After day thirty-five gave us such a great intro to the fringes of Yeppoon, we were keen to see what Yepppon actually had to offer, since Kemp Beach was actually seven or eight k’s from Yeppoon itself.

We weren’t disappointed. Yeppoon was chilled-out, the sun was shining once again and it looked immaculate. This is part of the Capricorn Coast and provides access to the Great Keppel Islands which are located on the Southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. This does sound promising for some potential reef introductions which we would look into later.

We grabbed a breakfast at some funky cafe place (Lure Living) and once again we got lucky with the required four-bays of parking and great weather.

Across the road from the cafe was the beach, so what else but go for a wander and take it all in. It was turquoise waters and in the distance you can see some of the Keppel Islands.

The next stop was Yeppoon lagoon, which was basically a fancy public swimming pool. But it was pretty impressive, and once again we are noting that we are pretty lucky with the lack of crowds. The kids burn’t off a bit of excess energy, which was a good idea especially after a large breakfast and mum and dad relaxed and reflected on what a great trip so far. We also started looking into the Keppel Islands and whether a trip might be worth it.

After a brew and a few more minutes on the research we booked in to a Keppel tour. This was one that would take us round three of the main islands, giving us access to snorkelling and pristine white-sand beaches. It was also a smaller boat, with a capacity of only twelve people so it sounded perfect. We will find out tomorrow if it lives up to the hype, noting that so far everything had, but also noting that the winds were getting up a bit.

Once the kids got cold it was time to move on, but we squeezed in one more bit of sightseeing, which was a quick visit to the imaginatively titled Wreck Point, named after a boat that got stuck. It looks out over Cooey bay and the Keppel Islands. Despite the lack of flair when naming it, it was pretty good and it also allowed Mazzy to practice some Mazzy poses. Like you do.

On the way back from Wreck Point, we swung past Roselyn Bay, which was the very handy pickup point for tomorrow’s trip, as we wanted to find out exactly where we were going.

Coincidentally, we received a phone call from our tour operator saying he will have to cancel the trip due to high winds, as his smaller sized boat cannot make it. He did recommend a different operator (larger boat). By chance, they were based in Roselyn Bay and we had literally been in the shop two minutes earlier. So we popped back in and booked on their tour. We were still a bit concerned on the winds impacted the trip but we will only be here once so we will plough on regardless.

The day was finished off back at the Caravan Park, with the kids watching another movie on the terrace after a bbq tea cooked by Dad. The Keppel Island trip was all booked in and we were really looking forward to it. Yeppoon seemed unusually low-key, but it was obviously a really good place so it didn’t quite make sense that it wasn’t mentioned more in traveling circles. Anyhow, we would find out for sure tomorrow as to whether the Keppel’s are any good or not, but we were all optimistic of another great day out.