Or a reminder about “why we live where we live”.
Beautiful Spring weather and our fourth Donut Day (without any new Covid cases) propelled a visit to nearby Coochiemudlo Island for the first time in nearly thirty years. Such a long time ago neither Pocahontas nor Cat Balou remember having visited the island during their childhood despite it being less than ten minutes drive away from our front door, and another ten minutes by ferry to cross southern Moreton Bay. Isn’t it sad that we sometimes need a reminder of “why we live where we live”. A case of Life getting in the way, I guess….

Catching the ferry from Victoria Point is a breeze. $5.60 one way travel or $2.40 for concession and pension card holders.

The name Coochiemudlo is the English language version of the Yuggera (First Nation) words kutchi (meaning red) and mudlo (meaning stone). You can easily spot the evidence with a natural cliff composed of iron-rich rock exposed on the south western side of the island.

Coochie, as she is affectionately known by locals, is only 4 square kilometres in size with a permanent population of less than 800. To be honest, this is Coochie’s biggest attraction : there are no high rise, no tourist parks, no shopping centres. For entertainment there are beaches, reserves for bushwalking and a 9 hole golf course manned by volunteers. Next visit, we are packing the fishing rods and sun screen.

We lunched at the Curlew Cafe ( yes, there were curlews everywhere) followed by a visit to the Art Gallery.

The biggest social event on the Island takes place annually in July : Flinders Day, the re-enactment of the landing of explorer and navigator, Matthews Flinders, celebrated with markets, navy cadets and pirates.

It took us a little over an hour to walk around Coochie to get a feel for the place.

Back soon, Coochie, armed with cossies, buckets and fish bait.

The old saying ‘beautiful one day, perfect the next’ 🙂
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We’ve certainly been blessed with the weather of the past few days. I was expecting a surge in infection numbers following last weeks football. Hope that you too are making the most of these magnificent days.
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Sounds like a beautiful day (especially with no new cases) for a trip! This Island looks like a wonderful spot to visit as a family with little ones! With 19 geocaches, including 3 earth caches it would definitely be a spot to visit for me!!
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You and your geocaches – hahaha! Perfect venue for families with Little People. Buckets for sand play is as technical as it gets on Coochie, thus the appeal.
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Looks awesome
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Perfect spot for a quick recharge.
Enjoy your day 🙂
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Another place I’ve never been to. With an art gallery sounds like my sort of place.
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Small Art Gallery but nice to see. A lot of creatives on the Island but they generally exhibit on the mainland. Sometimes we dismiss those places close to home, don’t we? The 10 minute ferry ride followed by fish n chips at the Curlew Cafe overlooking the water is a pleasant day out 🙂
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Fish n chips sounds very tempting. 🤗
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Was thinking of you today when I saw the book Light Horse by Elyne Mitchell for sale, is an interest in Light Horses part of your war history interests? Always love ‘travelling’ QLD with you!
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Yes, fascinated by our Light Horse history. Indeed, I refer to Halloween as Beersheba Day because of actions by our Light Horse. Fascinating stuff……
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