Like yesterday: Creative space

Next date: Thursday, 02 April 2026 | 07:00 AM to Saturday, 13 June 2026 | 04:00 PM

Be inspired by themes of the beach, nostalgia, and the passage of time found in exhibition Like yesterday.

Reimagine special memories in our new Creative spaces – Greetings from… and Into the deep. 

Through prompts and activities developed by Kooma and Nguri poet- in-residence, Cheryl Leavy, be guided through steps to write your own poem. 

You can also create a postcard inspired by your personal relationship to the beach. See if you can recognise any beaches in the City of Moreton Bay as you cut and layer photographs old and new, to form your own beach scene.  

Let’s make memories together - add your finished postcard poems to the display in the gallery. 

Throughout the exhibition, Cheryl will read everyone’s poems and use them to create a growing community poem that will be displayed in the space. 

The Art Investigator also makes its return. Scour the exhibition and find artworks in our kids’ art trail. Discover them all to receive a sticker prize. 

Be sure to also book into the poetry workshops by Cheryl Leavy happening during the exhibition and uncover a love of poetry. 

About the artist

Cheryl Leavy is from the Kooma and Nguri nations in western and central Queensland. Working across non-fiction, poetry, and children's literature, Cheryl’s first book, Yanga – Mother, carries a powerful backstory honouring the Stolen Generations. Yanga - Mother was shortlisted for a 2025 Australian Book Industry Award and as a Work of State Significance in the Queensland Literary Awards.

Cheryl was recently announced as the 2026 winner of Australia’s most prestigious award for single poem - the Peter Porter Poetry Prize. In 2022, Cheryl was awarded the prestigious Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize for Indigenous Poetry and has since been commissioned by Camerata (Queensland’s chamber orchestra), the Institute of Modern Art and the Queensland Art Gallery. She was the 2025 Queensland Museum Fellow and received a Queensland Writer's Fellowship in 2024. Cheryl's first poetry collection, Mudhunda - The Song Country, will be published by UQP next year. 

Image credit: Made from images courtesy of City of Moreton Bay, reference numbers RLPC-000-000230, RLPC-000\000021, MBPS-0016-035, RLPC-001\001638, RLPC-000\000998, RMPC-100\100365, RMPC-101\101055, MBPS-0017-013, RLPC-001\001721, RLPC-000\000602, RLPC-001\001864.

Caboolture Regional Art Gallery is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

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Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, 4 Hasking Street, Caboolture, 4510., View map