Great Keppel Island Resort

[@urbexgecko]

Opened in 1967 and advertised as the place to party in the 80's, it would later close its doors in 2008 due to the novelty of resorts wearing thin, and the rising costs of operating an offshore site 16km's from the mainland. After a decade of failed development applications and false promises from leaseholders (who also accumalated a debt of nearly $900,000 in unpaid rent), the government has taken back ownership and is currently deliberating on what it should be used for. Despite spending hours trying to find before footage, it wasn't until the day after posting this I came across some. In this video you can actually see snippets of the pool, spa and more from around the place in its prime - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqSvmqCveKmSj5I

[@saltydog888]

I worked there in the 80s. Jake welcomed me onto the island. 30 years later I went back and ran into Jake in Yepoon! Amazing. We reminisced about old times. Went to the island and busted through the fence to Stereo Boulevard where we all lived. My room hadn’t changed in 30 years! Spiders cobwebs and dirt but exactly as I left it totally blown away. Amazing times🤙🏽

[@razk6123]

Thank you for taking me back, so many memories i went there in 1995 and again 1997 Partied hard loved it. I even think you went into the room i stayed in lol

[@urbexgecko]

Haha, that's cool as Raz! Sad and weird to see it like this? Remember what the accomodation prices were like back then by any chance?

[@razk6123]

Mate i live in Sydney, all i remember it was a package deal with flights and accomodation all included. All up for 6 nights i think it was around $750 but there were 3 of us in a room. I cant wait to share this video with my mates we were only talking about this a few weeks ago its uncanny. Cheers Gecko

[@urbexgecko]

Absolute bargain by todays standards haha, cheers Raz!

[@matang653]

Awesome video mate,I was there on holidays in the mid 90's and had many drinks in the poolside bar and stayed in one beach front apartments you walked through 😊

[@urbexgecko]

Cool as Matt! Can’t imagine what it must be like to have been in its prime, and then to see it like this. Just seeing some before footage was enough to spin me right out.

[@precisionrelaxation9707]

Mate the effort you put into your vids and how you do your edits and catch everything in the camera is amazing. Love what you're doing mate. So shocked you don't have 1M subs. Cheers brother

[@urbexgecko]

Appreciate it Precision!

[@kaindog1007]

Did a day trip to GKI in January 1983. We did boom netting on the boat going over.

[@NightWalkUrbex]

Wow! Such a cool place to explore! The drone footage in the intro is also cool, gives a nice overview of the place!

[@urbexgecko]

Was a struggle just to get that small amount of footage, was way too windy unfortunately.

[@ausdownunder1148]

im going here on saturday, been here twice before but only explored the main building, thanks for showing mate

[@urbexgecko]

Hell yeah, camping the night? I checked out the other scattered buildings that side of airstrip but nothing special. If you check Google Maps, there's a big shed and stuff other side of airstrip. Not sure if anything good as ran out of time before I could suss them. Let me know how ya get on, enjoy!

[@Oldmanyellsatcloud1985]

Amazing 🙌

[@CashIsKing_UseItOrLoseIt]

Great video tq. Bought back some memories. P.s. 0:36 - pretty sure you were at Rosslyn Bay marina. Thanx again. (4/Aug/2023-10:16pm🇦🇺EST)

[@urbexgecko]

Spot on, don’t know why I said that 😂 road trip exhaustion had definitely kicked in by this point.

[@JenL-jz6bc]

Excellent explore! Love abandoned resorts, greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

[@urbexgecko]

Fair few of them in Australia. You might also enjoy the 'Reef Palms Resort' on this channel 😉

[@stevetaylor9556]

Hey mate , awesome, loved it , what a beautiful location, greetings from New Zealand 👍👍😁😎

[@urbexgecko]

Absolute stunner hey Steve, most beautiful place I've ever been. Imagine an overnighter!

[@stevetaylor9556]

@@urbexgecko hell yes , what a shame it's ended up like that , how did it end up like that ? Cyclone ? COVID ? Enjoy the vids , keep it up 😁👍 * note to self , read the information contained within 🙄🤣

[@robreiken]

I just luv watching these sort of vids of vagrated paradises.

[@urbexgecko]

Awesome location type, been craving more lately.

[@brookezab7290]

Ah, childhood memories of this place!

[@CRFLAus]

Great video mate. Geez those other people are keen getting around barefoot!

[@urbexgecko]

Haha true, no F's given!

[@geoffreybrooker579]

So weird to see it like that. I worked there for 6 months in 1987. Staff numbers were around 175 and we had our own little community on the other side of the runway. Didn’t save much money as it truly was a party island. Good memories

[@urbexgecko]

Interesting Geoff! I noticed a bunch of already demolished/barely standing buildings in bush on other side of runway, think I know where you're talking about. Sounds like one hell of a life experience, I can only imagine how good that would have been...stunning island!

[@brandon8333]

Sick explore mate!

[@urbexgecko]

100% man! Went into it not expecting much after hearing about the demolition, but ended up being super worth it. What was your favourite section?

[@peterdunwoodie8878]

That was sick!

[@JT-fx4fi]

Nice vid , don’t you get scared exploring alone? 😂

[@urbexgecko]

I'm used to it now haha. If a place is creepy enough, it'll shake me up a bit whether with people or alone.

[@krexplores163]

Omg even the airstrip is abandoned! Me and papa couldn't believe that those people were exploring in bear feet with all that shattered glass in that building! that's crazy!

[@urbexgecko]

Yeah man, airstrip looked so cool all aged and growth coming out of it. Wanted to get a better shot of it, but way too windy. Haha yeah, must've been seasoned veterans 😂

[@FutureSystem738]

Thanks for that. Sad- what makes people want to destroy things- so much unnecessary vandalism.

[@urbexgecko]

I know man, not even on a tropical island are they safe 🤯

[@chinacomesmuffin6756]

If your near Yeppoon again you should see the abandoned Capricorn resort

[@urbexgecko]

Tried Muffin, security is all over it these days unfortunately.

[@chinacomesmuffin6756]

@@urbexgecko yeah it’s a shame

[@gregbakes39]

Went to GK in the early eighties and stayed at the Youth Hostel near the resort. We used to walk along the beach each night to get to the "disco" at the resort. The eighties was probably its heyday. So sad to see it like this. I flew in on that airstrip where the goats are now!

[@ironsword7]

It's such a shame that people feel the need to trash the place.

[@zachburns7086]

sick video bro. you a local?

[@Mudgrove]

Such a shame. I honeymooned there in 1993. I was shocked to see the current state.

[@wormratspider7586]

Considering all the homeless people - the government should fix it up and make it public housing.

[@steveday4332]

did you get busted???

[@urbexgecko]

Almost, must have cameras on the hill.

[@rodneydrew9117]

what a waste of great place it needs to be restoration fix it brings the tourists back love get over there and start

[@urbexgecko]

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