The film "The Bounty" was completed and released in 1984. "Bounty" was laid up in Los Angeles until 1986, when Bounty Voyages purchased the ship. She was sailed to Vancouver, refitted, then sailed to Australia. From here, she proceeded to England via the Suez Canal to join the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage: a historical re-enactment for the Australian Bicentenary. She left England for Australia in May 1987, and sailed with the fleet via Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Mauritius, and Fremantle before arriving in Sydney on Australia Day (26 January) 1988. "Bounty" was originally to be flagship of the re-creation voyage (due to the ship's similarities to , flagship of the original First Fleet), but the fleet commodore instead selected "Søren Larsen" for the role.