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The Capricorn Region is your entry to Tropical Queensland. The Tropic of Capricorn runs through the region and the major centre of Rockhampton, the first Australian City 'in the tropics'. This unique address ensures there is something for everyone in the Capricorn Region, enjoy tropical islands, magnificent beaches, aboriginal & colonial heritage, state forests, 13 national parks and the chance to fossick for your own sapphires.
The Capricorn Region is four great holiday destinations in one. Rockhampton and its immediate surrounds are graced with superb examples of its European and Aboriginal history, while adjacent the Capricorn Coast has beautiful coastal rainforests , sub-tropical islands such as Great Keppel Island and unspoiled sandy beaches . To the west the colourful patchwork of diverse farming, cattle and mining industries captures those who travel to Capricorn's Rural Hinterland. The Central Highlands and Sapphire Gemfields offer visitors the opportunity to strike it rich fossicking for Sapphire's or enjoying the magnificent beauty of Carnarvon Gorge.
Things to do on the Capricorn Coast:
* Ride a bull at the Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton.
The famous pub offers regular bull riding in its own bull ring,
and is a favourite spot for locals to unwind on Friday nights.
Publican Terry O'Hanlan, a former ringer, has introduced hotly-contested
rodeos in the backyard of the hotel.
* Visit Heron Island, one of the Great Barrier
Reef's most beautiful islands. Heron operates as both a world-class
resort and marine research station, and from January to March
each year, turtles choose to nest there.
* Take a boat to One Tree Island, where you'll
find Professor Ove Heoght Guldberg, a University of Queensland
academic based at the Heron Island Research Station. From his
lone post, he studies coral formations, crown of thorns starfish,
and simulates global warming.
* Go back in time at the Calliope River Historical
Village, a perfectly restored historical village include schoolhouse,
pub, and church. There's also a thriving artist community, and
the local markets are a perfect place to pick up a bargain.
* Enjoy a bounty of mudcrab at Gladstone. The
city is known for its mouth-watering mudcrab.
* Meet Gemfields character Hazel Bird, a reflexologist
who loves gems so much, she's replaced her teeth with them.
* Escape to an underground world at Olsen's
Capricorn Caverns, unique limestone caves which can be explored
by candlelight.
* Smile at a crocodile at the Koorana Crocodile
Farm. Manager John Lever is known as the local 'Croc-buster'
and is regularly called on to capture rogue crocodiles.
* Fossick for your fortune on the Gemfields
at towns like Rubyvale and Sapphire, where zircons, diamonds,
sapphires, gold and other semi-precious gems are waiting to
be found.
* Fish for barramundi, a mouth-watering freshwater
fish, on the banks of the Fitzroy River.
Accommodation
1770 Beach Shacks,
1770 Getaway Holiday Retreat,
1770 Heritage Cottage,
1770 Reef House,
Agnes Water Beach Club,
Athelstane House Bed and Breakfast,
Auckland Hill Bed and Breakfast,
Baffle Bobs Caravan and Camping Park,
Beaches On Lammermoor,
Beachside Caravan Park,
Best Western Regency On Albert,
Bridge Motor Inn,
Broadwater Haven,
Byfield Creek Lodge Rainforest Retreat,
Capricorn Blue Resort,
Capricorn Caves,
Capricorn Resort Yeppoon,
Castle Court Motor Inn,
Causeway Caravan Park,
Central Park Motel,
Coffee House Luxury Apartments,
Coolwaters Holiday Village,
Discovery Coast Caravan and Camping Park,
Discovery Holiday Parks,
Discovery Parks Rockhampton Tropical Wanderer Resort,
Edge On Beaches,
Emerald Cabin and Caravan Village,
Emerald Maraboon Motor Inn,
Emus Beach Resort,
Gladstone Backpackers,
Glassford Creek Station Farmstay,
Glenmore Palms Motel,
Golden Fountain Motel,
Great Keppel Island Holiday Village,
Greenacres Motel and Caravan Park,
Henderson Park Farmstay,
Heron Island by Voyages,
Island View Caravan Park,
Keppel Lodge,
Kinka Palms Beachfront Apartments / Motel,
Kroombit Lochenbar Farmstay,
L'Amor Holiday Apartments,
Lake Awoonga Caravan Park,
Lake Maraboon Holiday Village,
Leichhardt Hotel Mount Morgan,
Mango Tree Motel,
Mantra Pavillions Mirage on 1770,
Marlborough Motel and Caravan Park,
Metro Hotel and Apartments Gladstone,
Motel 98,
Palm Valley Motel and Self Contained Holiday Units,
