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...
Dunecare / Environment / Erosion / Events / General
by Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare · Published 28/06/2020 · Last modified 19/12/2022
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...
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...
Environment / Erosion / Vegetation Management
by Lois Neilson · Published 23/02/2019 · Last modified 02/12/2021
Managing What Matters is an economic study into the impact of environmental decline in south-east Queensland. It measures for the first time the social cost to the community and the impact on business of environmental...
Environment / Events / Vegetation Management
by Lois Neilson · Published 06/02/2018 · Last modified 02/08/2021
Coastcare’s saturated steam weeding project was launched on World Wetlands Day, Friday 2 February by the Member for Redlands, Kim Richards MP, representing the Hon Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for the Environment and the...
Environment / Vegetation Management
by Lois Neilson · Published 27/10/2017 · Last modified 02/08/2021
Coastcare is proud to announce the awarding of a Community Sustainability Action Environmental Grant from the Queensland Government. Confirmation of the $27,988 grant was received yesterday in a letter from the Minister for Environment...
Since ex-TC Oswald devastated our eastern beaches in January 2013 Coastcare has advocated strongly for a Shoreline Erosion Management Plan (SEMP) offering long-term solutions based on expert analysis. The whole-of-island SEMP is scheduled to...
A media release from 4 January 2017 explores research into feral cat activity undertaken by environmental experts from around Australia. Read the article…
By Lois Toop (Coochie Resident and Island Carer, May 2017) Meet Millie and Pipi. They are our crazy dogs and we love them. Before moving to Coochiemudo Island, we had an incredibly busy lifestyle and a...