Stewart,
It's been 25 years (almost to the day) since I was at Rottnest.
Back then it was the closest thing to paradise that I could imagine. (Admittedly we all have our own picture of paradise.)
Always planned on bringing my cat ( a Mosquito at the time) back and taking a run to it from the mainland.

Now wouldn't that be a top race.

Around Rottnest one arvo with the Fremantle Doctor blowin'.

Riding those huge swells back to the mainland with a kite up would be a blast. (Hell, I even enjoyed it back then on the Ferrie.)
Only conn that I could think of, apart from getting people there, would be a sailing club to run the races.
Well, memories are not always true and that was a long time ago. Interested in hearing the bad side. Email me privately with the conns, if you wouldn't mind, when you're back online.

Regards,
Phill

I know that the voices in my head aint real,
but they have some pretty good ideas.
There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!