Trippin' round Oz: Yeppoon - Capricorn Coast

What a gorgeous bit of coast line it was. We arrived in time to pick from many site eventually pick one that overlooked the beach and Great Kepple Island. The weather was fantastic every day that we were at Yeppoon and the kids, Nigel and I really enjoyed our time here.

Setting up at Yeppoon

Our bedroom, kitchen, lounge and dining room window

Sunset no. 61

We spent the first day playing tennis on the beach and riding our bikes along the beach. That was a bit of fun but a lot of hard work. We found a crab while out riding and the kids looked at him then decide he need to be released so they took him back to the beach and let him go.

Pre dawn

Sunrise over Great Kepple Island

Dawn has broken

Riding on Yeppoon Main Beach

A very talented Austin

We toured the area the next day. Firstly we drove north to Byfield National Park. The drive was very pretty and some of the tracks were a little hairy. Then we returned via Yeppoon and took the drive down to Emu Park and Kinky Beach. Both really nice seaside towns but very sleepy. Not much going on in either. Yeppoon was by far the pick of the locations on the Capricorn Coast. We drove back to Yeppoon after enjoying a nice afternoon tea then visited the harbour and drove up a hill into Yeppoon that over looked the town. It was an amazing view. You could see all the way over to Rockhampton and back out over the ocean as far as your eye would allow you. The houses up there must be worth a mint.

Byfield National Park

Kepple Bay Marina

Yeppoon

Our next day the kids and Nigel spent the day cruising on their bikes from park to park. Stopping when they felt like it and continuing on when they became a little bored with park. I had a lovely couple of hour without them. Reading my book, chatting to travellers in our caravan park and just enjoying the lovely sunshine.