Pumpkin Island,
Riverside Tourist Park,
Rubyvale Motel and Holiday Units,
Rydges Gladstone,
Seascape Holiday Home,
Seaspray Resort and Spa,
Shutters On The Beach,
Southside Holiday Village,
Sovereign Lodge Beachfront Accommodation,
Sunbird Gardens,
Sunlover Lodge,
Svendsens Beach, Great Keppel Island,
Tannum Beach Caravan Village,
Tannum On The Beach Motel,
The Bradley Wolf Braeve Heart Retreat,
The David Motel,
Travelodge Rockhampton,
True Blue Motor Inn,
Villa Mar Colina,
Wilson Island by Voyages,
Xenia Central Studio Accommodation,
Zebulon,
Attractions
Alpha Murals,
Alpha Native Flower Garden,
Alpha Petrified Wood,
Archer Park Station and Steam Tram Museum,
Beautiful Betsy Walk,
Bedford Weir,
Beta Railway Station Museum,
Blackdown Tableland National Park,
Blackwater International Coal Centre,
Blue Hollow Mine,
Bluff Rail Station,
Broadwater Conservation Park,
Byfield National Park and Byfield Conservation Park,
Byfield State Forest,
Calliope River Historical Village,
Capella Aquatic Centre,
Capella Creek Nature Walk,
Capella Light Pole Murals,
Capella Pioneer Village,
Capricorn Caves,
Capricorn Coast National Park,
Capricornia Cays National Park,
Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park,
Champions Brock Experience,
Child Island Dive Site,
Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary,
CQ Military and Artefacts Museum,
Cullin-La-Ringo Massacre Site,
Deepwater National Park,
Dingo Statue,
Egg Rock Dive Site,
Emerald Botanic Gardens,
Emerald Centenary of Federation Mosaic Pathway,
Emerald Historic Railway Station,
Emerald Pioneer Cottage Complex,
Eurimbula National Park,
Fairbairn Dam, Lake Maraboon,
Federation Woolshed and Rich Park,
Fitzroy Reef,
Fitzroy Reef Lagoon Dive Sites,
Footlights Theatre Restaurant,
Fossilised Tree,
Gladstone Marina,
Gladstone Regional Gallery and Museum,
Gracemere Exhibition Complex,
Greycliffe Homestead,
Heron Island Dive Site,
Isla Gorge Lookout,
Japanese Gardens, Blackwater,
Joseph Banks Conservation Park,
Ka Ka Mundi, Carnarvon National Park,
Keppel Bay Islands National Park,
Keppel Bay Marina,
Kershaw Gardens,
Koorana Crocodile Farm,
Kroombit Tops National Park,
Lake Awoonga,
Lake Callide,
Mackenzie Park,
Man and Wife Rocks Dive Site,
Marlborough Historical Museum,
Millenium Esplanade,
Mimosa Culture Track,
Miners Heritage Walk-In Mine,
Minerva Hills National Park,
Miriam Vale Shire Historical Society Museum,
Mount Archer National Park,
Mount Etna Caves National Park,
Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park,
Mount Moffatt Section - Carnarvon National Park,
Mount Morgan Historical Museum,
Mount Scoria Conservation Park,
Mount Scoria Cultural Trail,
Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park,
Nob Creek Pottery,
Nuga Nuga National Park and Lake Nuga Nuga,
Outer Rocks Dive Site,
Peak Range Lookout - Capella,
Rainbow Falls,
Redbank Park - Jericho,
Rockhampton Art Gallery,
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Zoo,
Rockhampton Post Office,
Rubyvale Gem Gallery,
Spyglass Peak,
Staircase Range and Lookout,
Stony Creek Circuit,
Stony Creek Gorge,
The Crazy Joker,
The Giants of Industry Tours,
The Horse and Carriage,
The Lake View Restaurant on Maraboon,
The Spire Tropic of Capricorn,
Tondoon Botanic Gardens,
Tropical Wanderer Restaurant,
Van Gogh Sunflower Painting,
Virgin Rock,
Zamia Walk,
Events
Ag-Grow Field Days,
Baffle Creek Fishing Challenge,
Bat Cleft Guided Tours of Mount Etna,
Beef Australia,
Brisbane to Keppel Yacht Tropical Race,
Capella Campdraft,
Capricorn District Country Music Jamboree,
Captain Cook 1770 Festival,
Cawarral Country Music Festival,
Coconet Classic,
CRCA Bullzye Rodeo Finals Spectacular,
Emerald Agricultural and Pastoral Show,
Emerald Multicultural Festival,
Gemfest - Festival Of Gems,
Keppel Sands Krabtastic,
May Day All Boat Regatta,
Nob Creek Pottery Easter Exhibition,
Queensland Resources Expo (QREX),
Queensland Sabot Championship,
Rockhampton Quarter Horse Sale,
Rocky Barra Bounty,
Rosedale Hall Markets,
Summer Solstice,
The Big Croc Hatch,
The Village Festival,
Wartburg State School Bush Festival,
Yeppoon 150 Year Heritage Pinefest,
Tours
1770 LARC! Tours,
1770 Liquid Adventures,
Capricorn Coast Trail Rides,
Cruising the Keppels, Freedom Fast Cats,
Mig Jet Adventures,
Myella Farm Stay,
Scooter Roo Tours,
TMC Tours,
Water Park Eco Tours,
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