Premium Content Subscriber only In the short six months The Bungalow has been open, it has already extended its trading hours, put on more staff, and is renovating a space next door. The all-day dining restaurant opened on the Yeppoon Esplanade in November last year. Young owners Greg McLean and Caity Jones have a long history in the hospitality industry, having owned 11 venues in the past eight years. The pair was living at the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane and with Caity having grown up in Yeppoon, they often came to the coast to visit family. They holidayed at Yeppoon when COVID hit last year and were “blown away” by how lucky regional Queensland had it.