By Megan Woolley and Jamie Furness At the age of only 18, Melissa Rogaloff became the youngest branch manager of a bank in Australia. Today she uses her connections at BOQ Forest Lake to uplift the local community. As the BOQ Forest Lake Community Engagement Officer and Marketer, and a connected community member, Melissa […]
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By Jamie Furness The Forest Lake Markets are returning again, this time with a Christmas theme, this Friday December 9 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Forest Lake Sports Field at 60 College Avenue. Market-goers can look forward to browsing through more than 50 market stalls, food trucks, face painting by Leanne’s Fancy Faces, […]
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Staff and students from Forest Lake State High School have been actively participating in Movember this year, with their efforts raising almost $2000. On November 1, FLSHS staff members Mr Lucas Nicholls, Dr Grant Darnell, and Mr Mike Van Barneveld were bravely shaved clean in front of all the students at Forest Lake SHS […]
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SES senior field member Reginald Marshall and QPS Duty District Officer Senior Sergeant Peter Materne. By Jamie Furness The South Western SES Group held an open day at their Orchard Street depot in Richlands on Saturday November 26 to educate and empower the local community about what emergency services can do for them Each Queensland […]
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Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a 15-year-old girl reported missing from Ellen Grove. The girl was last seen by her family on Friday, November 25 around 9.30am. Police and family hold concerns for her safety as this behaviour is out of character. She may be in Brisbane city or Inala. The girl […]
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Thirty-five talented students from the Forest Lake area will be starring in the first ever on-stage Junior adaptation of Frozen the Musical, performed by Allstars Performing Arts at the Lighthouse Event Centre in Forest Lake on December 10 at 3:00pm. Frozen the Musical (Junior) music director and Allstars teacher Amy Winner said the staff and […]
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Brian and Marilyn Dodd A generous local couple facing their own struggles managed to make a positive impact even after death by leaving a large sum of money to a respected Queensland children’s charity. Many people living in the Forest Lake and Centenary suburbs will have known and loved the late Brian and […]
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One of the Forest Lake sports ovals will be transformed into a $90,000 turf cricket pitch by the start of next year. The new pitch will be delivered in a joint partnership between Brisbane Super Kings and Forest Lake Junior Rugby Union Club. It will allow competitive cricket matches to be hosted in […]
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One August day last year, Eric Trieu and Shirley Wienand arrived at Simple Bliss for a coffee to cap-off their usual Saturday morning parkrun ritual, but little did they know this particular visit would take their friendship in an exciting new direction. “We were just sitting there on the deck having coffee, and […]
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