Incredible Australian wave pool to be transformed into a year-round tourist attraction open in 2022
An Australian wave-generating surf pool with plans to expand into a year-round tourist attraction could open to visitors as early as 2022. Broadbeach-based company Surf Lakes built the facility in 2018 near the town of Yeppoon on Queensland's Capricorn Coast. The pool uses 'five wave' technology to produce five different levels of waves around the lake, using a giant plunger driven by compressed air at the center. Now, the company plans to convert the site into the 'ultimate surf getaway' in a $187million development plan lodged with the Livingstone Council last month. The start-up ...