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Andrew loves welcoming guests aboard for adventures to the Neptune Islands for a face to face encounter with the majestic Great White Shark.
He has hundreds of cage dives to his name and has a passion for filming in the cage allowing guests to take home ‘proof’ to show their family and friends of the unforgettable experience with Great White Sharks. Andrew is excited about the future tourism prospects for Port Lincoln and looks forward to seeing more visitors in this magic part of Australia.
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| Matt Smith Deckhand/Coxswain
Matt was born in Sydney and was introduced to sailing at just of 6 weeks of age. His father, a master shipwright moved the family to Adelaide to build a large timber yacht for an Adelaide business man.
By the age of 15, Matt's sailing experience extended to sailing his fathers yacht around St Vincent Gulf with his mates!
After completing High School he started work at a marine maintainence yard in Adelaide then moving on to join the family boat building company. He undertook a major renovation of his own yacht and in 2006 after completion of the project, Sea Princess was launched and he sailed her to Port Lincoln. Living on his yacht he got to know some of the locals and then found himself completing his coxswains ticket and joining the Calypso Star team. His passion for boats, the ocean and wildlife and a keen interest in photography makes him a great part of our crew. |
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James Mesecke - Deck Hand
James was born and raised in Port Lincoln and first started fishing when he was 15. Over the past 10 years James has worked in the prawn, tuna, shark, sand and blue swimmer crab industries.
James moved to Wallaroo at the age of 15 and worked on a local prawn trawler for 4 years. Whilst also working the blue swimmer crabs. He switched to the blue swimmer crabs full time and 7 years later moved back to Port Lincoln. James went straight back into the sand crabs for a short time then decided to take a job on the land, working at the Fresh Fish Factory where he learnt to process and became head filleter in a short time.
Three years as a processor then James found himself looking to get back on the water and working with boats again. James has a great love and passion for boats and the sea and it wasn't long before he found himself working with Great White Sharks and the team at Calypso Star Charters.
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Ceylena Holloway - Hostess & Chef
Ceylena was born in Canberra ACT and spent much of her youth there. However, seeing Canberra was land locked and full of politicians Ceylena spent the rest of her years looking for the sea breeze and exploring the liquid blue.
Having spent much of her time on the eastern sea board with extensive travels north to south, and with many trips to the western coast, and then discovering the beauty of New Zealand, Ceylena sought out the hidden treasures of Eyre Peninsula, moving to Port Lincoln to be with her partner Darin in 2003. |
Since arriving in Port Lincoln Ceylena has spent every spare moment exploring the Southern Ocean; diving and fishing as well as camping on its shores and discovering all the secret inlets it has to offer. These hobbies have gone hand in hand with Ceylena's business as a fisherwoman and Port Lincoln presented her with a further opportunity to study and achieve her Coxswains Ticket which she received early in 2008.
As a qualified and respected chef with rave reviews under her hat Ceylena has enjoyed cooking up the seafood delights the Eyre Peninsula offers. And indeed Ceylena has spent a lifetime looking for a job which combines her two greatest loves - food and the sea. When a position for a cook and coxswain became available on the Calypso Star, Ceylena jumped at the chance to meet new people and offer up her delicious food to travelers and sea explorers from all over the world. Each trip on the Calypso Star gives Ceylena the opportunity to hear people's travels and share some of her newborn style of Port Lincoln food, possibly the best on offer and she looks forward to helping travelers in their journeys on and below the sea.
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Julie Fauser - Office Manager/Booking Officer
Julie is a woman of the world having traveled to many countries round the globe in recent years and as our Office & Booking Manager utilises her experience in this travelling when taking bookings and dealing with our International customers.
Julie is farm girl at heart being born and bred on a farm on the Eyre Peninsula. At 16 she was itching to leave home (the farm) after completing year 11, and experience the life that living on a farm limits you to. Enrolling into ‘Prides Business College’ for her final year of education before entering the very daunting work force was the next thing and before she knew it she is working her first job and very quickly coming back down to earth after the high of college freedom.
The next 10 years in the work force she worked in several different areas from Cleaning, Hospitality to Accounting with most of her employment in Accounts even whilst working overseas in both London & Vancouver…… and now here she is, close to home, hanging up the travelling boots and working with a fantastic group of people for a very unique and booming charter company, Calypso Star Charters. So if you want to book or have any questions, Julie is just a phone call or an email away, contact us. |
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Kirby Harvey - Marketing Manager
Kirby was born and raised in Port Lincoln and educated at the Port Lincoln Primary School & Port Lincoln High School for her senior years. Throughout her Schooling Kirby took part in Student Representative Council and House Captain Leadership Roles. Kirby was enthusiastic to start her working career with a full time position offered to her at Truscott's Hi Fi, a well known local business. Kirby managed the Telecommunication Department for 2.5 years which was a very demanding and busy role. Every moment at Truscott's was well enjoyed, meeting an exceptional amount of Port Lincoln residents. Kirby then applied for a position as an Advertising Consultant at the Eyre Peninsula Radio dealing with the large portfolio of local businesses and ensuring their advertising needs were met. Kirby was then offered a position at Calypso Star Charters early in 2008, starting her employment with an unforgettable trip to the Neptune Islands and finding out she didn't have the sea legs she thought she had! Attracting guests from all around the world, Kirby has a busy job keeping up with marketing to our adventure seekers.
Travelling within Australia, promoting Calypso Star Charters in her'JAWS' Shark Car sure attracts attention, and works as a prime advertising tool for the business. Seeking a charter on Calypso Star Charters 1 Day Shark Cage Diving is sure to be a thrill of a lifetime and our staff ensures it will be an adventure never to be forgotten!
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