What a great day - cloudless sky, cool breeze – perfect for a drive!
We’d set today aside for a drive along the Capricorn Coast, so set out for Yeppoon. Yeppoon is a popular holiday destination in itself and is also the “jumping-off point” for Great Keppel Island. We were very impressed with the town, the beaches and the surrounding area.
While it’s only a reasonably small place it had all the facilities holidaymakers would require and Rockhampton is only 36 km away if anything more substantial is needed. We had a look at a caravan park with beach frontage and decided that if we were ever back this way we could quite easily fill in a week or two lazing around there.
Stretching along the coast south of Yeppoon are a number of small villages all with their own appeal. Emu Park is home to the “Singing Ship.” It was built as a memorial to Captain Cook who named Keppel Bay in 1770 and consists of a number of tubes which produce a variety of sounds when the wind blows, hence the name “Singing Ship.” The stronger the wind blows, the louder and more variable the sounds.
We were astounded by the number of islands visible along the coast. The two larger ones were Great Keppel and North Keppel but there were lots and lots of others.
We’ve been pestered by small black ants while we’ve been in this park and regular ant hunts have kept mum busy. We can’t find where they’re attacking us from and are bit suspicious they might be coming from an overhanging tree.
We’ve enjoyed Rockhampton, even with the couple of wet days. Of the coastal cities/towns it rates number two behind Townsville.
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