How Australia’s other half heals: all aboard the superyacht where rehab costs $600,000 a week

While an estimated 500,000 Australians battling addiction miss out on treatment each year, those who can afford it can access private care within hours

The view of the Whitsundays is postcard-perfect. The setting – a private yacht – extravagant. There’s a gym downstairs, a spa upstairs and a staff ratio of 14:1.

Floating off the Australian coastline is one of the world’s most luxurious rehabilitation and mental health programs. Operating on a superyacht called “Mischief”, a trip on Ocean Blue costs $600,000 a week.