Two boats share the short run from Victoria Point to Coochiemudlo, and almost nothing else. One is a Translink route that costs 50 cents and sails until nearly midnight; the other is a privately priced car barge that wants a booking and is done for the day by late afternoon.
Ferry: Translink timetable F50 effective from 30 March 2026, checked against the journey planner for 17–23 October 2026. Barge: Amity Trader's weekly table as published on 15 October 2026 (operator's own figures, no second publication exists). Both read on 15 October 2026 Translink – F50 Coochiemudlo Island timetable (effective 30 March 2026) · 2026-10-15
Coochiemudlo has two ways across from Victoria Point, and they differ far more than the short stretch of water would suggest. The walk-on ferry is Translink route F50: it sails every half-hour, costs 50 cents, needs no booking and keeps running until 11:30pm on weekdays and Saturdays. The vehicle barge comes from the same company, Amity Trader, but sits outside Translink: you book a slot, the fare depends on how long your vehicle is, and on most days the last barge leaves the island at 4:00pm.
So the real question is what you are bringing. A towel, a picnic and a bag of shopping belong on the ferry. A car, a trailer of timber, a gas bottle or a wide beach trolley belongs on the barge, because the ferry's carriage rules shut them out. Walkers can ride the barge too, but at $2 an adult it costs four times the ferry fare, so it only makes sense when you are travelling with something the ferry refuses.
The price gap is the clearest way to see that these are two different businesses. On the ferry you tap on with a go card or a Visa or Mastercard, and Translink's flat fare means one adult trip costs 50 cents, the same as a Brisbane bus. Translink adds two child rules: four-and-unders ride free at any time, and on Saturdays and Sundays so do five-to-14s tapping on with a child go card.
The barge is priced like freight. A car is charged by its length, a trailer adds its own charge to the towing vehicle's (measured from the tow ball), and since 18 August 2026 the tariff has had no return tickets, which puts a round trip in a car up to 5 metres at $70. Payment is by card only.
| Adult, one way | $ 0.50 |
| Child, one way | $ 0.50 |
| Child under 4 | Free |
| Vehicle up to 5.0 m | $ 35 |
| Vehicle 5.1–6.0 m | $ 40 |
| Vehicle 6.1–7.0 m | $ 45 |
| Vehicle 7.1–8.0 m | $ 50 |
| Motorcycle or moped/scooter, rider included | $ 20 |
| Trailer up to 3.0 m | $ 27 |
| Trailer 3.1–4.0 m | $ 36 |
| Trailer 4.1–5.0 m | $ 45 |
| Trailer 5.1–6.0 m | $ 54 |
| Adult walk-on | $ 2 |
| Child 5–14 walk-on | $ 1 |
| Child 4 and under | Free |
| Four-wheel beach trolley | $ 10 |
| Canoe, SUP or similar | $ 10 |
Ferry: Translink's statewide 50-cent flat fare, read on 15 October 2026. Barge: Amity Trader one-way tariff (one-way only since 18 August 2026; walk-on barge fares since 2 March 2026), read on 15 October 2026 Amity Trader – Vehicle barge to Coochiemudlo Island (fares) · 2026-10-15
Coochiemudlo lies just off Victoria Point in the southern part of Moreton Bay. The Queensland Government's roads and tracks mapping draws the ferry line at about 1.6 kilometres and the barge line, which swings out on a wider curve to its own ramp, at about 1.7. Ten minutes covers either.
Its neighbours make a useful contrast. From Redland Bay Marina, a little further south, the Russell Island ferry is a multi-stop service through the Southern Moreton Bay Islands rather than a there-and-back shuttle, and the crossing to Straddie set out on our Cleveland to Stradbroke page is a far longer haul across open bay, with a booked car ferry and two competing water taxis. Coochiemudlo is the one you can do on a whim.
Foot passengers board at the jetty, which Translink lists as stop 318966. Its F50 map shows routes 270, 274 and 279 running past the foreshore: the 279 continues all the way to Brisbane City via the South East Busway, the 274 to Cleveland and the 270 to Carindale, so the island is reachable without a car at all. Go cards can be bought at the ferry ticket office near the terminal.
Drivers use a separate ramp off Masters Avenue, roughly 80 metres along the shore according to the state's road mapping. Check in at least 15 minutes ahead of your booked departure; Amity Trader says late arrivals may lose their place.
On the island the walk-on boat ties up at the Translink terminal, stop 318695. The barge comes ashore at its own landing about 240 metres away, so if you crossed on foot and plan to return with a car or a heavy load, allow for the short walk between the two.
The ferry stopped taking cash on 27 April 2026 and the barge on 1 July 2026. Bring a go card or a contactless Visa or Mastercard.
Since 1 June 2026 a dog on the walk-on ferry must be muzzled and on a lead, or travel in a carrier or cage. Dogs riding inside a vehicle on the barge only need to be restrained. Assistance dogs are exempt.
Anything over 65 by 65 centimetres, folded beach trolleys included, is refused on the ferry. On the barge a four-wheel beach trolley is charged $10 each way.
Gas bottles, jerry cans and other dangerous goods are banned from the ferry even when empty. Declare them and take them across on the barge.
The ferry takes at most two bikes, and only once the barge has finished for the day, plus up to three e-scooters on the aft deck. On the barge a bike or e-scooter rides free with the walk-on fare.
Barge slots go fastest on public holidays and on Wednesdays, the island's shopping day. Bookings are made online at bookings.amitytrader.com or on (07) 3820 6557.
Until 30 March 2026 the passenger boat was a private service with its own tickets. That day it joined the Translink South East Queensland network, gaining tap-on payment, Translink's 13 12 30 help line and the state's 50-cent flat fare; cash went four weeks later. The timetable itself, Amity Trader said, did not change.
The barge stayed outside the scheme, and its prices have moved the other way. Walk-on barge fares rose to $2 for adults and $1 for children from 2 March 2026, a change the Redland Bayside News reported island residents were unhappy about, partly because Coochiemudlo has no fuel for sale and drivers must cross to fill up. Online booking opened on 13 August 2026; five days later came the one-way, length-based tariff.
On the F50 walk-on ferry, 50 cents one way for an adult or a child, paid by tapping a go card or a bank card. Under-4s pay nothing, and at weekends neither do school-age children whose child go card is tapped on.
Leaving Coochiemudlo, the final ferry is the 11:15pm from Monday to Saturday, or the 10:45pm on a Sunday or public holiday. The last barge is much earlier: 4:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 4:40pm on Wednesday and 5:20pm on Friday.
Amity Trader's table simply has no departures between 9:40am from the island and 11:00am from Victoria Point, and none again between 12:40pm and 1:40pm. The operator does not give a reason, so plan car trips around both gaps.
By length, one way: $35 up to 5 metres, then $40, $45 and $50 for each extra metre up to 8 metres. A trailer, boat or caravan is added separately from $27 for up to 3 metres, measured from the tow ball.
Yes, for $2 an adult and $1 a child, with under-5s free. It is worth it only when you have something the ferry will not carry, such as a large trolley or a gas bottle.
Not the walk-on ferry: you just tap on. The barge needs a booking, online or on (07) 3820 6557, and you must check in 15 minutes before departure or risk losing the slot.
Registered permanent residents get 25% off a standard vehicle when travelling either way on a Wednesday, or when they leave Victoria Point on a Friday and come back on the Monday. Trucks, trailers, motorbikes and vehicles wider than 2.2 metres are excluded.