Capricorn Coast National Park, Nature reserve in Livingstone Shire, Australia.
Capricorn Coast National Park is a 114-hectare reserve in Livingstone Shire, 535 km northwest of Brisbane and 5 km south of Yeppoon. It consists of six sections, four of them public: Double Head, Rosslyn Head, Bluff Point and Coconut Point. Its surface is dominated by rocky headlands formed 73–79 million years ago, with views to the Keppel Islands.
Parts of the reserve were already separate national parks from 1943, including Double Head, Rosslyn Head, Bluff Point and Coconut Point. In 1994 these sections were amalgamated into the single Capricorn Coast National Park, which lies about 5 km south of Yeppoon and 535 km northwest of Brisbane. Four of its six sections are open to the public.
The park lies in the Livingstone Shire, just south of Yeppoon, on the traditional country of the Darumbal people, whose language group gives the Capricorn Coast its Aboriginal heritage. The rocky headlands at Double Head and Bluff Point look out to the Keppel Islands, seascapes that feature in Darumbal stories and continue to be used for fishing and gathering.
The park is explored on foot via multiple marked trails of varying difficulty that lead to coves, beaches, and viewpoints. Bring water and proper footwear since conditions vary across different sections and some areas are exposed to sun and wind.
Four of the park's six sections are open to the public: Double Head, Rosslyn Head, Bluff Point and Coconut Point. The rocky headlands themselves formed 73 to 79 million years ago, and from them the Keppel Islands and the coastal hinterland come into view.
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