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In the short six months The Bungalow has been open, it has already extended its trading hours, put on more staff, and is renovating a space next door.
The all-day dining restaurant opened on the Yeppoon Esplanade in November last year.
Young owners Greg McLean and Caity Jones have a long history in the hospitality industry, having owned 11 venues in the past eight years.
The pair was living at the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane and with Caity having grown up in Yeppoon, they often came to the coast to visit family.
They holidayed at Yeppoon when COVID hit last year and were “blown away” by how lucky regional Queensland had it.
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A paddle out memorial will be held this weekend for St Brendan’s College student Rhys Yore, who was tragically killed in a single-vehicle accident last month.
Friends and members of the Capricorn Coast community are invited to the event, to be held at 6am Saturday at Yeppoon’s Main Beach.
Rhys, 16, was a passionate surfer and fisherman and those attending are asked to take along an ephemeral nature offering, such as flowers or leaves, to lay on the water in his honour.
People who do not own a surfboard are being encouraged to assemble on the foreshore.