Festivals and Events
Celebrate the Bay coming alive at community nature and art events across Moreton Bay.
Giant Turtle
Where:
Woorim Beach, Bribie Is
Date:
Time:
Sunday 1st November ’26
8:00am onwards
Host:
BIEPA
Be part of something BIG at BIEPA’s annual celebration of turtle nesting season.
There’ll be fun turtle-riffic activities where the kids can:
Meet Carrie the life-size loggerhead turtle model
Be a junior citizen scientist
Add to the Turtle Mural
Measure-up against the Turtle Totem
PLUS OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES!
Visit the information stalls to learn about turtle, nesting beaches, and what we can all do to help. Meet local conservation volunteers and join in the excitement as the crowd is welcomed and gathers to create the giant turtle formation on the beach — a spectacular symbol of community care for our ancient mariners.
Aussie Bird Count
Where:
Across the Bay
Date:
Time:
19-25 October '26
Anytime!
Host:
Birdlife Australia
Join BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Bird Count and help build a national snapshot of our birdlife.
Choose a favourite spot around Moreton Bay—a wetland, a foreshore, or a mangrove boardwalk spend 20 minutes in one place recording the species you see and how many of each. Submit your count through the free Aussie Bird Count app or online.
Experienced birders and beginners are welcome, and you can count as often as you like during the week.
Grab your binoculars and help make Moreton Bay count!
Bribie Island Nature Festival
Where:
Across Bribie Island / Yarun
Date:
Time:
WKND 9,10,11 October ’26
35 Events across the weekend
Host:
Bribie Island Nature Festival
The Bribie Island community welcomes you for three days of arts, nature, science and cultural events including arts workshops, guided nature walks and tours, and science talks led by visiting and locals artists, scientists and community leaders.
BINF is your invitation to explore Bribie Island’s hidden places and diverse wildlife, discover unqiue local talents and celebrate Yarun’s remarkable island.
Bookings essential.
Corals’ Last Stand Film
Where:
Victoria Point
Date:
Time:
Saturday 31st October ’26
4:30 pm / 6:30pm onwards
Host:
ACF–Community Bayside
Join ACF Community Bayside for a screening of Corals’ Last Stand, a powerful Australian documentary exploring the battle to protect Scott Reef from offshore gas drilling.
Discover why protecting vulnerable reef ecosystems is vital to ocean health and what lessons we can apply locally to safeguard the fragile marine habitats, corals, and wildlife of Moreton Bay.
Flyways - The Movie
Where:
Bribie Island Cinema
Date:
Time:
Sunday 18th October ’26
4:45pm
Host:
BIEPA & Birdlife Sth Qld
There are few creatures on earth more inspiring, more symbolic than birds. Each year, millions of shorebirds follow ancient flyways moving from the south of the planet to the north and back again.
Shorebirds remain an untold story. What routes do the birds take? How do they navigate such mind-boggling distances? How are they able to stay aloft for days without stopping to refuel?
Seeking to answer these and other questions, Flyways revels the beauty and wonder of migratory shorebirds.
Island Storytellers Festival
Where:
Southern Moreton Bay Islands
Date:
Time:
WKND 3,4,5 October ’26
Various
Host:
Island Storytellers
Island Storytellers is an entertaining and educational festival that brings together the Quandamooka community of southern Moreton Bay and visitors to the region to participate in storytelling events for all ages.
The festival creates opportunities for local writers to meet other professionals for an exchange of ideas and inspiration and events which celebrate our archipelago’s natural beauty.
With storytelling in community gardens, historical buildings and on boats in the bay, the festival brings people together to celebrate a love of stories and thoughtful, environmentally aware slow tourism.
The Plastic Country Film
Where:
Nudgee Beach
Date:
Time:
Wednesday 28 October '26
5:30pm-7:30pm
Host:
Nudgee Beach EEC
Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre invites you to a free community screening of The Plastic Country, a powerful new Australian documentary from filmmaker and ocean advocate Kal Glanznig.
From remote coastlines to wildlife hospitals and Parliament House, the film uncovers how plastic pollution infiltrates our ecosystems, politics, and bodies. The Plastic Country is both a warning and a rallying cry—revealing solutions already underway and showing how we can turn the tide on plastic for good.
Free entry, but registration required.
Wynnum Foreshore Cleanup
Where:
Pandanus Beach, Wynnum
Date:
Time:
Saturday 17 October ’26
2pm
Host:
Wynnum Surf Club, Councillor Alex Givney and Rotary Club of Wynnum & Manly
We’re bringing the community together to help give the Wynnum Foreshore a tidy up and show a little love to one of our favourite local spots.
Brisbane City Council, the Rotary Club of Wynnum & Manly, and Wynnum Surf Club are teaming up to bring the community together for a Wynnum Foreshore Community Cleanup!
Please use the litter pickers provided and avoid picking rubbish up with your hands.
This is a free community event and everyone is welcome. All ages are welcome, but children and minors must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
After the clean-up, Rotary will be firing up the BBQ for a sausage sizzle.
Macleay Island BioBlitz
Where:
Macleay Island
Date:
Time:
Saturday 3 October ’26
8am-12:30pm
Host:
SMBI Marine Watch
Get ready for our first ever Macleay Island BIOBLITZ!!!
A storm of biodiversity identification and survey led by all of us!
Pop it in your calendars now – come together for a beautiful day out and contribute to meaningful citizen science.
Learn how to use iNaturalist, identify species and generate research-ready biodiversity observations!
This is a free event but please RSVP asap so planning can be done accordingly.
Many thanks to the Tingira Boat Club who will be hosting us to kick this event off!