Community
By Steven Roberts Let’s give a warm round of applause to Debasish Sarma, the winner of the Heritage Bank Slideshow Award for April! Debasish’s stunning dreamy landscape photo has captured the hearts of our club members and earned him this prestigious recognition. Well done, Debasish! Debasish, a proud Forest Lake resident for the past four…
By Stephen Hislop The Forest Lake Probus Club continues to attract new members and three joined recently while others are considering the option. Probus is not for everyone and, as you would expect, all people are different. Some things attract, others do not. Probus is all about Fellowship, Friendship and Fun. The recent visit to…
By Nayda Hernandez Dr. Laurel Johnson, an Inala local for more than two decades, is our Forest Lake Community Spotlight community hero for July. Every month, she volunteers her time to bring her executive team together for the betterment of the Inala and surrounding suburbs community. Always with a smile and determination, Laurel has been…
By Dennis Caesar The Rotary Club of Forest Lake was joined by the Brisbane International, Goodna, and Greater Springfield Rotary Clubs to support their commendable effort to feed the community during the Forest Lake Dragon Boat Multicultural Festival. This event not only showcases the thrill of dragon boat racing and multiculturalism but also highlights the…
By Steve Bruford We are now in a new financial year at the shed and membership is up for renewal. We currently have 62 members – each year we lose 6 to 8 around this time of year for one reason or another. Mostly they move away so can’t attend anymore, but each year as…
By Nayda Hernandez Faysel Ahmed Selat The Lake News Community Hero for June is Faysel Ahmed Selat, who embodies the philosophy “societies thrive when communities are empowered, respected, and listened to.” Faysal is the President of the Somali Community Association of Queensland (SCAQ), member of the Queensland Police Service Multicultural Advisory Group (PMAG) and is…
By Julie Baldwin Hello readers. The guest Speaker for our June meeting was Senior Constable Ben Harm. Ben spoke to our members about scams and ID fraud and how best to be aware of them and avoid them. Our special outing for Christmas in July will be a day trip to the Montville Pub…
By Alan Greig and Mal Lynch Alan Greig of the Forest Lake & Districts RSL Sub-Branch was invited to attend the Pallara State School History Club and speak to students on 23 May. He is a veteran of the Malayan Emergency, an action that commenced in 1948 when the British declared a state of emergency following an attack on three…
This month we returned to our regular venue, the Centenary Tavern, for our May meeting where we enjoyed an interesting talk from our guest speaker Dr Kelly Stewart who is an accredited sports dietician and a senior lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology. As we tucked into our supper Kelly and two of her…
New Lights for Wallaroo Way and Blunder Road Residents in Doolandella are eagerly watching the progress of the upgrade of the intersection of Wallaroo Way and Blunder Road. Works have started on the underground electrical cables, new drainage and the new footpath that will link Peacock Street to the bus stop on Blunder Road. The…