AHOY Buccaneers has received a direction notice from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) after a guest was left on a beach in the Kimberley.
Director Doug Gould told CW the pax was at no time at risk.
“She had wandered away from the group and was on the beach less than five minutes before the tender returned with firewood as that was the camp site for that night”.
Gould said “a head count is now completed at the end of each excursion,” and added “AMSA has an obligation to investigate every complaint regardless of whether there is any grounds to the claim”.