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Jamie Furness

From the desk of Annastacia – June 2022

By Jamie Furness / June 30, 2022 / Comments Off on From the desk of Annastacia – June 2022

Congratulations to all of our community volunteers and community heroes who were recognised at the South West Progress Association Queensland Day Awards. Every year we gather to recognise the outstanding contributions of our local community members. These individuals go above and beyond to make our community a better place. Thank you to all our wonderful […]

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SHORT STORY – “Getting Published”

By Jamie Furness / June 29, 2022 / Comments Off on SHORT STORY – “Getting Published”

SHORT STORIES by the Forest Lake and Inala Writers Group.   Getting Published By Tom Jones I was awoken from my reverie by the secretary. ‘He can see you now Mr. Jones.’ She held her arm out like a signpost to the only other door in the room apart from the one from which I […]

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Upcoming local NAIDOC Week celebrations

By Jamie Furness / June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Upcoming local NAIDOC Week celebrations

The National NAIDOC Committee has announced NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held from July 3 – July 10, 2022. On July 4, 2022 the Inala Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community will be hosting the Inala NAIDOC Week Launch at the Inala Civic Centre, at 4 Kittyhawk Avenue in Inala from 11:00am to 12:00pm. On […]

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Benjamin Waalder to represent QLD at futsal National Championships

By Jamie Furness / June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Benjamin Waalder to represent QLD at futsal National Championships

11-year-old Benjamin Waalder from Forest Lake has been selected for the Queensland Under 12 Futsal Team to participate in the National Championships in Sydney in January 2023. The year 6 student from St John’s Anglican College participated in a regional try-out competition over the Easter school holidays and was selected for the position after an […]

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Local schools excel at BPAC Dance Eisteddfod

By Jamie Furness / June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Local schools excel at BPAC Dance Eisteddfod

Local schools achieved fantastic results at the Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge (BPAC) Eisteddfod school competition between June 16 and June 19, 2022. See the results from each school below.   Forest Lake State High School 1st place was awarded to FLSHS in the Varsity Hip-Hop and Junior Hip-Hop categories, as well as a student-choreographed routine […]

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Sarbani Maitra named Queensland School Sports Squash Champion

By Jamie Furness / June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Sarbani Maitra named Queensland School Sports Squash Champion

St Johns Anglican College year 8 student Sarbani Maitra has been named the Queensland School Sports Squash Championship for Under 15 Girls for the second year in a row. The championship competition held in Cairns this year has secured her place to play in the Nationals and Trans-Tasman competition in August within the Secondary School […]

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Forest Lake SHS music students excel at Fanfare event

By Jamie Furness / June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Forest Lake SHS music students excel at Fanfare event

Forest Lake State High School musicians represented their school beautifully at the recent Fanfare event on June 2, 2022 held at Centenary SHS. All four of the school’s Program of Excellence music ensembles, including String Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz Band and DrumLine participated in this year’s event and achieved silvers all around. Instrumental Music Program […]

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Program brings hope for depression and anxiety sufferers

Program brings hope for depression and anxiety sufferers

By Jamie Furness / June 21, 2022 / Comments Off on Program brings hope for depression and anxiety sufferers

Did you know that there is a new program starting soon in Greenbank that has a more than 90% success rate in helping people be free from their depression and anxiety?  The Depression and Anxiety Recovery Program (DARP), is an internationally renowned 8 week program created by Dr Neil Nedley, with many Forest Lake success […]

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Benjamin Waalder to represent QLD at futsal National Championships

By Jamie Furness / June 21, 2022 / Comments Off on Benjamin Waalder to represent QLD at futsal National Championships

11-year-old Benjamin Waalder from Forest Lake has been selected for the Queensland Under 12 Futsal Team to participate in the National Championships in Sydney in January 2023. The year 6 student from St John’s Anglican College participated in a regional try-out competition over the Easter school holidays and was selected for the position after an […]

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Outstanding students recognised at Queensland Day Awards

By Jamie Furness / June 20, 2022 / Comments Off on Outstanding students recognised at Queensland Day Awards

Three local students were recognised at the annual Queensland Day Awards presented by the South West Progress Association on June 6, 2022.   The award was designed to commend and celebrate the contributions of local community heroes.   One recipient of the Queensland Day Award was Forest Lake State High School year 12 student Tony, […]

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