A resort for squatters now. So curious as to why they had to shut it down. Not as many golf enthusiasts. Haven’t seen a dot matrix printer in ages (reception area). Some of those places with black mold might make it worth having a mask with you. Such a fascinating and incredible place. Awesome video I especially loved the drone fly over before part 3
It is quite a huge place isn't it and yes this one was built by a Japanese scuba diver and his group in the early 90s and cost a small fortune. Unfortunately by the mid 90s it was in trouble financially and was then bought again and reopened until the early 00s. I think the biggest issue might be its location. It's not super close to the town of Airlie Beach, nor is it super close to the other town of Proserpine. Somewhat felt like it was rather isolated and not in a handy way in terms of activities and options to do outside of the resort itself or food or drink access beyond the resort. Thank you so much too for your support Geoffrey 🤗😍 and definitely good thinking with the mold 😷
I used to stay here all the time as a kid with my family. It's such a nostalgic journey to see all the places i remember, which were once so pristine, now fallen into disrepair. This was the greatest resort ever. It's also cool to see the first stages of nature reclaiming the site.
It absolutely would have been a great place to stay in as a kid. Your family was like mine. Did lots of these sorta places as a kid and had kids clubs and all sorts. I never got to this one in its heyday but the facilities still show glimmers of its grand past hey Ben. Thank you for watching and glad it brought back some nostalgia for you 😃
Wow that was amazing Drew!! Loving the sound effects and the frog, ha ha!! nicely captured of this once beautiful resort!! This explore was the only way i could have afforded to stay there ha ha ha
My partner and I stopped in here on the weekend to check it out. The feeling of seeing the abandoned house down at the Marina was really devastating. What was once a lovely home completely destroyed by vandals. I couldn't get over how incredible the timber is at the resort though! Such a shame to see a beautifully crafted resort left to rot.
I remember staying at South mole Island and Lindeman Island which are now both closed down unfortunately. The story goes that cyclone Yasie and the foreign investors who owned the facilities close them down. As it was not economical viable to reopen them. Great video too Drew.
That doesn't surprise me at all, Luke unfortunately. I think maybe the days of mega resorts around the country might be over a bit, financially, at least. Plus weather factors definitely play a huge part. Thank you my friend for your awesome support 😃
An excellent tour Drew, I'd loved to have been along on this one. My guess on the resort's demise is not enough patrons to cover what would have been some high operating expenses. Stayin tuned! 👍🤠
You're spot on John. It only lasted a few years so the costs of such a huge investment must have outweighed the benefits and maybe the isolation too had a lot to do with it. It's not close to either major town there and so you'd only have the resort and not much else to go see nearby without a car or way to go to see the main townships nearby somehow
So sorry again for the late watch, but wow what an amazing resort complex! This seemed such an awesome location Drew! I bet you spent hours here! I loved the view from the balcony's and I liked the balcony's actually as well. I could just imagine what this place must have once been like with people standing or drinking out on the balcony or waiting for the lift. Just the hustle and bustle of it all. It's a shame it's been vandalised. All the furniture as well looked actually like quite nice furniture I am surprised it was still there under the stairs and actually looked in relatively good condition. Also I liked the outside bit at around 25.41 it just looked so pretty with that bridge! and the care takers bathroom looked pretty nice actually LOL in part 3 shame the basin and the loo had gone though but loved the tiling. . The best bit for me though was finding the yellow pages. We used to have the yellow pages here in the UK as well and It just brought back memories of having to flick through it before the days of google trying to find the business that you would need. Also, just reminded me of my granny as she always had one by her big house phone. Even when she was given a mobile and more technology she loved her yellow pages. It's amazing how something as simple as a book of phone numbers creates so many special moments. :) Thank you both (You and Heather) for sharing this amazing place with us.
