Coochiemudlo Island

When we have gotten used to certain things and places, sometimes, change can be hard. At first sight, the new thing might not be up to...

EDIT : THIS POST was originally published in 2018 and contains some event information pertaining to that year's Flinders Day. Ted Jones -...

If you have ever taken the ferry to Coochiemudlo from Victoria Point, walked down the jetty and looked over to the island, you would have...

A handmade present will always be special, but this year, you could leave the creative work to the island's artists and makers. The...

Situated in Southern Moreton Bay just off Victoria Point and sheltered from rougher seas by North Stradbroke Island / Minjerribah,...

Many times I’ve been asked why I paint, but that’s like asking a writer why he writes or a hairdresser why she styles people’s hair. I...

The control of exotic plant species is a controversial issue throughout Moreton Bay’s island suburbs, but one Coochiemudlo Island...

In the sclerophyll forests of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, I grew up observing the dry, reddish-green hues of the eucalypt...

The natural environment of Coochiemudlo Island provides great inspiration for many of the island’s artisans, but just as many others will...

So common are parrots to this island continent that they factored in one of the earliest European names for Australia. Three centuries...

For more than three decades I lived in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, until the call of the subtropics saw me relocate to Moreton Bay...

Artists and artisans have long been drawn to the quiet life on Coochiemudlo Island, but it’s not all lazy days at the easel or the...

Plenty of Coochiemudlo Islanders will tell you we have the best views in Queensland, but don’t just take our word for it - the vistas we...

Just beyond Brisbane’s eastern seaboard, nestled at the heart of an archipelago only a short voyage into Moreton Bay, on the far side of...