Coffs Coast Advocate

‘Caught in the headlights’: Tiny turtles dying on Cap Coast

Residents along Capricorn Coast beaches and visitors in vehicles are asked to turn out their lights.

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17th Feb. 2021 3:02 PM

A post-hatchling Flatback Turtle. The Department of Environment and Science says the tiny turtles are dying along the Capricorn Coast after being attracted to vehicle headlights.

Why Cook chose the name Whitsunday Passage

Cape Hillsborough, Slade Point and more: here’s how Captain Cook chose their names

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28th June 2020 8:06 PM

There were many reasons Lieutenant James Cook chose particular placenames including a desire to honour English aristocrats.

How boaties will mark 250th anniversary of Cook’s trip

May 26 marks 250 years since James Cook sailed through The Keppels.

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19th May 2020 5:05 PM

Don Fee on board a replica of the Endeavour taken at the Australian Wood Boat festival in Hobart last year

Learn about coral bleaching and conservation

A new program focuses on the Port Curtis and Keppel Bay marine environments and reef conservation.

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28th Feb. 2020 4:02 PM

Simone Boston, Lisa Del Riccio, Dr David Kopelke, Diana Kleine and Daniel Rae at the launch of the education package Capricorn Coast Corals at your Doorstep at CQUni Gladstone on Thursday

Whale of a time: But they got more than they bargained for

Visitors on a Keppel Bay whale watch cruise got some pretty big bang for their buck this week and a story to remember for a...

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25th July 2019 12:07 PM

Max Allen Snr with wife Carmel and son Max Allen Jnr. The family are celebrating 20 years of business for the Freedom Fast Cats.

Great news for boaties heading out on Keppel Bay

A Yeppoon company has landed the tender for the $950,000 project

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28th Feb. 2019 12:02 PM

Rosslyn Boat Harbour has been overcrowded for too long.

Staying safe in one of the East Coast's beautiful spots

Boaties keen to stay safe in unpredictable conditions

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23rd Feb. 2019 12:02 AM

STAYING PUT: Airlie Beach's John Scarrott opted to moor in Keppel Bay Marina rather than tackle unpredictable weather at sea.

Cap Coast to rival the state's best whale watching locations

'We're on an even keel with the other whale-watching destinations in the state'

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12th Feb. 2019 4:02 PM

An amazing drone shot by Freedom Fast Cat's crew member Anthony Vaughan capturing a pod of whales breaching near the boat.

It's a Beef Australia trifecta for this Cap Coast business

Waterline tastes award success

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22nd April 2018 5:04 PM

The Waterline's chef team: Chef Kanako, Exec Chef, Matt Smith, Chef Dillan, Head Chef Santiago, Sous Chef Matias

Keppel Bay residents reminisce aboard all vessel

Historic cruise helps residents recall fonder days

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30th Aug. 2017 3:08 PM

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