Aww I'm so touched regarding what you said about your grandmother, and I remember my own grandparents and even my parents using the Yellow (business) and White Pages (residential) to find things. I think that bridge was adorable. It reminded me of some of your explores and sorta had an older world feel ie much older than the place is in Australia (more like the UK old?) Hehe. Thanks again my friend 😍🤗
@@DrewsAdventuresGo 100% with that bridge it did indeed feel like something you would find over here. No a massive thank you to you for bringing such lovely memories back for me. 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️ Happy Easter my international friend. 👍
hello there drew mate wow what an explore from you at a whitsundays abondoned resort very huge site and such a shame to see being trashed by vandils must have been a glamour in its working years maybe with the black mould wasthe reason it became abondened cheers for a great explore drew loved this video mate.
@@DrewsAdventuresGo hey drew thanks mate and yes im very well hope you are to mate and yes i really do enjoy your videos mate you take such pride in what you do 😁👍🌞☀
Laguna keys was a beautiful resort went belly up which was so very sad. My first hubby worked on the buildings there. It went it i receivership not long after he left. Would be incredible to reopen this resort. Located though off the track as such tho.
I think you're spot on there. The place architecturally wise is magical and I could just imagine the fun people had there. Hopefully somehow it can be rescued, Lisa. Thank you for your comment 😃
South Molle is another resort that went belly up. The owners were living their best lives until all the maintenance they skimped on caught up. There’s more down rocky area to
Yes I'd love to get to those mate and explore them. It seems like the Aussie coastal resort is somewhat a thing of the 90s and 00s? Thank you for watching and your input and supporting mate 😃
I was up near Arlie beach and a mate took me to a abondoned mini resort ,as a builder I could tell by the plumbing it was early 90s as the fittings were old school compared to today and the pontoons were deep in mud with only ramps leading to the water 💦
That's an interesting observation Craig so have plumbing fittings and pontoon building standards changed from when it was built versus now? I wonder if that is to do with flooding or what do you reckon? Thank you for watching mate 😃
@@DrewsAdventuresGo they were just fittings that we used when I was young I noticed ,and the storm surges over the yrs must have swamped them pontoons 👍
Fun fact: Laguna Quays is actually in Mackay region, however it is closer to Airlie Beach than Mackay CBD. Its not Whitsunday and building something so far from town and claiming it as Whitsunday is probably the reason it failed
That does make sense as it was a fair bit away from Airlie Beach, itself. It also felt somewhat isolated. Great if the resort was all encompassing but not so great for access to Reef tours or shopping outside of the resort.
Ahh thank you for explaining that. I lived between Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour in the late 70's and visited the Whitsundays quite regularly up to the early 2000's and I couldn't work out where this place was. If it was close to Mackay it was doomed before the first brick was laid. Someone with big ideas and I dare say a lot of other people's money to waste on their imagination. Queensland was pretty famous for that hahaha. We had a saying back in the late 80's. "In Qld there's lots more sharks on land than in the water"
@@DrewsAdventuresGo I just think government wants streets kids of the street fix that up and the other I see born on a island up north hate to see my home go that way just thinking 😁.
I actually live around here and it went bankrupted 3 times, opened 1992 and bankrupted in 1995, another person bought it and opened it, went bankrupted again, then a couple (current) bought the resort and only opened a few parts of it again where people live now.
Yeah it is a fascinating place and back story and thank you for watching and welcome to my channel too. I love hearing the first hand stories of those who know / have lived in or near the resorts 😍
@DrewsAdventuresGo it had a kids club and plenty of activities and a golf course designed by Greg Norman, pretty sure a PGA links event was played there also
@benjaminargus9563 that's super cool. I thought there might have been a kids club as I remember a resort I stayed at in Cairns having similar. Quite incredible to think that Greg Normam had designed their golf course. I think there were remnants of it visible, from memory.
@DrewsAdventuresGo it was a very difficult course I remember my dad saying, a lot of water hazards and one where you had to tee off in a counter intuitive fashion as the wind would realign the shot. It was quite a course.
