By 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 […]
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By 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 […]
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The impact of the over-sexualisation of young people is far-reaching.
As many people are discovering in their own families, when young people become obsessed with body image, this can lead to health problems, mental illness, disastrous relationships, and worse.
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Hi, 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 […]
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By 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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From 30th anniversary celebrations to an adventure out to the Ipswich Railway Workshop Museum, find out more about what the Forest Lake Fifty Plus Club have been up to over the last few weeks!
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By Steven Rober The Forest Lake Photography Club’s Heritage Bank Award for October 2022 was won by Norman Dean for his photo of a cheetah in a tree. Congratulations Norman, awesome shot. Norman runs tours to Africa where he was lucky enough to get this photo. Every month, club members submit photos for a slideshow […]
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By Aiden Taylor Richard Hewitson, 21-years-old in Vietnam. Forest Lake resident Richard Hewitson got up to drinking 22 stubbies a day before he realised something was wrong. A trip to the psychiatrist later found he was suffering from PTSD, stemming from his time as a conscripted soldier in the Vietnam War. Last month marked 50 […]
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By Aiden Taylor Forest Lake ward Cr Charles Strunk will have to fix and reissue an important zoning survey for Jetty Walk residents after an error was found in the original documents. The survey question and letter conveyed the wrong level of zoning density, which would have adversely restricted development in the Jetty Walk residential […]
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What a successful 2020 AFL season we had at Forest Lake Dragons even with COVID-19 restrictions requiring AFL Queensland to make some changes to our usual competition plans. In 2020, we watched our 2019 boys (now Superstars) team move up to a mixed under 8.5 year team. With some new skills under their belt, they […]
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