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Swan River Cruise and Cuisine,
aboard the Nordon:
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: is the ideal way to see the best of Perth, Western Australia. Tour the river with true style and class aboard the Nordon, and gift your guests with a memorable trip aboard Perth’s most renowned charter boat. Step aboard a real piece of Perth’s history, combined with all the comfort of modern-day life. You and your friends can relax on the spacious entertaining deck, or join the merry skipper on the enclosed fly-bridge where you’ll enjoy amazing 360% views. River cruises can include stops at different mooring sites and jetties, and always involve seeing some of Perth's most stunning sights.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Options
There are just so many options- where to start? Take a look at a few of our suggestions – or tell us what you’ve got planned! Our crew are always happy to oblige, please feel free to talk to us about your requirements and we will tailor something to suit your wishes and budget.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: The Swan river hosts many of Perth’s finest restaurants, whether your looking for a night of fine dining, a mouth-watering lunch and cruise, a boisterous beer-garden travelled to in true style, a corporate celebration, or if you want something unusual and memorable, try a bit of everything the Swan has to offer with a Nordon Progressive Dinner. The Nordon is the absolutely ideal way to make your way to, from, and between destinations, and best of all you don’t have to lift a finger (except perhaps to raise a wine-glass) as absolutely all arrangements are made for you.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: The Swan River
Perth is rated as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the Swan River gracefully separates the north and south areas of Perth. The banks of the Swan are wide, with calm sparkling waters perfect for cruising between. The Nordon will show you the best of the Swan, whether is be enjoying the lush landscape and luxurious architecture under a blue sky in the daytime, sipping champagne and watching a brilliant sunset in the evening, or leaning back and gazing at the twinkling stars competing with the dancing reflections from the restaurants lining the river edge at night.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Flexibility
Many charter boats restrict the restaurants you can choose from, or the places you and your guests can meet the boat or be dropped off at. The Nordon is the boat of charm and choice – all we want is for you and your guests to have the best trip of your life.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Guarantee
Remember our guarantee: if you don’t have an amazing journey, we’ll refund every cent! Now that can’t be beaten ..…
Here’s a few of our most popular trips:
1. Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Little Creatures Brewery day out.
Meet the boat at Barrack Street Jetty, in the City, or Mend St South Perth, and travel down the beautiful Swan River, taking in the sights. You’ll be escorted ashore at Fremantle boat harbour, where the Nordon moors up. Take a short walk around the harbour to Little Creatures Brewery for lunch. After your meal, be welcomed back aboard where you can relax (and maybe undo the belt a few notches) as you drift back up the Swan, watching the pelicans, yachts, and expensive properties as you lean back and chat with your friends.
Little Creatures serves brasserie-style cuisine, and of course a range of beers including their much-coveted Pale Ale. “A beer lovers paradise ..… enjoy waterside views while choosing from an imaginative contemporary Australian menu, with tapas-style portions designed for sharing” (Best Restaurants of Australia)
2. Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Moet, Fish and Chips
Our fantastic crew will welcome you aboard, and settle everyone with a chilled glass of Moet to start the cruise, and get the mind and body relaxing.
Take a leisurely trip down the Swan, admiring the lush landscapes, fabulous properties, and smooth waters. What an excellent way for visitors to be introduced to Perth!
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Fremantle
You'll be dropped aboard at the boatshed-style restaurant Cicerello’s, which faces Fremantle’s famous Fishing Boat Harbour. Enjoy freshly caught seafood (range of fish, oysters, mussels, crabs and crayfish) with chips old fashioned-style, on Cicerello’s huge boardwalk on the waters edge. The boardwalk seats and tables are even made of century-old jarrah salvaged from the original Fremantle jetty.
Cicerello’s also has a coffee and ice-cream bar, and is fully licensed.
Enjoy a real Australian favourite – fresh seafood- the authentic way, and be escorted up and down the Swan river in true style aboard the Nordon, a distinguished piece of Perth history.
3. Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Best of the Swan River – try this as a Sunset Cruise!
Perfect for any visitors to Perth, you and your guests will cruise slowly and gently down the Swan river, taking in some of the most luxurious riverside properties and best sights the Swan has to offer.
Enjoy the best of West Australian wines and/or freshly prepared coffee and tea, served aboard by Ultimo catering.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: The Old Oyster Beds
Moor up at the Red Herring for lunch or dinner, situated on an old Oyster Beds site (established in 1921 when Athanasios Avgoustis submerged crates in the Swan river to keep oysters fresh). The Red Herring specialises in fresh, local seafood, of course live oysters which are shucked to order from “Shucks” Oyster Bar inside the Red Herring.
