Welcome to Taste Capricorn Coast

A celebration of local flavours with a colourful array of producers, eateries, retail outlets, markets and farm experiences. Follow the flavours of the Capricorn Coast and go food trail foraging on a self-guided expedition using our downloadable map.

Pack an esky or a picnic basket and gather local delights along the way. Or leave the foraging and prep to our amazing chefs and sample the best of the region’s produce in some of the most celebrated eateries along the Capricorn Coast. Discover what it means to be a Capricorn Coast ‘Locavore’ and indulge in ‘Providore’ to Plate.

About Taste Capricorn Coast

We are very excited to launch the Taste Capricorn Coast website with 46 Growers & Makers and Eateries & Retailers and 31 of those businesses feature on the Taste Capricorn Coast Food Trail. The food trail will help you discover the finest local produce the Capricorn Coast has to offer. Keep an eye out for the Taste Capricorn Coast logo, our local food brand, and follow the flavour… paddock to plate and ocean to earth.

Taste Capricorn Coast is a celebration of local flavours with a colourful array of producers, eateries, retail outlets, markets and farm experiences. Let your taste buds travel along the Capricorn Coast from Australia’s largest pineapple farm to fifth-generation farm stays, to numerous delicacies including locally made moringa spaghetti, fresh off the boat chilli mud crabs and smoked crocodile.

Yeppoon, together with the villages dotted along the coastline and inland rainforests have decades of agricultural history and merit. Together, in combination with some of our finest chefs, produce local dishes brimming with diverse flavours that provide an immersive multi-sensory experience. As the plethora of local produce makes its’ mark across the destination, discover what it means to be a Capricorn Coast Locavore, a mouth-watering adventure awaits you.

This project is part of the Australian Government’s Bushfire Recovery initiative.

About Capricorn Coast

Welcome to the Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland – a magical coastline that is exciting, diverse and breathtakingly beautiful.

Easily accessible by road, rail, coach and air, the Capricorn Coast is only a 30-minute drive from the beef capital of Australia, Rockhampton and only 600 kilometres from Queensland’s capital, Brisbane.

The Livingstone Shire sits nestled along the beautiful Capricorn Coast and covers approximately 11,776 square kilometres, with a population of almost 36,000 residents.

A picturesque system of 13 beaches across 95 kilometres of Capricorn coastline, you can enjoy a beach to yourself with views of Great Keppel and North Keppel Islands as well as many smaller islands, which act as stepping-stones to the wonders of the Southern Great Barrier Reef.

Yeppoon, the Coast’s major town, has retained its village style appeal and was runner up in the 2021 Top Tourism Town Awards. Aside from being home to exceptional restaurants, wonderful cafés and a string of markets and boutiques, the burgeoning coastal culture hub also has a proud arts scene, perfectly reflected in the modern, quirky and vibrant street art dotted about town.

Just a scenic 20 kilometre drive along the coast from Yeppoon, Emu Park is a peaceful coastal village.

Emu Park is home to the famous Singing Ship sculpture and the Centenary of ANZAC Memorial Walk. The boardwalk hugs the coastline and features information on the First World War’s many major battles.

Only 25 minutes north from Yeppoon, you can discover the lush rainforests of Byfield and spectacular scenery of the surrounding parks and forests. The Byfield National Park and State Forest abounds with wonderful scenery, rolling sand dunes, beaches, rainforest-edged creeks and rugged mountains.

The Keppels is a locality that includes a group of spectacular islands in the Coral Sea within the Livingstone Shire. Great Keppel Island and Pumpkin Island are both popular islands for visitors and are accessible via a 30-minute ferry ride departing from Rosslyn Bay.

For more information and current holiday deals, visit the Visit Capricorn website.

Source: Taste Capricorn Coast