Red Cat Adventures Honoured with “Best of Queensland” Award for 2025
Red Cat Adventures, has been recognized as a 2025 Best of Queensland Experience by Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ). This prestigious accolade underscores the company’s commitment to delivering exceptional, high-quality visitor experiences in the Whitsundays. The Best of Queensland Experiences Program evaluates tourism operators against rigorous criteria, including customer satisfaction, online reviews, social media presence,…
Have you ever wondered how Red Cat Adventures began?
Co-founder Julie Telford shares her incredible story of building the business alongside her husband, celebrating its successes, and confronting the challenges along the way. This podcast focuses on the power of positive thinking in achieving success. Julie recounts how the company started with a vision to create unforgettable experiences in the Whitsundays, all while juggling…
Master Reef Guides – Cohort 8!
SUPER STOKED to have two of our very own involved in the Eighth cohort of Master Reef Guides! Shannon & Kaz have been part of the Red Cat Adventures family for a number of years now providing unforgettable experiences for all of our guests day in and day out and we couldn’t be happy for…
Red Cat Adventures Celebrates Success at 2024 Queensland Tourism Awards
Red Cat Adventures was proud to continue its service excellence streak being awarded Silver in the Tour & Transport Operator category at the 2024 Queensland Tourism Awards, hosted last Friday, at The Star Queen’s Wharf in Brisbane. The awards, organised by the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC), celebrated the achievements of Queensland’s top tourism operators…
Red Cat Adventures and Whitsunday Jetski Tours enhancing accessible tourism
Red Cat Adventures and Whitsunday Jetski Tours operations are making significant strides in enhancing accessibility for all guests, especially those with accessibility needs. This initiative underscores commitment to inclusivity, ensuring every traveller can enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, without barriers. Red Cat Adventures and Whitsunday Jetski Tours recently hosted five carers…
Sea-time Success!
Red Cat Adventures backs new generation of skippers! Twenty-five students from the Whitsundays’ senior schools are about to join an initial Mackay cohort of 31, as the first in a new generation of commercial skippers. This sea-time success story is the result of an initiative developed by Red Cat Adventures owner, Asher Telford, in response to widespread housing and staff shortages across the Mackay and Whitsundays’ marine and tourism industries. “When I came up with this idea staff levels were critical, but at the same time, we were facing a housing crisis, so even if skippers applied for our jobs, they were typically from out-of-town and couldn’t find accommodation,” Mr Telford said. “Meanwhile we had local school students asking for work experience; my thoughts were: ‘well the local kids are here, they’re already embedded in the community, all they…
Snorkelling Great Barrier Reef from Airlie Beach
What are the Inner Fringing Reefs? A natural marvel of the world that stretches close to 2,300 kilometers along Australia’s northeastern coast, it is called the Great Barrier Reef. More than 1,500 different kinds of fish, 600 distinct types of coral, and countless other creatures can all be found there. Snorkeling on the Great Barrier…
Whale Watching Airlie Beach
Whale watching is an amazing experience that everyone should try at least once in their lifetime. Seeing these gentle giants up close in their native habitat is simply breathtaking. And what more beautiful location to do it in than on Airlie Beach, one of Australia’s most breathtaking locations? We’ll go over all you need to…
Keeping it in the Family
Two of Australia’s top marine tourism companies are about to become one, with Red Cat Adventures acquiring Whitsunday Jetski Tours. At each of these Whitsunday businesses, locally owned and operated by Asher and Julie Telford and Steve and Toni Ward respectively, it will be ‘business as usual’ for consumers and staff, with both brands…
WildCat wins Gold for the best New Tourism Business
Wild Cat Mackay has taken out the Gold award for the best New Tourism Business at the Queensland Tourism Awards 2022 & the owners Jules and Asher Telford have received accolades from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe. Congratulations to this year’s award winners and finalists on delivering world-class visitor experiences and…
Red Cat Adventures Wins 2022 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award for Attractions
Airlie Beach, Queensland – 4th July , 2022 – Red Cat Adventures today announced it has been recognized by Tripadvisor as a 2022 Travelers’ Choice award winner for Attractions. The award celebrates businesses that have received great traveler reviews from travelers around the globe on Tripadvisor over the last 12 months. As challenging as the…
Red Cat Measures Up – Benchmarking made easy.
The team at Red Cat Adventures have recently completed a benchmark analysis as part of the Whitsunday Healthy Heart Project (WHH), measuring their sustainability initiatives that directly reduce their emissions with actual data. Luckily for our other WHH partners, the team found this process a lot easier than expected. Deb Duggan, Safety & Environmental Specialist…