Yep bloody sad, this is just one of a few resorts abandoned, kinda sad that given all the desperate shortage of housing in Queensland and NSW in particular, people could not be put to work to clean it up and it could house hundreds if not thousands!
I'm not sure if you mentioned the name of the place in the second part or I didn't catch it but what I gleaned and what I googled is that this place was financially doomed from the start I think built-in The '90s it lasted a decade or even less. I fell in love with all the woodwork.
Drew a long time ago when younger I worked there. It was a wonderful vibrant resort. Then the Japanese investors bought it and went down hill as they didn’t pay any bills/rates/running costs. An airport was suppose to be built nearby but the govt didn’t approve it. Then it was doomed.
That's so cool you had a personal connection with it, Brun. It is really odd it fell into a shambles like this. It has potential but needs so much work to come back if it could $$ wise 🤔
The house at the end of your vid. was owned by a Japanese family who came out each year at Xmas. There name was Suzuki and he was a test rider for Honda. I was working at the resort at the time. The vandilism is still happening .
Oh wow. Do you know if the family left Australia or moved nearby? It is sad that the place is in such a state of disrepair and yes the vandalism is so rotten. It's why we can't have nice things
Some are but this was built in the 90s Tony so asbestos wasn't so much in much of this one but in other locations it wouldn't surprise me. Thanks for your support 😍
Yes unfortunately it sounds like it was just shelved like so many governments seem to do, Andy, in this country and probably others. It'd make a fantastic place if it was looked after and of course restored first. Thanks for watching
Exactly mate. I'm often frustrated by the sights I see where houses and other places could be appropriately redeveloped into safe and great housing. I think all governments of all persuasions have a lot to answer for as well as some greedy developers who sit on land forever and ever and / or let heritage and awesome places fall apart as some way of getting shoe box developments approved that rake them in $$$
@@DrewsAdventuresGo Thanks for your reply and thanks for your hard work making your vids you now have one more subscriber. Keep it up stay safe my friend
Climate change did it to all the old reef resorts. After several cyclones damaged a few other island resorts, the insurance companies refused to insure them and they were forced to close. The Great Barrier Reef is also collapsing and that has also taken away some of the tourist attractiveness.
Unfortunately that doesn't surprise me. My last visit to Cairns before this trip the corals were bleached a fair bit and few had strong colours 😪. The fish were still colourful. It is sad to see and the on flows are devastating if we don't take action. Thank you for your comment Mark too
Ahh right yes apparently Queensland has a lot of these abandoned resorts at the present time. Maybe the heyday of resorts is over and done with, at least in the current decade? 🤔
Hi Jasse. I think you're spot on too. It's as if we have overpriced ourselves somewhat within Australia. It is often cheaper to go overseas than holiday within Australia, unfortunately.
It sure is isn't it Steve. I'm disappointed someone out there couldn't repurpose the place. If I had the finances I sure would try make into something nice. Thank you for watching 😃
What was your favourite find from my video of this giant abandoned resort complex? 🤔 🏝
My favorite find would've been you finding Jerry the squatter who lives in the roof.
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The swimming pool and spa full of sludge
What went wrong? The GFC and it is now owned by a Chinese company that doesn't give an F.
That seems to be the case, Darryl sadly
That animated frog cracked me up so hard! Can't forget about them when it comes to abandoned ponds! 🐸
Ahaha thank you Nannerz and yes the frogs are never lonely by any dirty swamp water 😂 🐸
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Thank you kindly Susana. Nice to have you come and join in 😍
what an awesome explore. Shame about all the vandalism.. A very cool find. Thanks for this video
Definitely the vandals wreck things sadly but the overall architecture is amazing and thank you so much Pocket Watch mate 😍🤗
Great explore Drew.. glad there were no critters in there to greet you!
