Iwasaki Resort (Capricorn International Resort)

Yohachiro Iwasaki established a large holiday resort just north of Yeppoon on the Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland. The resort opened in 1986, under the operation of Rydges and Mercure, and employed around 300 staff between the two golf courses, bars, dining, activities and the pool which was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere at the time. It was managed by both Rydges and Accor-Mercure for a time, but in 2016, with visitors complaining that facilities were daggy or in disrepair, Mercure closed its doors.