Author: Angela Hoskins

12/07/2022

Photo Competition – Ramsar Wetland

Update: The winners have been announced! Healthy Land & Water is running a photo competition to celebrate the beauty and values of the Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland. Upload your best photos of plants, animals,...

Person walking into the Melaleuca Wetlands on Coochiemudlo Island.

Events / Environment

12/07/2022

NAIDOC celebration

Cultural Walk + Weeding in the Melaleuca Wetlands Where: Melaleuca Wetlands, 80 Victoria Parade East Lower, Coochiemudlo Island When: Saturday 30 July | 09:00AM – 1:00PM Come and join us celebrate NAIDOC on Coochiemudlo...

Meetings

12/07/2022

AGM 2022 – Report and New Committee

Thanks to members who turned out on a chilly Saturday night to return a new management committee recently at the 2022 Coastcare Annual General Meeting. The Committee includes: President – Vivienne Roberts-Thomson Vice President...

Group photo of Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare on World Wetlands Day, February 2022.

Environment / Events / Project / Ramsar

17/06/2022

World Wetlands Day celebration marks new environmental partnership

We celebrated World Wetlands Day in February 2022 with the launch of an exciting new environmental partnership between Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare and Conservation Volunteers Australia to Revive our Wetlands.

Launching the signage at Coochiemudlo, from left Dr Robert Bush, Qld Wader Study Group, Kim Richards MP and Cr Lance Hewlett

Environment / Fauna

09/02/2022

New lease of life for shore bird signage at local jetties

Over the holidays new shorebird information signs were erected at both Victoria Point and Coochiemudlo jetties thanks to sponsorship by Kim Richards, Member for Redlands. Coochiemudlo island is surrounded by important shorebird feeding mudflats...

Coochiemudlo Coast Care volunteers on the beachcelebrate the receipt of funding from RedVic Lions

Environment / Fundraising / General

31/10/2021

RedVic Lions support environmental works on Coochiemudlo Island

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...

Tracking map outlining the movement of Eastern Curlews near Coochiemudlo Island.

Fauna / General / Meetings

29/06/2021

Tracking shorebirds around Coochiemudlo Island

At our 2021 AGM, Dr Robert Bush shared fascinating tracking data on the movement of migratory shorebirds around the Bay and Coochiemudlo Island.

Events / Meetings

29/06/2021

Locals Honoured at the 2021 AGM

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...

Environment / Fauna

01/04/2021

24th Coochie Curlew Count

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

04/03/2021

Shoreline Erosion Management Plan approved by Council

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,...