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Thank you Dee and I sure was. I kept my eyes peeled for anything 😂
gm my friend here watching done. tfs
Good morning mate and so glad to see you and I hope you are well 🤗
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@Hillbillycreativity I'm keeping well thank you so much
A resort for squatters now. So curious as to why they had to shut it down. Not as many golf enthusiasts. Haven’t seen a dot matrix printer in ages (reception area). Some of those places with black mold might make it worth having a mask with you. Such a fascinating and incredible place. Awesome video I especially loved the drone fly over before part 3
It is quite a huge place isn't it and yes this one was built by a Japanese scuba diver and his group in the early 90s and cost a small fortune. Unfortunately by the mid 90s it was in trouble financially and was then bought again and reopened until the early 00s.
I think the biggest issue might be its location. It's not super close to the town of Airlie Beach, nor is it super close to the other town of Proserpine. Somewhat felt like it was rather isolated and not in a handy way in terms of activities and options to do outside of the resort itself or food or drink access beyond the resort.
Thank you so much too for your support Geoffrey 🤗😍 and definitely good thinking with the mold 😷
Was a long beautiful resort ! Nice share 👍🔥
I wish we could make some way to restore it, Clinton. It is a giant place and so much grandeur in it if only it was restored 🏝
Good morning! Such a long video I love it!
Good morning Nannerz. This one is a big one and hopefully one you'll love 😍. So much in this place I had to cover 🏝
its a mess wow
Yeah sadly the vandals left it in a mess but I imagine the beauty it could be again if someone had the $$ to bring it back to life 😍 🏝
That was a beautiful resort.👍👍
It sure was Frank. If only there was a way to bring it back to life 🏝🏝
I used to stay here all the time as a kid with my family. It's such a nostalgic journey to see all the places i remember, which were once so pristine, now fallen into disrepair. This was the greatest resort ever. It's also cool to see the first stages of nature reclaiming the site.
It absolutely would have been a great place to stay in as a kid. Your family was like mine. Did lots of these sorta places as a kid and had kids clubs and all sorts.
I never got to this one in its heyday but the facilities still show glimmers of its grand past hey Ben. Thank you for watching and glad it brought back some nostalgia for you 😃
Wow that was amazing Drew!! Loving the sound effects and the frog, ha ha!! nicely captured of this once beautiful resort!! This explore was the only way i could have afforded to stay there ha ha ha
Thank you so much, Heather 😍. Yes you and I alike hehe 🤗
My partner and I stopped in here on the weekend to check it out. The feeling of seeing the abandoned house down at the Marina was really devastating. What was once a lovely home completely destroyed by vandals.
I couldn't get over how incredible the timber is at the resort though! Such a shame to see a beautifully crafted resort left to rot.
Thank you for sharing that and I agree mate it is a pity that it could be left like this to rot away 😢
Played on that pool table a number of times. Fantastic place, fantastic golf course in its time. Sad to see what happened.
It is a fascinating yet sad place. I think that pool table would have been a hub of fun in its heyday 🎱. Thank you for watching
pretty epic video Drew!
Thank you Derpy and yeah it was a long explore but so much to unpack in this place 😍
Awesome explore Drew as always❤❤❤
Thank you so much Mark and Annette and hope you're having a lovely Easter 😍
Oh my days 😮 that resort would have been full of activity in its prime. It's in such a lovely location ☺️ great video Drew 👌🏾🔥👌🏾
Absolutely it's a dream place isn't it Corrine but sadly left to fail 😢
I remember staying at South mole Island and Lindeman Island which are now both closed down unfortunately. The story goes that cyclone Yasie and the foreign investors who owned the facilities close them down. As it was not economical viable to reopen them. Great video too Drew.
That doesn't surprise me at all, Luke unfortunately. I think maybe the days of mega resorts around the country might be over a bit, financially, at least. Plus weather factors definitely play a huge part. Thank you my friend for your awesome support 😃
Cyclone debie was the last straw for a lot of places in Whitsundays
@@spazticfantaztic8553 very true indeed
Yasi didn’t hit this area that hard. That was further north. Debbie was much more damaging
Debbie was larger wasn't it?
