Plans have been unveiled for a "huge" live music and festival venue on the Sunshine Coast hinterland, set to attract big-name events.
Comiskey Group's Rob Comiskey released details of its Coochin Fields development today, which is located at Coochin Creek, 35 minutes' drive south of Maroochydore and 1 hour 20 minutes north of Brisbane, and covered 150 hectares.
"The biggest thing for us is not to be the biggest in the world but to make sure we do something pretty special," Mr Comiskey said.
"We were looking for years and then suddenly we come across this gem and when we walked on there the first time we thought 'Wow, this is just absolutely amazing'.
"It was like it was made for it."
He said the company was in discussions with promoters around the country about future events for the site.
"I'd like to see one [festival] there within a year," he said.
"Or the other one is we've got a lot of links with very successful festivals around Australia and we're talking to those guys at the moment and there's been some really strong interest."
Venue could attract big-name live music
Mr Comiskey said the site was not aimed to rival big festivals like Splendour in the Grass and Byron Bay Bluesfest, but rather to offer promoters a Queensland alternative.
"The reason being is it's much easier to buy those massive acts from America and also from Europe if you've got multiple shows for them."
Mr Comiskey said there were no concerns about the impact of the festival site on neighbours because of its location.
"There are neighbours, probably a handful of about five or six, but the location of the stages and where the music is produced is literally a kilometre away," he said.
"One of the beautiful things about this site is it's surrounded by national park on pretty much all sides."
The company was looking forward to hosting its first official event but wanted to start small.
"People get that experience all the way from when they show up and they drive in or they arrive at those gates to food offering, to drink, to the bands on the stage," Mr Comiskey said.
He said there was still a lot of work to be done on the site before that happened though.
"Everything from power, road networks inside, making sure the drainage is right, access for not only customers but for trucks," he said.
