Festival Ferry Stops
Explore the bay on SeaLink's MV Kurrowera - with stops at Lamb Island/Ngudjuru, Coochiemudlo Island &
Dunwich on Minjerribah/North Stradbroke Island
Dunwich on Minjerribah/North Stradbroke Island
Choose your own adventure around the archipelago - to Coochiemudlo, Straddie/Minjerribah & The Bay Islands
Be entertained by authors, historians, comedians and musicians.
DEPARTING THREE TIMES A DAY FROM LAMB ISLAND - A ROUND TRIP, HOP ON HOP OFF ADVENTURE!
Be entertained by authors, historians, comedians and musicians.
DEPARTING THREE TIMES A DAY FROM LAMB ISLAND - A ROUND TRIP, HOP ON HOP OFF ADVENTURE!
Festival Timetable
Saturday 3rd October
- 7:15am - 1st Ferry Service MV Kurrowera departs Lamb Island Jetty (& Macleay Island Jetty) travelling inter-island for: History Afloat: Historians Margaret Smeaton & Dr John Burch. GET TICKETS
- 8.10 - 1st Ferry Service MV Kurrowera is at Coochiemudlo Island. Picks up passengers & Christine Leonard (Historian) who joins the conversation. GET TICKETS
- 8.30 am Lira Café Bookshop opens on Lamb Island
- 8:50 - MV Kurrowera departs Dunwich Jetty (Junner St). Quandamooka elder Avril Quaill joins the conversation GET TICKETS
- 9.30 am Pioneer Hall, Lamb Island: Look What You Made Me Do - Panel discussion with Sarah Thornton, Nova Weetman, Emily Gale, Heather Taylor-Johnson and Rachael Mead. Convenor Bronwen Levy. GET TICKETS
- 10.15 - 2nd Ferry Service- MV Kurrowera departs Lamb Island for: WWII Aloft & Underground! With Troy White, Hank Van Iersal & Anthony Cooper.
- 11am - 2nd Ferry service MV Kurrowera departs from Coochiemudlo towards Dunwich. WWII Aloft & Underground! Continues. GET TICKETS
- 11.30 LIRA Café closes - Bookshop remains open.
- 11.30 Lamb Island Lawn Amphitheatre - Welcome to Country – With Avril Quaill
- 11.50 MV Kurrowera Service 2 arrives at Dunwich, departs for Lamb Island - WWII Aloft & Underground! Continues.
- 12:00 – 1pm Lawn Amphitheatre - Teddy Bear’s Picnic Storytime with Aunty Lola and Uncle Which Way. FREE ENTRY
- 1.30-4.30 Workshop: Create an Opera in an Afternoon... & Perform it! with Anna Reid, Head of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music GET TICKETS
- 2-4pm LIRA Building - Heather Taylor-Johnson presents a professional development workshop: Paragraphics?: GET TICKETS
- 3.15pm MV Kurrowera Service 3 departs Lamb Island Jetty for FINAL SERVICE of the day, via Dunwich to Coochiemudlo, and back to Lamb Island GET TICKETS
- 4:15 Come to the festival precinct and enjoy a short Pop-up Opera performance at the Lamb Island Lawn Amphitheatre. FREE ENTRY
- Lamb Island Jetty final drop off MV Kurrowera 5.15pm
End of Day 1
Sunday 4th October
- 7:15am MV Kurrowera Service 1 departs Lamb Island Jetty and Macleay Island - Rachael Mead, Mel Archer & Ambrosia Jones discussing Travel, Antarctica & historical firsts.
- 8:10am MV Kurrowera Service 1 arrives at Coochiemudlo - Rachael Mead, Mel Archer & Ambrosia Jones in conversation.
- 8-10am Lamb Island Community Garden. The Poem as a Map, Workshop – Walking poetry event with Svetlana Sterlin & Dave Thomas.
- 8.50 MV Kurrowera Service 1 departs Dunwich Junner St Jetty - Rachael Mead, Mel Archer & Ambrosia Jones in conversation continued.
- 09:00 LIRA Gallery Café Book Shop opens for refreshments
- 9:30—10:30am Pioneer Hall Write a Story in a Song - Lyrics Workshop with Nicole Murray GET TICKETS
- 09.00: Teenage Speedboat Bookclub departs from Lamb Island Jetty - Marine Rescue Queensland Redland Bay with Troy White, Emily Gale & Nova Weetman. SOLD OUT
- 10.15 MV Kurrowera Service 2 departs Lamb Island Jetty GET TICKETS
- 11.10 am MV Kurrowera Service 2 arrives at Coochiemudlo Dr Dianne Cartwright boards. Jose Toussaint and Dr Dianne Cartwright discuss - Dr Cartwright's book: Telepathy – Our Lost Sense.
- 11am LIRA Cafe closes, Bookshop stays open.
- 11am - 12pm Pioneer Hall: The Thrills & Chills of Aussie Noir - In conversation with Jane Caro & Chris Hammer SOLD OUT
- 11.50 MV Kurrowera Service 2 departs Dunwich - History Afloat - Elizabeth Gondwe presents an oral history session: Slavery in the Redlands
- 1pm Lamb Island - Rachael Mead Book Club Event – Hosted by Macleay Island Book Club
- 2pm Pioneer Hall, Lamb Island - Five Minute Pitches with University of Queensland Press. GET TICKETS
- 3.15pm MV Kurrowera Service 3 departs Lamb Island Jetty towards Dunwich for Book Launch with Chris Hammer, Deb Jordan and Leanne Hembrow. THIS IS THE FINAL INTERISLAND SERVICE OF THE DAY. GET TICKETS
- 3.45pm MV Kurrowera Service 3 departs Dunwich for Coochiemudlo - Book Launch continues
- 4.25pm MV Kurrowera Service 3 departs Coochiemudlo for Lamb Island - Book Launch continues
- Lamb Island Jetty final drop off with MV Kurrowera - 5.15pm
End of Day Two
MONDAY 5TH OCTOBER
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Full day excursion on MV Kurrowera.
THIS ALL DAY EVENT IS SOLD OUT Spend Monday 5th October exploring Minjerribah/Straddie, discovering the art & history of our beautiful archipelago. Monday 5th October 2026 Schedule:
RETURN BOAT
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