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path partially edged by stone walls leads from the red rocks

up an embankment to Victoria Parade South. At the top of the
cliffs, Flinders’ Lookout offers panoramic views of Moreton
Bay and beyond to the south and the Border Ranges. An
interpretative sign installed by the Redland City Council tells
the reader that the lookout was constructed in the 1930s by
Douglas Morton, one of Coochie’s pioneers, so that day
trippers could get a better view of the Bay. There is a picnic

table near an area paved with concrete remnants salvaged
from the original platform built from sea sand and oyster shell
lime. A median strip on the road behind the lookout contains
palm trees, a Norfolk Island pine and remnant eucalypts.

The Community Hall is located a short distance away on the
cliff’s edge. Next to it, in the Emerald Fringe, are a number of
historical monuments. Steps constructed as a Second World
War memorial lead down to the golf course in the place of a

cutting made by Doug Morton and known locally as the ‘Kyber
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(sic) Pass.’ In a wooded area close by the steps, there is a
fenced ‘Lone Pine’ with a small sign telling the reader that it
was planted in 1997 to commemorate the presence on the
island of 42 and 43 Landing Craft Companies during World
War Two. A concrete path runs from the hall through dense

55 M. Howells Places of the Redlands: Coochiemudlo Island, Redland Shire
Council, 2000
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ds%20(1).pdf Accessed 13 June 2017.