Christine Leonard

Author
Written By Angela Hoskins

Art Trail 2026, Coochiemudlo Island

 

Book cover for Coochiemudlo — A Mariner’s Mystery: A question of latitude for Edward Field Jones

Book cover of The Wall Family: weaving the threads of memories by Christine Leonard

Book cover of When the Garamuts Beat: A Memoir of 50 Years in Bougainville

Christine is an island-based indie author of three books.

Her latest book is about Coochiemudlo and island living in the 1960s, 70s, and beyond. Her fascinating book, filled with drama, hilarity and colourful characters, links Coochie directly to Matthew Flinders’ 1799 voyage around Moreton Bay. The modern-day identity of Flinders’ Sixth Island was a mystery until Coochie resident Edward Field Hones set out to solve it. Christine will also have copies of other books on sale.

Meet Christine and see her work at:

Studio #1 , Artisan Alley, Curlew Cafe

 
Art Trail Info
Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

https://sitecontent.com.au
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