Outback Adventures by Matt Wright

Author:Matt Wright
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760141929
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Anyone who knows me knows that I am the king of grand ideas and love nothing more than showing people a good time. A lot of my business decisions have favoured making people happy over making lots of money, which any good businessman will know is the first way to go arse-up pretty quick. Instead of crunching numbers and looking at the commercial viability of something, I tend to imagine the coolest, most unique and adventurous business idea and work back from there, which, again, is good for your soul but not your back pocket. To add to this combination, I also have a habit of biting off more than I can chew and my expectations of what I can achieve are often far greater than what eventuates. And there is no better example of where these personality traits of mine come into play than my first large-scale tourism endeavour, Outback Floatplane Adventures.

I love life in the Territory, whether it’s flying my chopper, catching crocs, fishing or exploring the outback. I truly believe that life doesn’t get much better and I’ve always had a desire to share it with people. Over the years I’ve dreamt up a range of weird and wonderful ideas, but I kept coming back to an adventure with crocs, choppers, airboats, fishing and four-wheel driving. But I didn’t know where I would do it, I didn’t have access to any land, I didn’t have a plane to reach remote locations, and I had no cash to invest in it, so my dream stayed a dream for a long time.

In 2011, I got a gig flying some high-end lads on a corporate trip around the Kimberley, where we visited what David Attenborough refers to as one of the modern natural wonders of the world, the Horizontal Falls. I met a bloke called Troy Thomas, who’d started a small tourism operation out there off the back of a fishing charter company. He grew it over the years to eventually comprise an all-inclusive trip with a seaplane, jetboats, choppers and a pontoon structure with overnight accommodation. The tour actually went on to be named the number-one adventure tour in Australia. The lads and I booked one of Troy’s overnight tours while we were in the area, and Troy and I hit it off straight away. I told him about my idea for a tourism operation in the Territory, and we agreed then and there that we’d do something. Again, going into business with someone I’d shared beers with over a couple of days was another brash decision on my behalf, but it felt right so I went with it.

We became business partners and Outback Floatplane Adventures was born. With it came a testing but triumphant journey that was full of hiccups, headaches, hard work and an absolute labour of love to bring a new high-quality tourism experience to the Northern Territory.

Troy and I agreed that the tour would involve a floatplane flight from Darwin, which would land at a remote water location and dock on a pontoon set-up.

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