Students from the Pallara State School History Club recently created a Garden of Service for the school and wider community. The students in the History Club, with a little help from club coordinator Mr Keegan Peace, have been hard at work on the garden since September 2023, and celebrated with a Garden of Service opening […]
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Police have charged 2,554 people with around 4,727 offences across Brisbane since a high visibility policing operation began in March last year. Operation Whiskey Unison focuses on preventing, disrupting, and investigating youth crime through community engagement and patrols at intelligence-driven hotspot locations. In the past 12 months, Operation Whiskey Unison has resulted in a total […]
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The sod has been turned on the long-awaited Happy Hearts childcare facility at the corner of Laxton Road and Ritchie Road, Pallara, which promises to bring new services to support the growing suburb of Pallara and surrounding areas. Calamvale Ward councillor Angela Owen said the centre was a welcome addition to the growing local community. […]
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Construction is set to begin on a new shopping centre on the corner of Pallara Avenue and Gooderham Rd in Pallara. The centre will include a Coles supermarket, specialty shops, a medical centre, pharmacies, offices, a 24-hour gym and more. The design will also provide locals with convenient car parking. Calamvale Ward councillor Angela Owen […]
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Plans are underway for a new Pallara District Sports Park, which will help to support the sport and recreation needs of the growing community. The facility will service residents living in Pallara, Heathwood, Forest Lake, Doolandella, Durack, Inala and surrounding areas. Brisbane City Council has finalised the land acquisition for the site, which consists of […]
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Information provided by the Wesley Hospital. This year, five-year-old Arthur Gibbs from Forest Lake achieved a big milestone as he began his journey into prep – a moment that holds profound significance for his mother, Alison Gibbs. Arthur was born prematurely at 29 weeks and six days. Alison, his mother, experienced an abruption and haemorrhage, […]
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A Forest Lake man was thrilled to discover he scored a $100,000 prize in the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot drawn on Wednesday February 14. In addition to his $100,000 prize, he also scored a consolation prize of $2,000, bolstering the total to $102,000. The first-prize winner, who purchased his ticket online, expressed his gratitude over […]
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From “Before Forest Lake” by Vicki Mynott Forest Lake beginnings Milestones: 1988 -The Archerfield property and the “Woodlands” vision were bought by developers 1989 – The name “Forest Lake” first appeared in a concept plan 1990 – Work on infrastructure for Forest Lake was in progress 1991 – The Forest Lake project was officially opened […]
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Summer is a notoriously busy time for the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), who respond to an average of 3,900 calls per day throughout December and January. QAS Director Lisa Dibley said heat-related emergencies were very common during the summer period in Queensland. “Queensland is known for sunshine and particularly hot weather,” Ms Dibley said. “Whilst […]
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Forest Lake State High School year 11 student Zack will be representing Australia at the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) championships held in America in 2024. The annual event involves more than 760,000 students from 116 countries who compete to be the World Number 1 in Powerpoint, Word or Excel, successfully performing a number of tasks […]
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