Life on Coochiemudlo Island

Information for residents and visitors. Welcome!

Upcoming events

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Bushcare working bee
Jan 17
Volunteering, Environmental
Bushcare working bee
Volunteering, Environmental

Bushcarers meet every month on the third Saturday. Come and help us look after our island's beautiful natural places. It's rewarding work, we're a cheerful mob, and our morning tea's a treat.

Volunteering, Environmental
Australia Day Markets
Jan 26
Australia Day Markets

Celebrate Australia Day and the Coochiemudlo Island Markets this Australia Day!

Huge range of of excellent food stalls from acai bowls, sizzling snags. Explore the bric-a-brac tables, and more.

Op Shop — open to buyers and browsers
Feb 7
Op Shop — open to buyers and browsers

Come and find your treasure!

You’ll find us in the Utility Shed at the Rec Club.

Everyone’s welcome.

Dunecare (Coastcare)
Feb 7
Volunteering, Environmental
Dunecare (Coastcare)
Volunteering, Environmental

Coastcare’s Dunecare sessions happen on the first Saturday of the month. Join us to pull out invasive weeds on the Emerald Fringe, great company, and tea and cake!

Volunteering, Environmental
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Things to do

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Curlew Gallery

Curlew Gallery

Regular new shows and work from local artists on display.

Gallery open times:  Fri, Sat, Sun from 10am – 2pm.

Where: Curlew Gallery (upstairs at the Curlew Cafe).

See info about the Artisan Collective.

Pickleball

Pickleball

When: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Start time: 2.30pm

Location: Rec Club

BYO water, hat and sunscreen.

Newbies welcomed — $5 | Regular players — $3 per session.

Coordinator Dave Hume:0408 079 098.

Native Nursery

Native Nursery

Location: William Street, behind the Curlew Cafe, next to the Life Savers shed.

Open times: Tuesday mornings from 9.00am — 10.30am when the friendly experts are on site to sell you tube-stock native plants suitable for the island. The Native Nursery is run by volunteers — experts in our local native flora.

Visit the Native Nursery website.

Information for pet owners

Is there an off-leash beach?

Seasonal dog off-leash beach

Latest articles

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Short doco about Coochiemudlo Island
Short doco about Coochiemudlo Island

In 2025, Bay & Beyond Studio produced a terrific short doco called ‘Coochiemudlo Story’, included in this article. The video features three of the island’s keenest researchers and knowledge-holders: John Pearn, Jan Macintyre, and Christine Leonard.

Biosecurity: a shared responsibilty
Biosecurity: a shared responsibilty

September is biodiversity month. This article aims to outline why our biosecurity awareness is important. It also offers an interesting snapshot into Australia’s historical and current biosecurity incidences.

Coochiemudlo Island: Weeds, biodiversity and biosecurity
Coochiemudlo Island: Weeds, biodiversity and biosecurity

September is biodiversity month. This article aims to bring awareness of the importance of managing biodiversity on Coochiemudlo Island.

One straightforward start: Let’s stop the dumping of lawn clippings and garden waste onto the Emerald Fringe and Melaleuca Wetlands … or over the neighbour’s fence!

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The Coochie community bus is white van with colorful beach scenery artwork, trees, boats, and ocean, parked outdoors among green trees and overcast sky, featuring text and logos for a bus service and sponsors.

Community bus

Book your ride on the volunteer-run Coochie Bus by phoning
0437 559 046.

For updates and operating hours visit
Coochiemudlo Island Progress Association.

Two paintings, by island residents, displayed on a black wall behind a wire fence. The left painting features a floral arrangement with pink, red, and green colors. The right painting depicts a tall vase on a yellowish background.

Artisan Collective art exhibition at Mudlo, July 2024

About the Moreton Bay Marine Park

Learn more about our part of the world

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On this day (16 January), 140 years ago, the surveyor George McDonald arrived on Coochiemudlo to, quite literally, put the island on the map of the world. He’d been instructed by the Queensland surveyor-general to subdivide the high, western ha
New babies in the neighbourhood on the north of the island. 🤎🤎Two bush stone-babies, now a couple of weeks old, nicely camouflaged against garden mulch. These two parents have been trying for years … their previous attempts to hatch and brin
The sold-out Coochie Summer Sunset Gig happened today 👍🏝️🎶Great music from 3 bands, including local musos ... well done and thanks to them all, especially Tim Herse (front-man of Last Nite’s Tea) who organised the whole thing. Thanks to the
Keen as, and excited about our Melaleuca Wetlands project ! 👍🌱🏝️ Bushcare volunteers met this morning on Innes Street to check out one the blocks within our Ramsar-listed wetlands that will soon get the attention it needs with environmental weed
Oyster catchers and masked lapwings poking about in the midday sun at low tide, Main Beach, west of the barge ramp. Plus, an oyster catcher having a bath 🥰 This beach is on the south western shore of the island. It’s the seasonal off-leash be
Coastcare volunteers this morning, weeding a stretch on the south east of Coochiemudlo at Outriggers Beach. The mean looking machine is the mighty Asparagus (Fern) Assassin, an innovative invention made by Ron Gooch, a Sunshine Coast Bushcare volunt
🎨Coochie Art Trail + Open Studio 🏝️ On this weekend — 2-3 August 2025, 10am - 3pm, Saturday and Sunday. It’ll be fun! Stunning work by 18 artists at 11 studios/galleries on the island (including one open garden on the trail. This is a
On the Life on Coochiemudlo website there’s an article about Christine Leonard’s book, Coochiemudlo Island: A Mariner’s Mystery (from the link in our bio, navigate to Articles). From the article, you’ll see links to Christine&