Beach at Yeppoon looking across at Great Keppel Island

Yeppoon
Attractive holiday resort town east of Rockhampton.
Located 681 km north of Brisbane and 40 km east of Rockhampton, Yeppoon is a holiday resort which has grown in popularity due to the extraordinarily successful advertising campaign associated with Great Keppel Island and the growing awareness that Yeppoon is surrounded by attractive beaches where, for most of the year, the swimming is good and the living is easy. It is basically a series of flat, firm sand, well developed beaches with access via good roads.

In spite of this apparent holiday orientation there is also a real sense that Yeppoon is a commuter belt for Rockhampton. With 8000 permanent residents it is obviously much more than a holiday resort and the traffic which heads out of town each morning and returns each evening indicates clearly that for many people living in Yeppoon and driving to Rockhampton every day is a desirable option.

It is hard to imagine that the Ross family, the first settlers, arrived in 1865 and that the area, for over 100 years, was really nothing more than a fruit growing (pineapples), timber and cattle area. The town of Yeppoon was surveyed in 1867 but the road from Rockhampton was completed until the 1870s. The Yeppoon Sugar Company was established in 1883 and by 1910 the railway had arrived.

The holiday homes in the area were built by Rockhampton people eager to escape the city or by people from the south who found the peace and quiet of the area refreshing.

Things to see:  

Wreck Point Lookout
It is worth driving south from Yeppoon to Emu Park because the road passes through a number of delightful, and very unspoilt, beach resorts.

On the road south of the town there is a turnoff to Wreck Point Lookout which affords magnificent views over all the major islands, including Great Keppel and North Keppel islands, which lie off the coast from Yeppoon.

Coo-ee Beach
After crossing the Ross Creek estuary, and leaving Yeppoon beach behind, there is Coo-ee Beach (where, each year, there is a coo-ee ing competition. This rather extraordinary event also includes such all Australian activities as gum leaf blowing, husband calling, bottle-top flicking and a myriad of other equally unusual activities), Statue Bay, Kinka Bay, Rosslyn Bay (which is the departure point for Great Keppel Island), Mulabin Beach and Emu Point. Each area has its own charm and is ideal for quiet holidays focussing on fishing, swimming and just lazing around.

Stingers
However for all the apparent appeal of the area it is worth remembering that this is an area prone to the dangers of the tropics. A sign on the Yeppoon beaches declares: 'WARNING. Swimmers are warned that potentially deadly marine stingers may be present in these waters particularly between November and March.'

	Tourist Information
	Capricorn Coast Tourist Organisation Ross Creek Roundabout , Scenic Hhwy Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 4888 Facsimile: (07) 4939 1696
	Motels
	Bayview Tower International Cnr Adelaide & Normanby Sts Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 4500 Facsimile: (07) 4939 3915 Rating: ***
	Capricorn International Resort Farnborough Rd Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 5111 Facsimile: (07) 49395 666 Rating: ****
	Driftwood Motel 7 Todd Ave Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 2446 Rating: ***
	Sail­Inn Motel 19 James St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1130 Rating: **
	Seven Dwarfs Motel James St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1888 Rating: **
	Tropical Nights 34 Anzac Pde Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1914 Rating: *
	Hotels
	Railway Hotel 78 James St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 3300
	Strand Hotel/Motel Normanby St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1301 Rating: **
	Apartments
	Bay Vacationer Holiday Apartments 16 Anzac Pde Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1213 Rating: ***
	Blue Anchor Motel & Holiday Apartments 76 Whitman St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 4288 Facsimile: (07) 4939 4600 Rating: ****
	Como Holiday Apartments 32 Anzac Pde Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1594 Rating: ***
	Seaspray Beachfront Holiday Apartments 45 Wattle Gr Cooee Bay Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1421 Rating: **
	Tidewater Motel & Holiday Apartments 7 Normandy St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1632 Rating: **
	Cottages & Cabins
	Gum Nut Glen Cottages Tanby Rd Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 3988 Rating: ***
	Caravan Parks
	Beachside Caravan Park Farnborough Rd Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 3738 Rating: **
	Blue Dolphin Caravan Park 74 Whitman St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 3140 Rating: **
	Capricorn Palms Holiday Village Wildin Way Mulambin Beach Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4933 6144 Rating: ****
	Restaurants
	Footlights Theatre Restaurant 123 Rockhampton Rd Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 2399
	Happy Sun Restaurant 34 James St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 3323
	Yeppoon Galaxy Chinese Restaurant 26 James St Yeppoon QLD 4703 Telephone: (07) 4939 1205