Great Keppel Island

Great Keppel Island (Woppaburra: Wop-Pa) lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) off the coast from Yeppoon, in the locality of The Keppels in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland. The traditional owners of the island are the Woppaburra people. The largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group, Wop-Pa covers an area of 1308 hectares. The tropical climate and numerous beaches attract tourists from all points, and the island is visited by more than 50,000 people each year. A range of budget accommodation caters to tourists. There are 17 white-sand beaches and almost the greatest cover of hard coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef. The coral diversity of the reefs matches that of the Whitsunday Islands and there is clear water most of the year around.

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