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Lakers Dragon Boat Club returns home stronger than ever

By Guy Hazlewood / April 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Lakers Dragon Boat Club returns home stronger than ever

After facing the devastating loss of their compound and pontoon during the 2022 floods, Forest Lake’s Lakers Dragon Boat Club has resurfaced triumphantly, returning to their home groundson the banks of the Brisbane River in Riverhills  Riverhills. Club registrar and promotions officer Tasha Goodson expressed gratitude towards the Brisbane City Council and Jamboree ward councillor […]

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Triple triumph for the Lions Richlands

By Guy Hazlewood / April 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Triple triumph for the Lions Richlands

The Lion Richlands was recently honoured with three prestigious awards at the 2024 Keno and Clubs Queensland Awards for Excellence on March 19. Held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and attended by 71 clubs across Queensland, the highly anticipated event celebrated and recognised local clubs’ outstanding contributions to their communities. The Lion Richlands […]

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Forest Lake resident releases book honouring Holocaust survivor’s legacy

By Guy Hazlewood / April 15, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Lake resident releases book honouring Holocaust survivor’s legacy

Forest Lake author Michael Stein, has unveiled a touching book entitled Good Can Always Come From Adversity, chronicling his father’s George Stein’s extraordinary life as a Holocaust survivor. George Moshe Stein, born on February 1, 1927 in the village of Oralia on the Hungarian-Romanian border, endured the horrors of Nazi persecution during World War II. […]

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Forest Lake Girl Guides

By Guy Hazlewood / April 4, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Lake Girl Guides

Our girls had a fantastic weekend at our sleepover at Springwood. We went to Daisy Hill Koala Centre and learned a lot about Koalas and how to look after wildlife.  We then went on a short hike and found some beautiful things in nature by doing a colour scavenger hunt.  We finished off the day […]

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Lions Club of Inala 

By Guy Hazlewood / April 3, 2024 / Comments Off on Lions Club of Inala 

April is shaping up to be another busy and memorable month for the Lions Club of Inala. We begin by acknowledging our very recent exciting and important visit from our club Lions 2VDG Narelle Bluer who presented President Lion Bob Richards MID, CG, Lion Nayda, Lions John, Lion Barb and Lion Del with their District […]

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Forest Lake RSL Sub Branch

By Guy Hazlewood / April 3, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Lake RSL Sub Branch

ANZAC DAY  The Forest Lake & Districts  RSL Sub Branch will open its badge selling campaign from Friday April 12 till Wednesday April 24.  Drop in and say hello to our sellers who are always up for a chat.  Badge sale locations include: Anzac Day on April 25 is a full day for us, with venues as follows:  BOOK REVIEW –  […]

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Pillowcases for Oncology Kids

By Guy Hazlewood / April 2, 2024 / Comments Off on Pillowcases for Oncology Kids

We delivered 191 beautiful pillowcases to the Brisbane Children’s Hospital on Wednesday 6 March. The young man from the Children’s Hospital Foundation who came to collect them told me how much their own special pillowcase means to the children in hospital having treatment.  It brightens an otherwise sterile room, and they get very attached to […]

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Lions Club of Forest Lake Update

By Guy Hazlewood / April 2, 2024 / Comments Off on Lions Club of Forest Lake Update

On Sunday March 3 2024 for the Australia Day Clean Up, the Lions Club of Forest Lake and St John’s Anglican College Leo’s picked up 10 bags of garbage along the back of the Forest Lake shopping center, College Avenue and Forest Lake Boulevard. So many of the items picked up are not good for […]

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Forest Lake Fifty Plus Club Update

By Guy Hazlewood / April 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Lake Fifty Plus Club Update

Our Fifty Plus club’s March outing was a visit to the Port of Brisbane.  Our Concorde Coach left Forest Lake for the first stop at Colmslie Beach Reserve for morning tea provided by some of our wonderful members.  The morning tea stop was located right next to the river with a little sandy beach lined […]

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Richlands-Forest Lake Scout Group

By Guy Hazlewood and Richlands - Forest Lake Scout Group / March 26, 2024 / Comments Off on Richlands-Forest Lake Scout Group

At Scouts, we encourage our youth members to develop healthy living skills, such as participating in sports / outdoor activities, eating a healthy diet, getting plenty of rest and avoiding things like cigarettes, vaping, drugs and alcohol.   We also encourage youth members to develop other healthy living skills, such as: Across all age levels from […]

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