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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Island Time at Great Keppel - Day 1

During the 70's and 80's Great Keppel Island was one of the 'go to' destinations for an Australian holiday. Zoom forward 30-40 years and everyone is off to Bali, Phuket, Penang, Fiji and similar. The age of the Island Resorts has largely died. A visit to Great Keppel Island was a shock as we'd not appreciated this reality.

As is The Bloke's want, the possibility of a cup of coffee made a shore visit to Resort Bay a high priority. Although the resort itself was fenced off, there was still a small settlement and some facilities for day trippers.

A  local identity

Too bad we don't have golf clubs on board.

Welcome to GKI !

Everything is locked up or for sale

The resort. 
Too much effort to demolish, the resort has been left to auto-destruct while potential buyers squabble with the Queensland Government over the possibility of resurrecting the venue as a casino. There is already an airport/airstrip to fly in the high rollers. For cruising folk like us, this kind of infrastructure is of little interest and the charm of this destination lies in other bays.

Remembering the first inhabitants

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