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Broome Hovercraft Tours - Our Company
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Marketing member of Australia's North West Tourism
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Member of the Broome Visitor Centre
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Quality accredited to Tourism Australia QA
Broome Hovercraft Adventure Tours
Silver award 2006 Tourism WA awards
Triple silver awards in the 2006 Tourism WA awards

Holdage Pty Ltd was incorporated in 1983 and started trading as Broome Hovercraft in 1999. Although it operates sophisticated craft, the staff numbers are small. In all there are four staff currently including two working directors, a pilot and office manager. With the delivery of the first of two new state-of-the-art Pioneer Mk III, 25 seat hovercraft in 2010 and the imminent approval of a food and beverage licence, these staff numbers will rise to six without the directors, who will fill in as required.

Roger Colless is the sole director of the company and started his working life as an aircraft engineer in the Fleet Air Arm of the Australian Navy. After
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Western Australian Elite award for Customer Service in 2007
spending ten years in offshore oil and gas operations, he ventured ashore into design engineering and project management for another ten years before coming to Broome to start Broome Hovercraft, though having stepped through Mount Tom Price for a year on the way north.

June Ann Colless started out in her working life as a Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) nursing sister before following Roger to Australia. She produced four children and worked on and off in nursing through some of these child raising years. Later she became a tactile interpreter for deaf and blind students into university and there was involved as a research assistant.
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Finalist in WA small business awards in 2003 and 2007
Michele Hodgson, the Office Manager, has been in flight management and tourism for most of her working life. She came to Broome for a short time 13 years ago and is still here. She has been working for Broome Hovercraft for three years.

Tim Posch, the Pilot, started out with Paspaley Pearls as a young lad and got his Master 5 skippers ticket at the tender age of 21. He then went pearl diving for Paspaley for seven years before joining Broome Hovercraft in 2007.
Testimonials

13/6/09 "Can't wait to return!" J Stringer, Nottingham, UK
7/6/09 "Fantastic, great day." Browns, Perth
6/6/09 "Loved it!! Awesome trip." Irving family, Merridan
6/6/09 "It was awesome!!!!" Peet family, Adelaide
6/6/09 "It was wicked! I liked the dinosaur footprints!! Erin Stephens, Tassie
5/6/09 "The most fun, relaxing and amazing experience - the sunset was amazing!!! Nicole and Jamie, Melbourne
5/6/09 "A definite thing to do when in Broome - Excellent!! Sarah, Meredith & Bec, Perth
5/6/09 "Excellent afternoon and guide." Debbie & Glen, Clifton Park
2/6/09 "A very relaxing and informative morning." Noel & Pauline, Margaret River