North Stradbroke Island has marked a historic moment with the opening of the Quandamooka Arts and Culture Centre, a purpose-built space designed to preserve and share the island’s living traditions through art, performance and community storytelling. A long time coming The project, formally known as the Quandamooka Art, Museum and Performance Institute (QUAMPI), began its…
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On a Saturday morning in Samford Valley, the smell of coffee drifts from local cafés while families wander through stalls of handmade goods and fresh produce. Soon, this familiar rhythm of community life will have a new home: the Samford Parklands Village Green. Backed by $2.2 million in funding, the project will create a central…
Centenary Lakes in Caboolture could soon be transformed into a modern sports and recreation hub, with the City of Moreton Bay releasing a draft plan that outlines new facilities, community spaces, and flood-resilient upgrades. The plan focuses on improvements to one of the region’s most important public spaces, and locals are now being invited to…
For decades, the Redcliffe police station has stood on the corner of Redcliffe Parade and Klingner Road, its dated walls straining to keep up with a community that has outgrown it. Officers who work there every day say the building has become cramped and tired, the same space that last saw a major renovation back…
Long before the roads were cut and paddocks fenced, the Ningi Ningi people lived across the Redcliffe peninsula and along the Pumicestone Passage. Archaeological traces remain in the form of bora rings and shell middens, the latter filled with oyster shells that show how central shellfish were to their diet. For thousands of years, the…
On a warm weekend morning, families queue at the Scarborough Boat Harbour ramps, trailers lined along the road while children trail behind with fishing rods. It’s a familiar scene on the Redcliffe Peninsula, where locals and visitors come to launch into Moreton Bay. But with pressure on facilities mounting, the master plan for the harbour…
Lilywood Landings has reached a defining moment in Queensland’s newest city as families begin moving into their homes, transforming the first neighbourhood of Waraba from a concept into a lived community. A Family at the Centre of Change Callum and Nina Richter became the first residents of Lilywood Landings in July 2025, moving into a…
When families move into the brand-new Élan estate at Warner, they won’t just be unpacking boxes and meeting neighbours—they’ll be sharing their backyards with some of Australia’s most iconic wildlife. In a region often defined by its rapid growth, Élan is setting itself apart by weaving nature conservation into the very fabric of community life….
Caboolture locals will soon have their own place to ride, with City of Moreton Bay developing a 3-kilometre mountain bike trail network in neighbouring Burpengary bushland. The tracks are being built beside Grogan Road Park, an area riders know as “The Shadows,” transforming a familiar patch of scrub into a safe space for families and…
Just after sunrise at Banksia Beach, the water is calm enough that the hum of a cutter-suction dredger carries across Pacific Harbour. It’s not a sound this community is used to, but it marks the beginning of a major effort by City of Moreton Bay: the removal of about 80,000 cubic metres of silt that…