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Flinders Day 2024

  • Norfolk Beach Victoria Pde E, Coochiemudlo Island Coochiemudlo Island, QLD, 4184 Australia (map)
Re-enactment of the landing of Mathew Flinders on Coochiemudlo Island.

Celebrate Flinders Day on Coochiemudlo Island

Join us for the re-enactment of Flinders’ Landing at Norfolk Beach — a key event in the island’s Heritage Month).

We’ll also be celebrating Matthew Flinders naming Coochiemudlo Island as the Sixth Island 225 years ago. Key activities of this event include:

  • Norfolk Cadets welcoming our Flinders

  • Storytelling

  • Flinders arriving on shore

  • Measurement with the antique sextant

  • Photo opportunities

  • Wooden boats to check out after Flinders leaves.

The Heritage Society will have a stall at the markets on Main Beach. Come and say hello!

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History Room Open Day (Heritage Month)