Goat Island — Hotel in Marrakai

Two mates who grew up in Michigan, USA, one still in Michigan and the other in South Texas. We decided to meet up and have a three week adventure in Australia. Spent 5 days in Darwin during the wet season. Hired a boat out of Humpty Doo (2/22/23) from Wayne at Outback Boat Hire, for two days. Taking that boat up the Adelaide was nothing like boating in Texas or Michigan, what an adventure. Topped off by one night at Kai's Island. GREAT host, super nice guy with a wealth of local knowledge. My buddy Mark and I sat and listened to stories of the area, the building and maintenance of Goat Island, his ex-wife, the legacy of his "pet" crocodile Casey, she was off nesting near the other end of the Island, looks like Kai is going to be a grandfather again, soon. We fished up the Adelaide and caught nothing just as Kai told us we would and same we heard from Wayne. The fish just weren't biting. Saw plenty of crocs who were pretty stealthy out there. Fruit bats the size of hawks, a variety of tropical birds, couple of wallabies and lots of muddy water, didn't see another boat or person in two days. We explored some areas Kai told us about, little tributaries off the main river and we found some other creeks to explore as well as the area behind the Island. Food was great, we had burgers the first day and the breakkie sandwiches in the morning, both perfect. Very comfortable place if you like the rugged kind of adventure. A/C was cold and linens and accommodation was clean enough for the area. Yes, there was a frog in the shower, he didn't bother anybody, he was after bugs and there's no shortage of those in the wet season, or the dry season. Just get yourself some Deet bug spray and all will be fine. Our thanks to Kai and his beer drinking dog Muddy for showing us a great time at the Island. Next time, we'll be back in the dry season, hopefully catching fish as well as adventuring around. Hoping to bring my daughter, she'd love it but mama will need to find something else to do, she would not do well in that environment. If you like adventure, cold beer, great stories, no woke bullsht and plenty of opinions thrown around, this is the place. If you are easily offended, don't bother. I was greeted by Kai while tying up the boat at the dock with, "you look like you don't know what the fck you're doing, give me that". To which Mark and I busted out laughing, and I still laugh at, Kai has some great comedic timing. Again, thanks Kai, You were a great host and give Muddy a pat and a splash of beer for us. We will be back in a couple of years ! Until then, take...

Have been here a few times and was good. But after the last I will not be coming back. When you get maggots with a side of burger, and rotten tomatoes, you wouldn’t expect to have to pay for any of the burgers but since we felt bad, we decided to pay for 2/6 only to be charged double for both burgers! When we told him about the maggots, he angrily disagreed and grabbed the burger with dirty hands and hand picked the maggots and tomato’s out then proceeded to hand the burger back expecting us all to eat them. When we politely explained we didn’t feel like it was necessary to pay , he rudely disagreed, made us pay and said “don’t come back fatso” , plus it was on multiple of the burgers we ordered!!! I wouldn’t even feed that to my pet dog that’s for sure!

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I was first taken out to Goat Island in March 2021 by some really good mates of mine who live near Marrakai. I was introduced to King Kai and we promptly sat down and thoroughly enjoyed a few nice cold beers whilst we had a good old yarn with Kai. Hell of a really nice bloke and an absolutely brilliant host. Without a shadow of a doubt, King Kai definitely has one of the best places in Australia to call home. Marvellous location, excellent host. This is one of those occasions where you are fortunate enough to go to an absolutely brilliant location that has an absolutely brilliant host who's personality and charm is far above and beyond what is expected from anyone or anywhere. Cheers to you Kai. I wish you all the best for years...