JEWEL OF THE CAPRICORN COAST
The delightful holiday resort of Yeppoon lies just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, overlooking the glittering waters of Keppel Bay. It is the principal town and service centre of the Capricorn Coast, 700km north of Brisbane and 25 minutes by car from Rockhampton. The town centre comprises a mix of restaurants, tourist accommodation, shops and galleries along a picturesque waterfront esplanade developed with parkland, recreation spaces and a Bali-style swimming pool complex.
THE CAPRICORN COAST
The Capricorn Coast is that part of the Central Queensland coastline stretching for about 75km from the mouth of Water Park Creek on Corio Bay in the north to Thompson Point on the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the south. It embraces a dozen small townships with a combined population of around 12,000, mainly in Yeppoon and Emu Park.
These two towns are joined by the 26km Scenic Highway, which hugs a coastline dotted with dramatic headlands, the remnants of long-extinct volcanoes, contained within small pockets of the Capricorn Coast National Park. Four of these enclaves are open to the public with pleasant walks to lookouts that provide panoramic
