This is 8-year-old Goldie’s first year presenting her work on the Straddie Arts Trail. Her style is slab built pottery with a fun and practical design.

Ali is an 11-year-old Straddie girl who enjoys going to the beach and collecting treasures for her artwork.  Her natural surroundings inspire her drawings and paintings of fauna and flora.  Ali and her brother (Mason) help each other to create miniature, wooden surfboards.  Ali has fun drawing the designs on the surfboards.

Mason is a 12-year-old Straddie boy who enjoys working with wood. Mason is always searching for pieces with interesting shapes or textures whether it’s on the beach, in the bush or salvaged from old furniture.  Each piece of wood has its own charm! Mason spends lots of his time carving, building, sanding and hand polishing his creations. 

‘Gindi’ in my Jandi language means something good. I put a lot of love, time and effort into the making process to create a small handmade treasure for you, a memento of my beautiful island home.

I love to print on fabric - tea towels, tote bags, cushion covers, t-shirts...everything! I also enjoy running workshops with small groups and schools. I descend from the Nunukul, Ngugi & Goenpul people of Quandamooka.

I’m a potter and have been working with clay for about 8 years since moving to Straddie. I love creating large, functional ceramics for everyday and entertainment use, focussing mainly on slab building with an informal, imperfect effect. 

Reef is an 12-year-old Point Lookout local who has a T-shirt brand called, “six fish”, where his drawings are showcased.

I fell in love with pottery after moving to the island eight years ago and joining our community pottery group.

I am a student artist living on Stradbroke island, my work is inspired by the natural world around me and its intricacies.

The Little Ship Club is located on the waterfront of the picturesque One Mile anchorage at Dunwich on Straddie. The club offers a warm welcome to members and visitors and besides nautical events like power cruising and fun races, the social and community calendar includes special events, live entertainment, music and food festivals throughout the year.

Karen writes the Dr Hamish Hart Murder Mystery Series. There are four books currently released in the series with each set in a fascinating part of South East Queensland in the 1880’s.

As an artist, I am perpetually captivated by the vastness of the ocean and the intricate beauty of the natural world. My childhood in Goompie (Dunwich), Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), was enveloped by the serene whispers of the sea and the untamed elegance of the land.

As a marine scientist, my art, "Island Gyotaku," merges my passion for ocean conservation with the ancient Gyotaku technique. Inspired by Japanese fishermen and European scientists, I create unique impressions of marine species on shoji paper.