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A tale of triumph from Preemie to Preppie 

By Jamie Furness / February 22, 2024 / Comments Off on A tale of triumph from Preemie to Preppie 

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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Forest Lake man wins $100,000 Valentines Day lottery 

By Jamie Furness / February 21, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Lake man wins $100,000 Valentines Day lottery 

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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Forest Lake History – Part 12

By Corin Mackay and Jamie Furness / January 26, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Lake History – Part 12

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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QAS reminder to be vigilant and prevent summer emergencies

By Jamie Furness / January 18, 2024 / Comments Off on QAS reminder to be vigilant and prevent summer emergencies

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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FLSHS student to represent Australia at Microsoft World Championships

By Jamie Furness / January 8, 2024 / Comments Off on FLSHS student to represent Australia at Microsoft World Championships

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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MEET NAYDA THE LAKE NEWS

By Jamie Furness / January 1, 2024 / Comments Off on MEET NAYDA THE LAKE NEWS

Meet LNP’s Business and Community Development Manager, Nayda Hernandez The Local News Publications (LNP) team is excited to welcome our newest team member Nayda Hernandez, who has been appointed the new role of Business and Community Development Manager. Nayda immigrated to Australia due to a civil war in El Salvador in 1986. She first settled […]

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Young chess stars on board for success

By Jamie Furness / December 24, 2023 / Comments Off on Young chess stars on board for success

Grand Avenue Chess Team 1 students – Jethro, Vonal, Winston and Blake – placed second at the Brisbane West Interschool Chess Tournament held in September 2023. Their star player Jethro won seven out of seven games, scoring him the 1st place award in the Chair 1 Premier Division. Grand Avenue teacher and chess coordinator Danielle […]

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Australian Celtic Women perform at Forest Lake this Sunday

By Jamie Furness / December 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Australian Celtic Women perform at Forest Lake this Sunday

  The Australian Celtic Women will make a special guest performance at the Live Music at the Lake event this Sunday December 3, which starts at 3pm. The show will feature crowd-favourite songs and tunes from various Celtic nations, followed by Christmas carols for the whole audience to enjoy, as well as songs by the […]

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Free community playgroup unites local families

By Jamie Furness / December 1, 2023 / Comments Off on Free community playgroup unites local families

Inala Christian Playgroup is celebrating their second year of running a bright and successful playgroup for guardians and children of Inala and surrounds.  Inala Christian Playgroup was started by former school teacher Rachel Cooke, with the support of the Inala Christian Reformation Church. Rachel said the group was created to be a place of support […]

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Speedcubing sensation breaks world record

By Jamie Furness / November 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Speedcubing sensation breaks world record

Global cubing sensation Charlie Eggins from Forest Lake has beaten the world record for solving a single 3×3 rubik’s cube while blindfolded, with a time of 12.10 seconds. 14-year-old landed his recent world number 1 ranking at the Australian Nationals 2023 speed cubing event in Moreton Bay held from September 28 – October 1. Charlie’s […]

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