Coochie Progress

24/08/2026

Welcome to the new Coochie Progress Committee 2026/27:
President - Elizabeth Rankin
Vice President - Judith Brough
Secretary - Nerida O'Hare
Treasurer - Andrew Syme
Committee: Catherine Bishop
Committee: Chris Leonard

Thank you to the outgoing committee.

20/08/2026

Pirate Island Markets - Saturday the 19th of September 2026 from 9am to 1pm.

See the stallholder map below; if you wish to make a booking, simply reply with the stall number and how many gazebos, tables and chairs you would like to reserve.

I am also delighted to announce that the lovely Catherine Bishop will be the new Market Convenor for Coochie Progress, and she will be coordinating bookings for future markets.

She can be contacted at [email protected] or at 0448 870 655. I have passed along all preexisting booking information to her as well as my planning sheets, so if you have already contacted me about your market bookings you can rest assured that she has your spot reserved for you.

I have also set up this email so that if you select 'reply all', she will receive your response directly.

If you have not already done so, you are welcome to book your site for future markets as well, dates below:

Christmas Markets, Saturday 28/11/26
Australia Day Markets, Tuesday 26/1/27
Easter Markets, Saturday 27/3/27

17/08/2026

Have you completed the survey yet? We have received 80 responses so far - have you say

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17/08/2026

A big thank you to Rob Walker for making improvements to the market trailer and rust proofing it.

Thank you to Josh, Riley, Rob and Peter for loading everything back into the trailer with the new tie downs.

Thank you to Jose for repairing the gazebos.

We rely on our volunteers and appreciate all the help we can get.

16/08/2026

This survey is for the Coochiemudlo Island Progress Association - It is canvassing our community to prioritise the issues which the community rates as most important for Coochie Progress to follow up on in the 2026-2027 year.

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12/08/2026

Council invites you to have your say about access to Redlands Coast beaches and foreshores and help shape our coastal connections.

Your feedback will help draft Council’s next Foreshore Access Strategy, which will help guide decision-making around maintaining, renewing, replacing and constructing assets that support foreshore access. Have your say by 6 September.

Please visit the following link for more information - Shaping Coastal Connections | Your Say Redlands Coast

Help shape our coastal connections and develop the new draft Foreshore Access Strategy.

11/08/2026

Pharmacy Service - location to put your scripts on a Thursday has changed to the Curlew Cafe. It is now located on the side of the building next to the AED (Automated Emergency Defibrillator

06/08/2026

The Brisbane Ekka public holiday on Redlands Coast will be held on Monday 10 August 2026

The Coochie Bus does not operate on public holidays

04/08/2026

Pirate Island on Coochiemudlo Island 2026
Calling for all pirates to join us for our annual pirate island and markets on September 19 2026

https://events.humanitix.com/pirate-island-on-coochiemudlo-island-2026/tickets

02/08/2026

Quarterly Public Meeting 1st August 2026
Link to the live feed
https://drive.google.com/file/d/123q95Re1SJTbDlvg4GgfolH-4Fe3c24D/view?usp=sharing