Environment / Fundraising / General
by Angela Hoskins · Published 31/10/2021 · Last modified 28/11/2021
Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare was the grateful recipient of a $1000 donation from Redland Bay Victoria Point Lions Club this month. RedVic President, Nat Reinke accompanied by Treasurer Paul Sime and Julie Reinke travelled to...
At the 2021 Coochiemudlo Coastcare AGM, Guest speaker, Dr Robert Bush, member of the Australasian Wader Study Group Board, Queensland Wader Study Group Management Committee and recent past secretary of the Queensland Ornithological...
Thank-you to members who attended our Annual General Meeting at the Community Hall on Friday 18 June 2021. Dr Michael Gourlay — honourary life membership to Coochiemudlo Coastcare During the evening, Honorary Life Membership...
Our highest count to date! Thank you to all our Curlew counters who took part in the count this year. Fifty volunteers — including 16 island residents — counted a total of 233 birds...
Dunecare / Environment / Erosion / Project
by Angela Hoskins · Published 04/03/2021 · Last modified 03/12/2021
Coochiemudlo Island’s Shoreline Erosion Management Plan (SEMP) was unanimously passed by Redland City Council at its February meeting. Thanks to members of the Community Reference Group (CRG) who hung-in for three years of meetings,...
Expressions of interest sought from Coochiemudlo boat-owners Local boat-owners can help make Coochiemudlo one of the first mooring sites in Australia to be completely environmentally-friendly with actively recovering seagrass by taking up a free...
We’re saddened by the loss of Coastcare stalwart, Bruce Wollstein who died on island last week. Bruce was such a knowledgeable gentleman who’ll be missed by all those who worked alongside him. His willingness...
Dunecare / Environment / Erosion / Events / General
by Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare · Published 28/06/2020 · Last modified 28/11/2021
Coastcare is represented on the Community Reference Group, chaired by Cr Lance Hewlett and have been meeting with Council officers for almost three years to develop a Shoreline Erosion Management Plan for Coochiemudlo Island....
Environment / Flora / Project / Vegetation Management
by Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare · Published 28/06/2020 · Last modified 28/11/2021
Thanks to Healthy Landand Water, we now have new signage explaining what our working bees are all about. It’s especially useful when the saturated steam weeder is being deployed around wetland work zones. If you...
Dunecare / Events / General / Vegetation Management
by Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare · Published 28/06/2020 · Last modified 28/11/2021
Join a happy band of volunteers weeding the Melaleuca Wetlands and tending what’s left of the dunes next weekend, Saturday 4 July from 2-4pm. We’ll meet where the Coastcare flags fly at the southern...
Environment / Flora / Project / Rangers / Vegetation Management
by Lois Neilson · Published 23/02/2019 · Last modified 02/08/2021
Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare has partnered with Healthy Land and Water in a project funded by the Australian Government to undertake restoration works around the Melaleuca Wetlands. The $18,651 grant project will improve the integrity...