Timely emergency medical care when we live on an island can be tricky. We’ve got all the info you need from a recent Public Meeting on medical and emergency care on Coochie and lots more here: Online Editions.

Big shout out to Darren & Louise Gearing of Bay Island Transport, for sponsoring CIN since our inception. Great community spirit! We are so grateful for your support.

Thank you to each of our advertisers for your community focus and special thanks to our growing band of community-focused advertisers booking and paying for ads 12 months advance – THANK YOU Andrew Stovell (Redland Tree Service), Andrew Courtney (Plenitude Wealth), Angela Hoskins (Site Content), Craig Carter (Coochie Contractors), Kerry Burton (Team Solomon Estate Agents), Matt Bufalino (Bufalino Builders), Ian and Christine Hart (Coochiemudlo Island Beach Bar), and Steven Shelley, (Shelley Contracting)! Awesome support!

LOTS of news this month! CIN’s Events Guide, lots of ideas for getting involved in island life; Christmas Market and Christmas Lights Competition info; tips on how to prepare an emergency kit for wild weather; Coastcare’s upcoming events; art group news; property selling tips; what’s On at the Redland Performing Arts Centre (RPAC), a beautiful poem about our Coochie community, and all the inspiration, entertainment and info you need is inside!

AND we have all your favourites: Michael des David’s fishing tips, Christo Patty’s relationship tips, Golf Club news, Adaire’s houseboat-living story, Helen Symes health tips, a lovely On the Deck interview, all your community organisation news and events and lots more! THANK YOU to our generous and talented contributors. Without you there would be no CIN.

Thanks for supporting Coochie Island News. It means a lot to this community.

Have a lovely weekend!

Rachael xx