Monkey Mia Wildsights - Meet the Crew

Meet our Team & Crew...

Harvey Raven
Harvey Raven, born in Holland, raised in Australia, he speaks Dutch and has a seafaring ancestry dating back to 1592. A former Queenslander, he is our senior skipper and the Boss. An offshore Yachtmaster Instructor with 40 years sailing experience, 20 years of ocean racing (usually aboard the winner) and many international voyages, he’s one of Australia’s most experienced catamaran skippers. A Nature nut and the originator of all our activities, you could find him leading any of them. Customer service is his obsession, hence the “Love it or it’s free” guarantee.

Geoff Brooks
Geoff Brooks, was born in England and raised in Australia. In 1998 we brought him over from Queensland just to do our Shotover upgrades. He grew to love Shark Bay so much that he joined our team. We’ve yet to find a problem he can’t solve. If we can break it, he can fix it. So you can rest assured, Shotover is one of the best maintained and safest boats you’ll ever sail on.

Mark Benson
Mark Benson started with us in 1995. A Shotover skipper, he has sailed the Pacific as far as Tahiti. Mark has spent a lot of time with dolphin research scientists and provided boat support for National Geographic’s documentary “Dolphins - The Wild Side”. Ask him anything about the wildlife you see – he’s sure to have an answer. You’ll also meet him under the stars on Astronomy.

Richard Strain
A born and bred Victorian with a love of the ocean, he grew up cruising and racing small boats on Port Phillip Bay and Gippsland Lakes. Following his passion for a life on the water he moved to Queensland and started training as a skipper. Now with years of experience working in tourism on the Southern Barrier Reef, sailing the Australian coast and diving wherever possible, he has moved west to search out the dolphin and dugong in Monkey Mia.

Murray Jeanes
Murray Jeanes was born in NSW but regards himself as a West Aussie. After years in sales and marketing, a sea change, driven by his love of nature, the sea and our pristine landscape, found him in our crew. He comes from navy stock and is multi-talented, with expert knowledge of our marine environment. Whether he’s on Shotover or showing you the heavens in Astronomy he’ll ensure you get the most out of every minute of your experience.

Quinn Raven
Quinn Raven has his sights set on his skippers ticket, he is the second of the 2nd Generation of the Raven family to step into the family business. Quinn has grown up in Shark Bay around sailing, boats and the sea. He loves the ocean, animals and people and feels privilged to work in paradise on Shotover and to have seen so many special happenings on the water.

Katie Hughes
Katie Hughes from England came to Shark Bay intending to stay 2 weeks; she fell in love with the place and has now been here for over 2 years. Taught by her Dad to climb and sail, Katie loves the water and is an accomplished scuba diver, water skier, a qualified swimming teacher and life saver. Through her love of the outdoors and nature Katie gave up her indoor life as a restaurant manager and worked with DEC with the dolphins, turtle tagging and on project Eden before joining our crew. You may find Katie behind the wheel of the 4WD, in the office or on Shotover.

Sylvia Martin
Sylvia Martin, UK born and raised in Australia from age 12. A WA country girl who took to the road in her youth and travelled Australia, working as she went. A trained book-keeper Sylvia moved to Shark Bay after spending 10 annual holidays here. With her knowledge of Australia and Shark Bay she’s well placed to understand what you’ve seen and done and to advise you on what you still must do.

Derek Weston
Derek Weston was born in England and came to Australia via New Zealand. As part of our Monkey Mia office crew, he knows only too well that customer service is paramount in any business and has the certificates to prove it. He will do that extra to ensure you get the most out of your time with us. Give him your timetable and wishlist and he will create a memorable itinerary.