QLD26 23. Leekes Beach, Great Keppel to Rosslyn Bay, Yeppoon

Joanne Jones

Good sail over to Yeppoon with a solid easterly wind. Anchored outside the marina wall in Rosslyn Bay for a night and dinghied in to the marina where our friend Carol picked me up to take us to Woolworths ( 10 minute drive from the marina). Normally there are buses that run into town from the marina but services are very limited on the weekend, particularly Sundays (only three buses a day). It was a little rolly in the bay ( residual swell) 1-1.5m swell off the coast. The bay is extremely shallow so anchored just past the entrance channel to the marina - good holding on a sandy/muddy bottom in 4.5m water. Had a walk around late in the day and live music and drinks at the Yacht Club Sunday afternoon. There are heaps of public floating jetties in here and a petrol station just behind the boat ramp which was an easy walk to fill up our jerries.