Celebrating a decade of Caring for Our Island
What a night it was on Saturday 4 February as we celebrated our 10th anniversary on the same verandah at “Mudlo” where 13 people first gathered on 13 January, 2013 to form a Coastcare organisation.
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Celebrating NAIDOC on Coochiemudlo Island
Coastcarers enjoyed a wonderful cultural walk led by Quandamooka woman, Elisha Kissick recently to celebrate NAIDOC. After an inspiring Welcome to Country, Elisha introduced us to bush foods with their beneficial and medicinal qualities....
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,...
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...
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. The Melaleuca Wetlands is one...
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...
Coochie Shoreline Erosion Management studies ongoing
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....
Weeding the Melaleuca Wetlands and Dunecare — join the volunteers!
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...
Saturated steam weeding takes off on Coochiemudlo Island
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...
2017 Curlew Count
A hot humid weekend didn’t deter volunteers who participated in Coochie’s annual curlew count at the weekend. After a briefing at Main Beach by Indigiscapes, teams were dispatched to search every nook and cranny on...