us about launching our mission to lead sustainable, culturally conscious and community centred tourism products and experience into the Torres Strait. We acknowledge the support of community, the blessing of Traditional Owners and the trust of our tourism operators and partners.

12/01/2023

After more than 18 months of working with community, PBC, council and operators... Strait Experience is getting ready to launch a world first package to the outer islands of the Torres Strait called 'Coral Cays and Culture'.

Operating from the beautiful Coral Cay island of Masig (Yorke), this incredible and intimate 3 Day / 2 night tour will operate one weekend a month throughout 2023 with departures from Cairns and Horn Island available.

Launching soon but with limited spots in 2023 we recommend expressing your interest at [email protected].

30/09/2022

Our incredible 'A Strait Day' tour is one of the top 4 trending news articles on Tourism & Events Queensland's website this evening... great work to our team and to all our operators which make this extraordinary package possible.

https://teq.queensland.com/au/en/news-and-media/media-resources/press-releases/australia-s-last-frontier-opens-

This tour can be booked for 2023 here: https://package.straitexperience.com.au/a-strait-day/

29/09/2022

Walk a different line... with Strait Experience :)

22/09/2022

The Torres Hotel or 'Top Pub' is famous for not only its laid back hospitality but also for being the most Northern Pub in Australia*.

None the less, the feeds are awesome, service fast, beer cold and it's a great place to mingle with locals, meet mates, catch the footy or relax after a big day on the water. 🍔🍻🏉🧑‍🍳🥂

* The most northern licensed Hotel in Australia is actually found at Badu Island. There are also Licensed Canteens at Mer (Murray) and Erub (Darnley) Islands which are both further North... but hey, it's a long way north and its great. 👌👍😀

31/08/2022

What an honour for Strait Experience to feature on page 3 of the Sunday Edition of the Courier Mail a few weeks back. 🎉🥳😃

Great write-up by their journalist, Mr Jeremy Pierce, who was a great participant on the day of our maiden voyage of 'A Strait Day'.

This awesome package will be available in 2023, operating monthly - https://package.straitexperience.com.au/a-strait-day/

29/08/2022

Big thanks to The Canberra Times for the glowing, positive and fun review of our 'A strait Day' package from earlier in the year.

We love the way they have taken the time to acknowledge and highlight the operators we use - that's what we are all about - providing a new platform, increasing business, extended reach and providing a base to showcase sustainable Torres Strait tourism.

Our 'A Strait Day' product will launch again in 2023 and further information on this world-class tour can be found here:
https://package.straitexperience.com.au/a-strait-day/

26/08/2022

Strait Experience is proud to launch our social media accounts today.... after a huge 18 months and having already featured in The Australian Courier Mail Traveller 7NEWS Australia News Corp Tropic Now CNN Travel Escape Travel Magazine, The Canberra Times Cairns Post and many many more, we are thankful for the interest and
positive feedback of our products, packages and the region.

More importantly, we are proud to host, promote and support the incredible Torres Strait businesses we team with who have some of the best experiences and products in Australia.

We also want to thank the community for supporting and advising us on this journey - we will always advocate for the Torres Strait region and for tourism to be locally led and culturally centred. These are exciting times and we look forward to being a platform and conduit to sustainable and respectful tourism in the region.

Lastly, we would like to thank the organisations and people who have supported and helped us on this journey - Torres Strait Regional Authority Gab Titui Cultural Centre Torres Strait Island Regional Council TTNQ Tourism & Events Queensland Skytrans Cairns Airport Bookeasy Tourism Australia ALL - Accor Live Limitless Kaurareg Aboriginal Native Title Corporation, A Baradharaw Kod Sea and Land Council, Traditional Owners of Zenadth Kes and all Elders and young people of this region.

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04/06/2022