Location

The North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre is uniquely located on North Keppel Island, a National Park Island which is wholly situated within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. North Keppel Island is situated in the Keppel Island Group on the Capricorn Coast, Central Queensland. It is 12km from the mainland center of Yeppoon, and only 14km from the sheltered mainland boat harbor of Rosslyn Bay.

North Keppel Island is approximately 627ha in area and is a dominant landscape feature of Keppel Bay. The island and it’s surrounding waters have exceptionally high amenity and natural values in terms of fringing coral reefs, attractive beaches, rugged headlands together with a variety of natural land systems. The following list provides you with a glimpse of the range of values of the island.

• Numerous fringing coral reefs
• 4 general marine environments
• Extensive grassland communities
• Eucalypt dominated open forests
• 9 individual beaches
• 2 major tidal creek areas
• Mangrove communities
• Low closed woodlands