While on a recent trip to Rockhampton and Gracemere, I ventured to the coastal town of Yeppoon. As usual, I like to visit the
Visitor Information Centre and learn more about the destination and this time, I received a great surprise.
Just up a few stairs, I found
Yeppoon's Shell World Museum – a fantastic display of sea shells and well worth a visit. I don't recall ever seeing such a great display – all wonderfully collected and displayed by the members of the
Keppel Bay Shell Club.
This vast collection of shells on display, each with a neat card with details, needs an hour or more to see it all.
For those folk who like to decorate their homes with shells, you will find shells of all shapes and sizes on sale too.
The Shell Club has been in operation since 1962, and the members not only collect, clean and prepare the shells for display, but volunteer to work behind the counter, share information and process sales.
There are quite a few gift items, most with a shell theme available for sale. Some great birthday or Christmas gift ideas.
After my visit, the old tongue twister came to mind. Almost everyone has tried it.
She sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore Then on doing some research, I found this fascinating story about Mary Anning who was the inspiration behind the tongue twister. You can read the story
here.
If you visit with children, you can have some fun with the Tongue Twister too.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
The display is open 7 days a week, and has wheelchair access. There are public toilet facilities too.