An excellent tour Drew, I'd loved to have been along on this one.
My guess on the resort's demise is not enough patrons to cover what would have been some high operating expenses.
Stayin tuned! 👍🤠
You're spot on John. It only lasted a few years so the costs of such a huge investment must have outweighed the benefits and maybe the isolation too had a lot to do with it. It's not close to either major town there and so you'd only have the resort and not much else to go see nearby without a car or way to go to see the main townships nearby somehow
So sorry again for the late watch, but wow what an amazing resort complex! This seemed such an awesome location Drew! I bet you spent hours here! I loved the view from the balcony's and I liked the balcony's actually as well. I could just imagine what this place must have once been like with people standing or drinking out on the balcony or waiting for the lift. Just the hustle and bustle of it all. It's a shame it's been vandalised. All the furniture as well looked actually like quite nice furniture I am surprised it was still there under the stairs and actually looked in relatively good condition. Also I liked the outside bit at around 25.41 it just looked so pretty with that bridge! and the care takers bathroom looked pretty nice actually LOL in part 3 shame the basin and the loo had gone though but loved the tiling. . The best bit for me though was finding the yellow pages. We used to have the yellow pages here in the UK as well and It just brought back memories of having to flick through it before the days of google trying to find the business that you would need. Also, just reminded me of my granny as she always had one by her big house phone. Even when she was given a mobile and more technology she loved her yellow pages. It's amazing how something as simple as a book of phone numbers creates so many special moments. :) Thank you both (You and Heather) for sharing this amazing place with us.
Aww I'm so touched regarding what you said about your grandmother, and I remember my own grandparents and even my parents using the Yellow (business) and White Pages (residential) to find things.
I think that bridge was adorable. It reminded me of some of your explores and sorta had an older world feel ie much older than the place is in Australia (more like the UK old?) Hehe. Thanks again my friend 😍🤗
@@DrewsAdventuresGo 100% with that bridge it did indeed feel like something you would find over here. No a massive thank you to you for bringing such lovely memories back for me. 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️ Happy Easter my international friend. 👍
I drive past this everyday, i remember when wonders was awesome
I think it'd be great brought back to life but alas $$$. Thank you for watching 😃
hello there drew mate wow what an explore from you at a whitsundays abondoned resort very huge site and such a shame to see being trashed by vandils must have been a glamour in its working years maybe with the black mould wasthe reason it became abondened cheers for a great explore drew loved this video mate.
Yes exactly Peter it's sad that people feel the need to trash places like this 😞. I'm glad you enjoyed my explore and hope you are well 🤗
@@DrewsAdventuresGo hey drew thanks mate and yes im very well hope you are to mate and yes i really do enjoy your videos mate you take such pride in what you do 😁👍🌞☀
Laguna keys was a beautiful resort went belly up which was so very sad. My first hubby worked on the buildings there. It went it i receivership not long after he left. Would be incredible to reopen this resort. Located though off the track as such tho.
I think you're spot on there. The place architecturally wise is magical and I could just imagine the fun people had there. Hopefully somehow it can be rescued, Lisa. Thank you for your comment 😃
South Molle is another resort that went belly up. The owners were living their best lives until all the maintenance they skimped on caught up. There’s more down rocky area to
Yes I'd love to get to those mate and explore them. It seems like the Aussie coastal resort is somewhat a thing of the 90s and 00s? Thank you for watching and your input and supporting mate 😃
I was up near Arlie beach and a mate took me to a abondoned mini resort ,as a builder I could tell by the plumbing it was early 90s as the fittings were old school compared to today and the pontoons were deep in mud with only ramps leading to the water 💦
That's an interesting observation Craig so have plumbing fittings and pontoon building standards changed from when it was built versus now? I wonder if that is to do with flooding or what do you reckon? Thank you for watching mate 😃
@@DrewsAdventuresGo they were just fittings that we used when I was young I noticed ,and the storm surges over the yrs must have swamped them pontoons 👍
@craigdutton6072 ah cool I get you and yeah I know some areas up there are quite flood prone.
