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National Seniors Forest Lake June Update

By The Lake News / June 2, 2023 / Comments Off on National Seniors Forest Lake June Update

By 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 […]

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Forest Lake Rotary Club

By The Lake News / June 1, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake Rotary Club

The 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 […]

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Forest Lake Girl Guides

By The Lake News / June 1, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake Girl Guides

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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Girl Guides

By The Lake News / May 25, 2023 / Comments Off on Girl Guides

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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Why you should discuss social media with your children

By The Lake News / May 7, 2023 / Comments Off on Why you should discuss social media with your children

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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Community Hero Spotlight April Edition– Kylie Gates

By The Lake News / April 26, 2023 / Comments Off on Community Hero Spotlight April Edition– Kylie Gates

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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Forest Lake RSL – ANZAC Parade 

By The Lake News / April 25, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake RSL – ANZAC Parade 

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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Forest Like Fifty Plus Club Inc April 2023 update

By The Lake News / March 31, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Like Fifty Plus Club Inc April 2023 update

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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Forest Lake Local captures Big Cat Through Lens

By The Lake News / February 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Forest Lake Local captures Big Cat Through Lens

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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“Bugger all we could do about it” – conscription haunts veteran 50 years later

By The Lake News / January 29, 2023 / Comments Off on “Bugger all we could do about it” – conscription haunts veteran 50 years later

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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