Inside the eerie abandoned hotel that was once one of the most luxurious resorts in Australia
SHOCKING new drone footage has revealed how one of the most luxurious holiday resorts in Australia now lies abandoned, as it's slowly reclaimed by nature.
The empty buildings are now surrounded by overgrown grounds littered with rubbish while the lagoon, which was the largest outdoor swimming pool in the southern hemisphere, sits empty and crumbling into itself.
Capricorn International Resort in Yeppoon, Queensland, has been sitting empty for the last three years.
And despite repeated promises of a redevelopment and attempted government interventions, the fate of the hotel remains uncertain.
It’s all a far cry from the scene that once greeted a generation of visitors who sipped cocktails by the glittering blue water, sang karaoke in the pumping bar and dined on Japanese cuisine while overlooking a traditional garden.
The video, shared by user mantasystems, is a startling illustration of the Sunshine State’s struggling tourism industry, plagued by shuttered hotels and resorts up and down the coastline.
The golf course is the only part of Capricorn International that remains open for business.
In January, news.com.au also chronicled the demise of several island resorts along the Queensland coast, with several shut due to economic misfortune or damage from cyclones.
Two of them — Hayman Island and Daydream Island — have now reopened in spectacular fashion following multimillion-dollar revamps.
Sun Online Travel previously revealed how scores of hotels in Tunisia were left abandoned after the 2015 terrorist massacre.
And recently, it was revealed that an island fortress where prisoners were starved and tortured was being transformed into a luxury hotel.
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