Things to do
Restaurants you can reach by boat in Mandurah
One of the best parts of a self-drive hire: pulling straight up to a jetty for lunch, a cold drink or an ice cream. Here are the local favourites you can tie up at — no car, no parking, just cruise in.
Dine & cruise
Tie up, step ashore, order lunch
There’s a real novelty to arriving by water — no car, no parking, just ease up to the jetty and you’re there. Make a day of it: cruise the canals and estuary, then pull in wherever takes your fancy for a meal, a drink or an ice cream.
Where to pull in
Boat-up favourites
Boundary Island Brewery
The pick of the boat-up spots — a working brewery right on the water where you can pull in for a craft beer and a long lunch. Loads of lawn, and a playground to keep the kids busy while you settle in.
- Craft beer & wood-fired food
- Waterfront lawn
- Kids' playground
Dolphin Quay
Easy to reach and easy to love — tie up along the marina boardwalk, grab takeaway fish and chips or a coffee, and eat on the pontoon watching the boats come and go.
- Fish & chips / takeaway
- Coffee & ice cream
- Marina people-watching
Sandy Cove Tavern
A proper pub lunch by boat. Cruise up the Murray to Sandy Cove, tie up and head ashore for a counter meal and a cold one in a relaxed riverside setting — a favourite longer run.
- Classic pub lunch
- Riverside setting
- A scenic Murray run
Pelicans Café
A laid-back riverside café for coffee, cake or an ice cream in the shade of the big trees — a lovely halfway stop on a Murray River cruise.
- Coffee, cake & ice cream
- Shady riverside
- Relaxed halfway stop
Before you set off
- Call ahead or check socials for opening hours and whether the jetty's free — they can get busy on weekends.
- Our boats carry short ropes; use the anchor rope to tie up longer, and leave room for others.
- Watch the tide and depth on the river and estuary edges — ease in slowly and don't get caught on the drop.
- Everything here is on the sheltered estuary and rivers — our boats aren't permitted in the open ocean.