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History of The Lake News: TLN turns 30

By The Lake News / July 3, 2023 / Comments Off on History of The Lake News: TLN turns 30

By Daniel Bouwmeester & Jamie Furness The month of July 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of The Lake News – a testament to the paper’s longevity and its valued place in our community. The Lake News was founded by print shop owner Chris Wren, one of the original Forest Lake residents. Chris built The Lake […]

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Centenary Evening VIEW Club

By The Lake News / July 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Centenary Evening VIEW Club

Last month the VIEW Club members enjoyed a delicious brunch at Method to the Madness café. In addition to our monthly dinner meeting, we get together regularly for various activities such as morning coffees, lunches, outings, movies and concerts. We’d love you to join us! The members of the Centenary Evening VIEW Club are always […]

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Family Focus – Handling Financial Stress

By The Lake News / July 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Family Focus – Handling Financial Stress

By MARK MACKAY As we come to the end of another financial years, it’s worth considering what role financial stress plays in our homes. And that stress doesn’t just arise out of debt stress. We can disagree over how money should be managed; what should be spent and when; should we have a family budget […]

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Forest Lake Men’s Shed: May – July Updates

By The Lake News / July 1, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake Men’s Shed: May – July Updates

May: Business as usual at the shed, we have completed three “Connect 4’s”-style games, one for Charles Strunk and the Forest Lake Ward office, another for the Hub Inala, and another for a local lady. All thought they were great and useful. We completed two garden benches in the last month as well as making […]

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Community Hero –  Linh Nguyen

By The Lake News / June 29, 2023 / Comments Off on Community Hero –  Linh Nguyen

By Nayda Hernandez Linh Nguyen is a young Vietnamese migrant that works local to improve the lives of residents in Forest Lake, Inala, Richlands and surrounding suburbs by investing whole heartedly to promote inclusion through her work as President of the Inala Art Gallery, sports, and Vice President of the Vietnamese Community in Australia – […]

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Forest Lake History Part 8 – World War II

By The Lake News / June 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake History Part 8 – World War II

From Before Forest Lake by Vicki Mynott, adapted for print by Jamie Furness Homestead Park in the north of Forest Lake is the site of the earliest settlement in the suburb, and was home to Archerfield House. The Archerfield Estate included all of Forest Lake and much more.   Brief history of Archerfield Estate: 1882 – […]

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Forest Lake History Part 7 – Tobacco Farming in Forest Lake

By The Lake News / June 27, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake History Part 7 – Tobacco Farming in Forest Lake

The Rise and Fall of the Tobacco Industry in Forest Lake (Archerfield Station) Background information: Homestead Park in the north of Forest Lake is the site of the earliest settlement in the suburb, and home to Archerfield House. The property included all of Forest Lake and much more.  It was purchased by the Durack family […]

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Plaque erected for soldiers and service dogs

By The Lake News / June 26, 2023 / Comments Off on Plaque erected for soldiers and service dogs

By Bill Marklew, Lions Club of Inala – Plaque erected for soldiers and service dogs. This years’ ANZAC Day commemoration march and service was a little different to the services of previous years. As well as remembering the service of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought and shed their blood on the shores […]

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Forest Lake Social Golf Club June Update

By The Lake News / June 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake Social Golf Club June Update

By Pat Ayling Our last game was held at Ipswich on Sunday 23 April with 28 players attending. The Ipswich course is usually a game in two halves with the front nine mostly the old course and the new championship back nine. Not today though with the whole course in great shape and playing as […]

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Richlands – Forest Lake Scout Group

By The Lake News / June 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Richlands – Forest Lake Scout Group

By Tania McLaughlin It’s always interesting watching our youth members on the first night of term as they happily catch up with their fellow Scouts to find out what they did during holidays. There is usually a lot of smiling, chatting and laughing, sometimes there are new youth members to meet and sometimes they are […]

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