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The iconic Book Week Parade is a fun calendar event every year where kids look forward to ditching their uniforms for costumes of their favourite book characters, and it finally arrived this August! Here are some of the best looks from school book week parades across Forest Lake below; St John’s Anglican College…
Brian and Marilyn Dodd A generous local couple facing their own struggles managed to make a positive impact even after death by leaving a large sum of money to a respected Queensland children’s charity. Many people living in the Forest Lake and Centenary suburbs will have known and loved the late Brian and…
One of the Forest Lake sports ovals will be transformed into a $90,000 turf cricket pitch by the start of next year. The new pitch will be delivered in a joint partnership between Brisbane Super Kings and Forest Lake Junior Rugby Union Club. It will allow competitive cricket matches to be hosted in…
One August day last year, Eric Trieu and Shirley Wienand arrived at Simple Bliss for a coffee to cap-off their usual Saturday morning parkrun ritual, but little did they know this particular visit would take their friendship in an exciting new direction. “We were just sitting there on the deck having coffee, and…
Forest Lake State High School Grade 12 student Carrie Biddle has become the state finalist for QLD in the national REELise Film Festival for her short film Cinephilia. It all started with an assessment. Carrie, a Film and Television Studies student, had to create a stylistic project in Term 4 to be graded. After a…
Short Stories from The Flair Writer’s Group By Tom Jones Tom had a head cold, which was strange because he had a temperature at the same time. Worst of all he couldn’t fully appreciate the aroma of his coffee. wrirFrom behind him in the library came an alarming noise that sounded somewhat like a washing…
By Peter Dunnell Our Christmas in July celebration at Spicers Retreat of Hidden Vale just outside of Grandchester was a resounding success with a beautiful lunch and outstanding rural views. The month of August will see us heading off for a day in Toowoomba, taking in the Carnival of Flowers, visiting the prize winning gardens…
The Forest Lake Fifty Plus Club’s August outing was a picnic at Scarborough Beach. On arrival we enjoyed a fabulous morning tea thanks to our ladies and gents who provided a great selection of treats while taking in the wonderful views of the bay. We were blessed with great weather on the day. Our lunch…
Over 80 local seniors and residents from Seasons Living Sinnamon Park enjoyed a financial presentation from author Noel Whittaker on Monday September 12. Noel’s presentation in the community dining room, “Making the best in challenging times”, covered an array of relevant topics, including interest rates, population change by age and electric vehicles. “It’s been an…
By Aiden Taylor Forest Lake ward Cr Charles Strunk has defended a proposal to install traffic lights at the intersection of Rudyard St and the Forest Lake Blvd, despite concerns it is in the wrong location. Funding limitations of the national black spot program mean other dangerous intersections, such as Johnson Rd and Woogaroo St,…