The Bundaberg community is set to welcome a new shopping centre, Kepnock Town Centre, the first development of its kind in over a decade. The grand opening will be celebrated at the public event onsite on Saturday 4 November, 9 am to 12 pm. 

 Kepnock Town Centre is anchored by a full-line Woolworths supermarket and includes BWS, Burger Urge, LiveLife Pharmacy, and The Reject Shop, with more tenants to be announced soon. When fully leased, it will have 16 specialty retailers, including a mix of convenience, dine-in and takeaway food. The Centre is leased and managed by Geon. 

 Mayor of the Bundaberg Region, Mr Jack Dempsey, will attend the event to officiate the opening of the Centre. He said that the inauguration of the Kepnock Town Centre arrives at an exciting and opportune moment in the Bundaberg Region, serving as a catalyst for their ongoing economic expansion and standing as a testament to the promising future of their community.  

 "The Bundaberg Region is currently experiencing its highest economic growth in 16 years. The opening of the Kepnock Town Centre will not only further stimulate this growth but will also represent a new and vibrant gathering place for Kepnock residents and the broader Bundaberg Region community,” Mr Dempsey said. 

 "Over the past 5 years, the Bundaberg Region has observed 16% growth in job opportunities, highlighting the region’s expanding job market. The opening of the Kepnock Town Centre is set to amplify this growth, creating a substantial number of new employment opportunities both directly within the complex, and indirectly through the support of surrounding businesses and services.  

 "I look forward to the prosperity and community spirit that the Kepnock Town Centre will bring to the Bundaberg Region.” 

 Classified as the local neighbourhood centre, the 5,715 sqm Kepnock Town Centre development is located at 106 Fe Walker Street in Kepnock, approximately 5 km east of Bundaberg CBD. The Centre is adjoining a free-standing Aldi Supermarket, with the surrounding area primarily residential land uses, capturing trade from the Bundaberg CBD, Kepnock and Bargara, on the newly developed road network.    

 Kepnock Town Centre has 281 car parks at grade, mostly shaded, and other amenities such as public bathrooms, baby change facilities, accessible toilets and parking, and pram parking facilities. 

 The grand opening event will be held on Saturday 4 November, from 9 am to 12 pm and is open to the public. It will feature free children's activities such as face painting, glitter tattoist, balloon artistry, an outdoor jumping castle, petting farm, as well as giveaways from the onsite retailers, free coffees and cupcakes (while stocks last).