Paspaley Sends Audi Hamilton Island Race Week Guests on a Pearl Pursuit

Paspaley has hosted the Pearl Pursuit and Luncheon as part of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

Special guests at the event included actress Asher Keddie and Vincent Fantauzzo, models of the moment the Stenmark twins, Zac & Jordan, TV personality Catriona Rowntree, celebrity stylist Romy Frydman, socialite and mother-to-be Terry Biviano, TV personality Livinia Nixon, along with event host and third generation member of the Paspaley clan, Christopher Paspaley, and the Oatley family’s Nicky Tindill. Keddie and Tindill were both adorned with Paspaley Pearls for the occasion, with Keddie showcasing her own Paspaley Australian South Sea pearl stud earrings and Tindill wearing Paspaley Australian South Sea pearl three-strand bracelet.

Over 100 guests embarked on the inaugural Island-wide treasure hunt, armed only with maps and buggies, searching for a ‘magic key’. One lucky guest, Greg Murray, was rewarded when his key opened the master pearler’s box and revealed an exquisite Paspaley pearl necklace, a fitting gift to commemorate a 30th milestone. The stunning piece, part of the Lavalier collection, is appropriately inspired by the nautical ropes, nets and buoys used to harvest the wild pearl oysters in a centuries-old tradition. 

The guests were rewarded at the end of their journey with an ‘elegantly shipwrecked’ barefoot lunch on the sands of Pebble Beach, qualia. The four-course feast created by the resort’s Executive Chef, Alastair Waddell, featured Caviar, crème fraiche and brioche to start, followed by Oyster and pearl meat with Tapioca, wakame, and oyster broth. Main course was Soy and lime marinated shiro kin inside skirt with confit tomato and eggplant, followed by Strawberry, champagne and lemongrass for dessert, all with matching wines. 

A pop-up Paspaley Boutique has been open at the Hamilton Island Yacht Club throughout the week-long sailing regatta, displaying breathtaking designs that are the hallmark of Paspaley. The iconic Paspaley Pearl has also been on display. Harvested in 2003 from a pearl farm on the Kimberley Coast, the Paspaley Pearl is among the finest natural or cultured South Sea pearls ever found; a rare white, round pearl more than 20 millimetres in diameter with a strong pink orient, known as ‘the pearl of pearls’. 

Australia’s largest offshore yachting event, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week boasts superb sailing rivalry and a diverse schedule of glittering on shore events featuring celebrity chefs, fashion designers and famous faces. For more information visit www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au. 

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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is Australia’s largest offshore yachting regatta and the not-to-be-missed event on the international sailing calendar. Each year the regatta attracts skilled yachtsmen from around the world including New Zealand, Europe, Asia and America. The superb sailing rivalry is enhanced by a diverse on shore social schedule of celebrity chefs, fashion shows, exquisite jewels and glamorous parties. Audi is the title sponsor of Hamilton Island Race Week. The German luxury carmaker is now in its eighth year as sponsor of this leading regatta. For full details visit www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au