Livingstone Shire Council has approved plans for a premium recreational and lifestyle precinct at the Surf Lakes site in the coastal town of Yeppoon, Qld.
An Australian wave-generating surf pool with plans to expand into a year-round tourist attraction could open to visitors as early as 2022.
Broadbeach-based company Surf Lakes built the facility in 2018 near the town of Yeppoon on Queensland s Capricorn Coast.
The pool uses five wave technology to produce five different levels of waves around the lake, using a giant plunger driven by compressed air at the center.
Now, the company plans to convert the site into the ultimate surf getaway in a $187million development plan lodged with the Livingstone Council last month.
The start-up first launched the world-first technology in 2018, which boasts the highest wave productivity, with hundreds of surfers able to catch up to ten waves each per hour
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Concerns have been raised about a potential roundabout on Yeppoon Road which would be installed for access into Surf Lakes.
The development plans include a boutique hotel, playgrounds, solar farm, tourist park, cafes, inflatable water park and solar farm.
The development would be conducted over two stages and would be expected to be fully completed by 2031.
The development would attract strong interest from locals and tourists, creating more traffic to the site.
It is anticipated the facility would employ 60 staff, to be open daily from 6am to 9pm.
An economic report conducted by Innovociti on the development estimated the daily visitation to the facility once fully completed would be 1500 to 1700 people.