Reef to Beef in the Southern Great Barrier Reef Turns Gold at Queensland Tourism Awards!!!
Posted on November 18th, 2024
5 out of 31 Gold Awards, plus a Silver and a Bronze, were claimed by the Capricorn region on Friday night at The Star’s newest venue in Brisbane for the 39th Queensland Tourism Awards presented by the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC).
GOLD – Great Keppel Island Hideaway – 3 – 3.5 star accommodation
GOLD – Beef Australia 2024 – Major Festivals and Events
GOLD – Beef Australia 2024 – Excellence in Food Tourism
GOLD – RRC ‘Explore Rockhampton Accessibility Campaign’ – Richard Powell Award for Tourism and Marketing Campaigns
GOLD – Fun Over 50 Holidays – Tour and Transport Operators (commenced operations in Yeppoon and now based in Brisbane, regular tours to our region)
SILVER – Fun Over 50 Holidays – Steve Irwin Award for Ecotourism
BRONZE – Rockynats ’04 – Major Festivals and Events
An additional 3 Gold Awards were claimed by operators in the greater Southern Great Barrier Reef destination which includes the three regions of Capricorn, Gladstone and Bundaberg.
GOLD – Lady Elliott Island Resort – Steve Irwin Award for Ecotourism
GOLD – Bundaberg Rum – Wineries, Distilleries and Breweries
GOLD – Bundaberg Rum Distillery Visitor Experience – Tourist Attractions
Capricorn Enterprise CEO Mary Carroll “This is a record number of Qld Tourism Awards won by our region in one year and I am incredibly proud of our hard working industry operators for investing a significant amount of time and energy into entering these prestigious awards.”
“From Reef to Beef, from Rockhampton to Great Keppel Island, has most certainly turned to Gold, with GKI Hideaway, Beef Australia, Fun Over 50 Holidays, Rockynats ’04 and Rocky Regional Council all proving they have what it takes to be the very best in Queensland against strong competition from much larger regions.”
“When we add Lady Elliott Island Resort and Bundaberg Rum to the mix (pardon the pun), that’s an incredible eight (8) out of 31 Gold Awards taken out by the 300 kilometre Queensland coastline we call the Southern Great Barrier Reef which is a marketing alliance by the three regions of Capricorn, Gladstone and Bundaberg.”
