Community Organisations
Coochiemudlo Island residents include those with interests that range from the environment and the arts, history and our heritage, and more.
The organisations listed here include basic information, with links to either their external website or Facebook page that you can refer to for more details.
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Coastcare
Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare Inc. is a group volunteers, living on the island, who work hard caring for the island, preserving our unique natural environment, for present and future generations.
This group started in 2013 after Cyclone Oswald wiped out shoreline on the east of the island, exposing our Ramsar-listed Melaleuca Wetlands to weather and damage.
Since then, Coastcare has numerous environmental projects on the go including the island's Ramsar wetlands, weed control, erosion mitigation, and protecting wildlife.
Heritage Society
Heritage contributes to our sense of place.
With focus on our indigenous, settler, and environmental heritages, Coochiemudlo Island Heritage Society (CIHS) Inc. cares for the island's cultural and environmental resources for the past, present, and the future.
The ongoing protection of island's Emerald Fringe is one of CIHS's projects. The Emerald Fringe, the area of land around the entire shoreline encircling the island, is a source of pride and identity. Coochiemudlo Island is the only habited island in Queensland that has no freehold land on its shoreline. The Emerald Fringe is currently listed in the Redlands City Council Heritage Schedule, after CIHS applied to have the Fringe heritage-listed.