Fun fact: Laguna Quays is actually in Mackay region, however it is closer to Airlie Beach than Mackay CBD. Its not Whitsunday and building something so far from town and claiming it as Whitsunday is probably the reason it failed
That does make sense as it was a fair bit away from Airlie Beach, itself. It also felt somewhat isolated. Great if the resort was all encompassing but not so great for access to Reef tours or shopping outside of the resort.
Ahh thank you for explaining that. I lived between Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour in the late 70's and visited the Whitsundays quite regularly up to the early 2000's and I couldn't work out where this place was.
If it was close to Mackay it was doomed before the first brick was laid.
Someone with big ideas and I dare say a lot of other people's money to waste on their imagination.
Queensland was pretty famous for that hahaha.
We had a saying back in the late 80's. "In Qld there's lots more sharks on land than in the water"
@@MarchTwentyfour-t8z it’s literally 5 mins from midge point near Bloomsbury
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Gone to ruin could they use for other thing rebuild
Most definitely it's no longer in it's heyday and I think it should be repurposed, absolutely 💯. Thank you for watching 😃
@@DrewsAdventuresGo I just think government wants streets kids of the street fix that up and the other I see born on a island up north hate to see my home go that way just thinking 😁.
I actually live around here and it went bankrupted 3 times, opened 1992 and bankrupted in 1995, another person bought it and opened it, went bankrupted again, then a couple (current) bought the resort and only opened a few parts of it again where people live now.
Yeah it is a fascinating place and back story and thank you for watching and welcome to my channel too. I love hearing the first hand stories of those who know / have lived in or near the resorts 😍
Did you find out why it closed ?
Not specifically Waz but it seems a combination of economic factors stemming from both weather and people's spending habits. Thank you for watching 😃
@@DrewsAdventuresGo still watching haha 👍. It is a waste. A lot of money spent
@wazheamadman6086 cheers mate. It is a long video aha. Indeed you do wonder why someone never rescued this place but $$$
I remember staying here as a kid when it was in its prime
I bet it was really quite awesome, Ben. It seemed to have almost every activity you could enjoy on a holiday 😃 😍
@DrewsAdventuresGo it had a kids club and plenty of activities and a golf course designed by Greg Norman, pretty sure a PGA links event was played there also
@benjaminargus9563 that's super cool. I thought there might have been a kids club as I remember a resort I stayed at in Cairns having similar. Quite incredible to think that Greg Normam had designed their golf course. I think there were remnants of it visible, from memory.
@DrewsAdventuresGo it was a very difficult course I remember my dad saying, a lot of water hazards and one where you had to tee off in a counter intuitive fashion as the wind would realign the shot. It was quite a course.
@benjaminargus9563 that sounds fun, though. I'd guess you needed to be a bit careful of big lizards too occasionally 😂 🐊
Yep bloody sad, this is just one of a few resorts abandoned, kinda sad that given all the desperate shortage of housing in Queensland and NSW in particular, people could not be put to work to clean it up and it could house hundreds if not thousands!
Yeah precisely mate. It is a sad state of affairs when this country can't house people 😢
To let a place like that go is devastating. It would cost millions to restore but vandals have done so much damage, so disrespectful. Shame😞
So true Coreen. I think it's a waste of a great place and surely government or someone could work to restore it 😞
I'm not sure if you mentioned the name of the place in the second part or I didn't catch it but what I gleaned and what I googled is that this place was financially doomed from the start I think built-in The '90s it lasted a decade or even less. I fell in love with all the woodwork.
Yep you found the right one Nannerz 😍. Very sad how it failed so quickly
Drew a long time ago when younger I worked there. It was a wonderful vibrant resort. Then the Japanese investors bought it and went down hill as they didn’t pay any bills/rates/running costs. An airport was suppose to be built nearby but the govt didn’t approve it. Then it was doomed.
