About Us
The Cootharaba Community Association (CCA) is an incorporated association that provides the people of Boreen Point and Cootharaba area with a voice on issues affecting their community.
Incorporation
The association became incorporated on 1 December 2017, as per the Associations Incorporation Act. ↗️
Meetings
General meetings are held four times a year.
The Management Committee is elected at the Annual General Meeting.
Connections
CCA maintains strong lines of communicatin with Noosa Council and a network of organisations and special interest groups in the broader community. Its effectiveness is strengthened by overlapping membership and close alignment with local groups, including:
Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club ↗️
Boreen Point Bushcare Group ↗️
Boreen Point Rural Fire Brigade↗️
Apollonian Social Club
CCA works closely with state and federal government bodies when the need arises, including Queensland Government National Parks ↗️.
It also works closely with Noosa community groups such as:
History of the CCA
The Cootharaba Community Association Inc (CCA) came into being in May 2002.
In February 2002, the Noosa Council convened a meeting with local residents. The council wanted to encourage discussion and involve residents in planning for the area. Forty-six people attended the meeting. Many ideas were put forward including the need for a group to represent the community. Ten local residents formed a committee, and the group met on 11 March 2002, and compiled a draft constitution. They sent out a questionnaire to gauge community support and what issues people felt needed addressing.
The first meeting of the group that was to become the CCA was held at the Boreen Point Sailing Club on 29 May 2002 with thirty-seven people attending.
The proposed constitution was discussed at length. After some changes were made, the organisation came into being as a non-incorporated association. The aim of the association was:
‘to represent the Cootharaba Community on matters that affect the community’.
The new body was to act as a conduit for community opinion rather than lead on issues decided by the committee.