for the sydney based cruise operator see captain cook cruises australia . captain cook cruises mv shelley taylor smith on the swan river founded 1980 founder boat torque cruises headquarters perth area served swan river services cruise & ferry operator parent sealink travel group website www.captaincookcruises.com.au captain cook cruises is a cruise and ferry operator on the swan river perth . history edit captain cook cruises was founded in 1980 by rottnest island ferry operator boat torque cruises . in july 1987 the business was sold to tony baker and john goodbody with the mv captain cook and the mv swan explorer . in may 1990 the swan river scenic cruises business was purchased with the mv jolly jumbuck which was rebuilt and renamed the mv swan princess . from october 1992 until september 1997 the mv perth was leased from transperth . in october 1995 the mv james stirling was launched . in september 2002 the upstream operation of boat torque cruises was purchased with three vessels mv lady de vine mv river bells and mv river lady . 1 in february 1995 captain cook cruises successfully tendered to operate transperth s ferry services between barrack street perth cbd and mends street south perth foreshore a service it still operates today with elizabeth quay replacing barrack street in january 2016 . 2 3 4 5 6 in february 2016 the business was purchased by sealink travel group . 7 references edit history captain cook cruises south perth ferry service to be operated privately minister for transport 22 november 1994 south perth ferry service taken over by private company minister for transport 5 february 1995 competitive tendering australian bus panorama issue 10 6 february 1995 page 20 merry ferry christmas australasian bus & coach 4 december 2012 annual report june 2013 public transport authority acquisition of captain cook cruises western australia sealink travel group 24 february 2016 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title captain cook cruises western australia & oldid 721496341 categories ferry companies of western australiapublic transport in perth western australia1980 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from june 2015use australian english from june 2015all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 may 2016 at 06 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view