That's so cool you had a personal connection with it, Brun. It is really odd it fell into a shambles like this. It has potential but needs so much work to come back if it could $$ wise 🤔
The house at the end of your vid. was owned by a Japanese family who came out each year at Xmas. There name was Suzuki and he was a test rider for Honda. I was working at the resort at the time. The vandilism is still happening .
Oh wow. Do you know if the family left Australia or moved nearby? It is sad that the place is in such a state of disrepair and yes the vandalism is so rotten. It's why we can't have nice things
@@DrewsAdventuresGo They came out from Japan where they lived, this was back in the early 90s.
Before it closed, the road to the resort was full of potholes.
Yeah that doesn't surprise me. It was pretty bumpy down near the boat ramp bit
These old resorts are full of asbestos. There’s one on Great Keppel Island, too.
Some are but this was built in the 90s Tony so asbestos wasn't so much in much of this one but in other locations it wouldn't surprise me. Thanks for your support 😍
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Thank you Jennifer and hope you are well 😍
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My guess is Cyclone Debbie
Yes Tania you're spot on most likely that contributed a lot to the downfall of these places. Thank you for watching and welcome to my channel 😀
No this place was closed before then. It closed sometime in the 90’s and never reopened. I always used the marina and boat ramp beside it
Yeah Downunderfulla I understood it was closed in the 90s but maybe also Debbie saw it stay closed? Sorta a compounding element?
@@DrewsAdventuresGo yeah it definitely could have. Cyclone Debbie caught us all off guard
That resort could have been irreparably damaged by a cyclone.
Yeah I'd say it could have been one of the many factors in its demise, unfortunately
Most of these East Coast resorts can't be rebuilt because they are uninsurable.
It's pretty unfortunate that that's the case hey
I'd say you can probably blame our wonderful Governments hard work at the Change of the millennium that likely shut it down
Yes unfortunately it sounds like it was just shelved like so many governments seem to do, Andy, in this country and probably others. It'd make a fantastic place if it was looked after and of course restored first. Thanks for watching
@@DrewsAdventuresGo it's a huge shame watching these places decay especially when we have such a huge housing shortage as well. Heartbreaking really
Exactly mate. I'm often frustrated by the sights I see where houses and other places could be appropriately redeveloped into safe and great housing. I think all governments of all persuasions have a lot to answer for as well as some greedy developers who sit on land forever and ever and / or let heritage and awesome places fall apart as some way of getting shoe box developments approved that rake them in $$$
@@DrewsAdventuresGo Thanks for your reply and thanks for your hard work making your vids you now have one more subscriber. Keep it up stay safe my friend
Thank you Andy and welcome on board mate. Good to have you here and your input is awesome.
Climate change did it to all the old reef resorts. After several cyclones damaged a few other island resorts, the insurance companies refused to insure them and they were forced to close.
The Great Barrier Reef is also collapsing and that has also taken away some of the tourist attractiveness.
Unfortunately that doesn't surprise me. My last visit to Cairns before this trip the corals were bleached a fair bit and few had strong colours 😪. The fish were still colourful. It is sad to see and the on flows are devastating if we don't take action. Thank you for your comment Mark too
Looks like Suziuki resort near Rockhampton money failure Japanese clients fly in for expensive weekend golf
Ahh right yes apparently Queensland has a lot of these abandoned resorts at the present time. Maybe the heyday of resorts is over and done with, at least in the current decade? 🤔
It's not simply climate change - it's also that holidays in Bali, Thailand, Fiji etc etc are way cheaper for Aussies. Sad, but true....
Hi Jasse. I think you're spot on too. It's as if we have overpriced ourselves somewhat within Australia. It is often cheaper to go overseas than holiday within Australia, unfortunately.
Yes what a pity.lots a building materials and resource,s Wasted....can remember staying there many years ago
It sure is isn't it Steve. I'm disappointed someone out there couldn't repurpose the place. If I had the finances I sure would try make into something nice. Thank you for watching 😃