 Not long after its retirement as a ferry, it underwent an extensive refit and found a new role as the party boat known as "The Island".In 1842, with the creation of a by-law John Williams an early Brisbane trader was awarded the contract at 45 pounds a year to operate a ferry service between Russell Street, South Brisbane, and Queen's Wharf, Brisbane, located in the vicinity of the nowadays Queens Wharf Road, Brisbane.It was locally known as the "Time Killer" due to its slowness.