Awarded Best Tourist Restaurant in Australia, and Best Wine List 2002, you will find the panoramic river views, fine dining, fresh produce, and fantastic service at the Red Herring create an amazing meal. Combine this with Perth’s most famous and well-recognised charter boat the Nordon, and this is a trip your guests will be recounting to all their friends for years to come!
4. Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Progressive Dinner
For those who want to impress guests with something a little different – try a Progressive Dinner on the Swan River aboard the stylish Nordon.
A progressive dinner involves having each part of the evening meal – entrees, mains, and dessert – at a different restaurant. What better place in Australia to try this than the Swan River, packed with restaurants that cater to a wide variety of tastes and styles.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Organisation
The Nordon crew will take care of the entire organisation and work for you, leaving you and your guests free to revel in the excitement of trying new things! With Perth’s most charming charter boat to ferry you from location to location, you and your guests can sit back aboard the completely refurbished Nordon, and watch the magnificent sunset or starry sky as you sip Western Australia’s finest wines and beers served by Ultimo Catering. The Swan River is stunning at night, and the Nordon is outclassed by none.
Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: Some restaurants you might like to try for your Progressive Dinner:
Zafferano’s Restaurant
This multi-award winning restaurant overlooks the Swan River on Mounts Bay Road, and has the capacity to seat 120 inside and 40 in the al fresco area. A fresh seafood bar provided the main focus of the restaurant, but of course all tastes are provided for. Specialising in corporate functions and gourmet dining, the owner Albasio La Pegna has a passion for food which started in Naples, Italy.
Zafferano's has won awards including the Gold Plate Fine Dining Category 2005, and the Gold Plate Seafood Catergory 2002 – 2003 – 2004.
Zafferano’s offers an extensive wine list.
Coco’s Restaurant
This Swan-side restaurant is the perfect place to impress family, friends, or clients, with it’s classy atmosphere and spectacular views. Situated on the South Perth foreshore, Cocos caters in particular for the wine connoisseur with it’s extensive vintage cellar. Owner Ian Love selects direct from the vineyards and then cellars the wine for 5 to 6 years.
The menu changes regularly with seasonal fresh Perth produce.
Oyster Bar Meads Restaurant
This Mosman Bay restaurant is a very popular restaurant with Perth-ites, which has spectacular views of the Swan River, as well as the expensive yachts and mansions surrounding the spot. The hip bar and oyster bar are always buzzing, and the menu is reliably excellent. The daily menu includes delicacies such as whole baby barramundi, crispy-fried with vegetables, or red emperor wings (the sweetest, tastiest part of locally caught Red Emperor fish) lightly fried and served on mashed potatoes with lemon sauce. Reservations are essential at Meads, and meal prices range up to $35.
Restaurants already mentioned:
Red Herring
Cicerello’s
Little Creatures Brewery and Bar
5. Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: On-board fine dining
You certainly can't get these views and such magnificent food in any five-star restaurant.
Take in the amazing sights of Perth and the Swan River from the absolute comfort of the Nordon. You and your guests will be enjoying yourself SO MUCH cruising the Swan River, you'll think - why leave? The Nordon is proud to host on-board Ultimo Catering, who prepare fresh Western Australian food on-board, in the Nordon's modern galley. So why go to a restaurant - keep cruising and taste delicacies as you drift past pelicans, dolphins, rippled water and beautiful landscapes. Ultimo can provide both light and intricate meals, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and desserts (and everything in between!). They use the absolute freshest food, prepared expertly and served on-board on the finest china by smart serving staff. Please check out their full menu - but be warned - it will make you very hungry! Ultimo also supplies and serves very popular Australian wines, beers, coffee and tea, and other refreshing drinks. The Nordon is fully licensed, and also welcomes BYO.
6. Swan River Cruise and Cuisine: The Aussi Classic
What else would it be - a BARBEQUE of course! The Nordon is equipped with a giant on-board BBQ, so you can cruise and sizzle! You haven't truly experienced Australia - or Perth for that matter - without a BBQ meal. Steak, chicken, all seafood, sausages (or 'snags'), vegetables - all tastes better when it's grilled, drizzled in tasty sauce, and enjoyed with a fresh salad, cold beer or wine, and breath-taking views. Sometimes the most simple idea is best - great for lunch or dinner, you can BYO food or choose something from the extensive Ultimo BBQ menu. Click here.
Swan River Cruise And Cuisine
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