Capricornia Coast, Great Keppel Island to Yepoon

We have been at the marina at Yeppoon in  Rosslyn Bay for the past few days. Our trip up the coast was uneventful and the weather excellent. We spent a rolly night in Capricorn Bay but it was nice and quiet on Great Keppel Island anchored in a wide bay out of the SE swell. We made some new friends, a Dutch couple on a schooner called Spirit and Gary and Natalie on a brand new 45 foot Hanse. We spent a pleasant 4 days wandering on the beach and gathering coconuts . We thought we would spend the Admiral's birthday here at the marina and get some maintenance jobs done while we are here. This is a very good marina and we have enjoyed it here. Hanging about with Gary and Natalie and their friend Mark who has a 44 foot Lagoon powercat set up as an ultimate fishing machine. They kindly took us to nearby Rockhampton locally known as 'Rocky',where we spent the day exploring the zoo and botanical gardens and the art gallery. Rockhampton is a Queensland cattle town and looked quite a bit like a US middle western small town. Weather permitting we will leave here on Wednesday and head north again. Next destination is the Whitsunday Islands where will have Roger and Janice to stay for a couple of weeks.

The sand bar at low tide in Pancake Creek

Sunset Great Keppel Island

The beach at Great Keppel Island

A Cassowary, a very strange looking bird at the Rockhampton Zoo

Captain Cook monument, Yeppoon. The statue sings during high wind conditions and it did that day. Captain Cook was here 1770 and named Keppel Bay