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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreBy Peter Dunell In late April our group visited the Awassi Cheesery outside Grantham, to enjoy some dairy products made from sheep milk. National Seniors Forest Lake commemorated ANZAC Day along with many of the residents and community groups in the area. It was very encouraging to see the number of young people present ensuring […]
Read MoreThe month of June gives the Rotary Club of Forest Lake another opportunity to participate in the annual Forest Lake Dragon Boat festival along with other community organizations. This is a great event and always draws a large crowd from our and surrounding communities. This year’s event will be held on Sunday June 4. During […]
Read MoreBy Lisa Charman Our Guides have had a fabulous term starting off the term learning about the Anzac story we moved on to learning some knots to help earn our boating badge. We did a half day canoeing expedition to hone our boating skills and learn about water safety. This was followed by surprising our […]
Read MoreBy Lisa Charman Our Guides have had a fabulous month with the highlight being a day at Brownsea getting out on the water doing canoeing and kayaking. All the girls had a fabulous time and learned a whole lot of new skills and made some new friends also. As leaders we just love to see […]
Read MoreHi, my name is Nayda Hernandez, and I will be interviewing and writing an article each month about the everyday champions that we find in our local community. My goal is to shine a light on those quiet achievers who do great works for others, those local heroes that go about their day giving up […]
Read MoreBy Mal Lynch At 9 am a pair of military jets from 6 SQN RAAF Amberley made a low pass over High Street to initiate the Forest Lake Anzac Day commemorations. Taking their cue, Veterans from Forest Lake & Districts RSL Sub-branch stepped off, marching to the Amphitheatre overlooking the lake. They were joined by […]
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