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Yeppoon
Queensland
Yeppoon2011-15.JPG
Looking across Keppel Bay from Wreck Point
Yeppoon is located in Queensland
Yeppoon
Yeppoon
Location in Queensland
Population
 • Density 229.5/km2 (594/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4703
Elevation 6 m (20 ft)
Area 27.6 km2 (10.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Livingstone
State electorate(s) Keppel
Federal Division(s) Capricornia
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
25.9 °C
79 °F		 18.5 °C
65 °F		 824.9 mm
32.5 in
Localities around Yeppoon:
Pacific Heights
Inverness		 Barlows Hill
Meikleville Hill		 Farnborough
Barmaryee Yeppoon Coral Sea
Hidden Valley Taroom Ball
Taranganba		 Cooee Bay

Yeppoon is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. Yeppoon is renowned for its beaches, tropical climate, and the islands out on the bay. Twenty-five minutes from the city of Rockhampton, Yeppoon is the principal town on the Capricorn Coast, a string of seaside communities stretching more than 150 kilometres (93 mi) from north to south. The beaches and shallow coves provide a destination both for tourists and retirees settling down in Central Queensland. Offshore, there are 27 islands including Great Keppel Island which is 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Yeppoon.

Geography

Yeppoon is located on Keppel Bay, around 700 kilometres (430 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Rockhampton City. It is within the local government area of Shire of Livingstone (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Rockhampton Region).

For more details, see Capricorn Coast

History

The Capricorn Coast was part of the traditional lands of the Darumbal Aboriginal people. Yeppoon was first settled by the Ross family in 1865 who took up large landholding along the length of the Capricorn Coast. Fruit crops, cattle, and wool were the major industries of the early town. A short-lived period of sugar cane growing followed from 1883 to 1903, which failed due to unseasonal rains and lack of financial backing. Along with other sugar growing areas of Australia, South Sea Islanders were used as labourers on the sugar plantations, often without their consent (see blackbirding). Pineapples, Mangoes, and other tropical fruit became the mainstay of local agriculture in the new century, with cattle grazing and fishing also contributing to the local economy.

On 20 February 2015, severe tropical cyclone Marcia crossed the Capricorn Coast near Shoalwater Bay as a category 5 Cyclone. The storm destroyed more than 150 houses in Yeppoon and left more than 13,500 residents without power.

Heritage listings

Yeppoon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Climate

The Capricorn Coast experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa/Cwa).

Due to its location in the southern tropics, the Capricorn Coast experiences hot summers without the extreme humidity of Far North Queensland, and mild winters

Climate data for Yeppoon The Esplanade
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 38.6
(101.5)		 34.0
(93.2)		 39.1
(102.4)		 31.8
(89.2)		 29.1
(84.4)		 29.2
(84.6)		 29.4
(84.9)		 30.1
(86.2)		 34.4
(93.9)		 36.6
(97.9)		 38.4
(101.1)		 40.5
(104.9)		 40.5
(104.9)
Average high °C (°F) 29.3
(84.7)		 29.2
(84.6)		 28.3
(82.9)		 26.6
(79.9)		 24.1
(75.4)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.4
(70.5)		 22.1
(71.8)		 24.4
(75.9)		 26.1
(79.0)		 27.5
(81.5)		 28.7
(83.7)		 25.8
(78.4)
Average low °C (°F) 23.7
(74.7)		 23.6
(74.5)		 22.4
(72.3)		 19.7
(67.5)		 15.7
(60.3)		 13.4
(56.1)		 11.8
(53.2)		 12.6
(54.7)		 15.7
(60.3)		 19.0
(66.2)		 21.3
(70.3)		 22.7
(72.9)		 18.5
(65.3)
Record low °C (°F) 12.5
(54.5)		 15.2
(59.4)		 10.4
(50.7)		 10.2
(50.4)		 4.9
(40.8)		 2.7
(36.9)		 −0.1
(31.8)		 2.7
(36.9)		 5.3
(41.5)		 8.8
(47.8)		 9.9
(49.8)		 12.7
(54.9)		 −0.1
(31.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 133.3
(5.25)		 173.6
(6.83)		 136.6
(5.38)		 73.8
(2.91)		 78.7
(3.10)		 55.5
(2.19)		 29.6
(1.17)		 36.4
(1.43)		 36.6
(1.44)		 45.9
(1.81)		 71.3
(2.81)		 122.6
(4.83)		 981.7
(38.65)
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Gallery

  • Yeppoon QLD Panorama

    Panorama over the CBD

  • Yeppoon2011-05

    Beak Bridge over Ross Creek

  • Cooee-Bay1

    Cooee Bay

  • Yeppoon-railway1

    Yeppoon Railway Station (defunct) 2011

  • Yeppoon

    Yeppoon Main Beach

  • Yeppoon (1)

    Yeppoon Main Beach amphitheatre

  • StateLibQld 1 297815 View of Yeppoon, ca. 1953

    Yeppoon town, 1953

  • StateLibQld 1 297851 Yeppoon Beach near Rockhampton, ca. 1948

    Yeppoon Main Beach, 1948

  • StateLibQld 1 291019 View of a beach at Yeppoon, ca. 1936

    Yeppoon Main Beach, 1936

Sport

Yeppoon is home to prominent Rugby league breeding ground St. Brendan's College. Professional players Paul Bowman, Casey Conway, Tom Hewitt, PJ Marsh, Shane Marteene, Julian O'Neill, Matthew Scott, Jake Granville, Corey Oates, Dave Taylor, Ben Hunt and Harry Grant are all St. Brendan's alumni.

Education

  • Yeppoon State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) in Tucker Street. In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 320 students with 30 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 23 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent).
  • Yeppoon State High School is a government co-education secondary school (7-12) in Rawlings Street. In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 1,006 students with 84 teachers (81 full-time equivalent) and 44 non-teaching staff (32 full-time equivalent).
  • Taranganba State School
  • St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School
  • St. Brendan's College Day and Boarding School for Young Men - Established by the Christian Brothers in 1940
  • St. Ursula's College Day and Boarding School for Young Women - Established in 1918 by the Presentation Sisters http://stursulas.qld.edu.au/
  • Sacred Heart School
  • Farnborough State Primary School

Road infrastructure

The Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road (as Yeppoon Road) runs along part of the southern boundary.

Images for kids

  • Cad-map-40chain-parish-yeppoon-1974

    Cadastral map of the Parish of Yeppoon displaying real property information and Administrative Areas including Parish; County and Land Agents District

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