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Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef

Capricorn Enterprise is a proud participant of Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef and is committed to working with our members and the wider industry, to embrace the potential of this unique and timely opportunity. Our industry’s ability to engage on a personal… Read more »

“The Ultimate Guide to Driving the Great Barrier Reef” – nature’s greatest gift to the world

A FIRST for Queensland and Australia and another FIRST for the Southern Great Barrier Reef, this latest collaboration a year in the making, is set to drive more visitors to nature’s greatest gift to the world! The five (5) precincts… Read more »

New Zealand Media Campaign

The Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton have recently featured in a New Zealand Media Campaign, as part of work in partnership between Capricorn Enterprise, Tourism and Events Queensland and our Southern Great Barrier Reef partners in Gladstone (GAPDL) and Bundaberg (BNBT)…. Read more »

Rockhampton River Festival

Rockhampton River Festival The Rockhampton River Festival is happening this weekend on the newly revitalised riverfront.   The theme in 2017 is ‘River Revived’ where you can celebrate, create, congregate and consume.  The festival is a free event for all… Read more »

Capricorn Coast, Southern Great Barrier Reef Campaign

Another first for our destination is in the global market this month! At the Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) this year in Sydney, one of our appointments was with Cheapflights.com.au – an on-line platform that partners with Destinations and Wholesalers in… Read more »

Capricorn Summer Shines in NZ Herald

Our region made quite an impact on the Head of Content at NZ Media and Entertainment (NZME), Cassie Roma, as a result of Southern Great Barrier Reef participating in Tourism and Event’s Queensland’s “Queensland on Stage” in June. Capricorn Enterprise… Read more »

INBOUND TOUR OPERATORS VISIT!

This past week we hosted Petra Steinig, Managing Director of The Travel Insiders, an Inbound Tour Operator (ITO) based in Brisbane with a team of six inbound specialists in boutique and personal inbound/incoming tour requests into Australia. Petra’s 15 years’… Read more »

SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER FROM LONDON

Thanks to Tourism Australia, we are so very excited to be hosting next week, social influencer James Relf-Dyer all the way from London!  James has a staggering 254,000 followers!  James is only in region for one and a half days… Read more »

UNDERWATER FILMING IN THE KEPPELS

With 22,100 followers, we are very excited that Dianne Costa & Ben Andryc from FunTravel TV are visiting the Capricorn Coast this week! Ben and Di will be capturing the underwater magic of Great Keppel Island, Pumpkin Island and Keppel… Read more »

Winter Festivals and Events are here!

With the event season in full swing in our region, locals and visitors alike will have plenty of events, festivals and activities to choose from in the forthcoming weeks. Rockhampton River Festival 2017 The Rockhampton River Festival is happening again… Read more »