Community
Local ballroom dancing partners Belinda Bischa from Forest Lake and Lester Skorka from Sinnamon Park recently competed in the international Blackpool Dance Festival in the United Kingdom, where they placed 17th out of 70 couples in the over 50’s division in May this year. Upon returning to Australia, they competed at the 2022 Wollongong…
Meet Forest Lake resident Melissa Riley, an avid book-lover, librarian, and the proud owner of the Street Library on the corner of Hampstead Street and Moore Place. The little red library box is fully stocked with a range of books for children, youth and adults. Anyone is welcome to visit the library and borrow…
Tom, Nate and Junior from Forest Lake State High School’s Rugby League Program of Excellence have excelled in school representative rugby league and touch football this year. At just 15 years and 7 months old, Year 10 student Junior has played in the 16-18 Years Met West Rugby League team and is one of the…
The Grand Avenue State School chess club Team 1 won first place at the Brisbane West Interschool Chess Tournament held at Fernvale State School on June 1, 2022. Grand Avenue State School chess club coordinator Danielle Szczepina said the students played exceptionally well in the face of tough competition. “Individually we didn’t place,…
Forest Lake State High School held their official First Nations “Mullago Dhago” mural dedication on Friday, July 15. “Mullago Dhago” – which means “Tomorrow Altogether,” was designed by local artist Jenny Kent of Manamana Dreaming in conjunction with FLSHS students to create a vision of reconciliation. The mural contains the thumbprint of all of students,…
It may not be well known that Rotary and Probus are intrinsically linked, and each organisation plays a key role in the community we serve. Our History With Probus The Rotary Club of Forest Lake sponsored the Forest Lake Probus Club on February 11 2002. However, it wasn’t chartered until April 27 2002 thus…
Forest Lake Scout Group Despite the dropping temperatures, our youth members have still managed to get out and about over the past month or so and enjoyed meeting new people. We had a visit from Juanita Hughes as part of her Dementia Friends program, where the youth were educated about dementia-signs and impact on the…
Queensland Day Awards 2022 Kevin Dinsdale is a long-standing resident of the district, some forty-five years or more, and has been associated with the Forest Lake & Districts RSL Sub-branch for the past sixteen years where his responsibilities lie within Membership and Property, amongst other tasks he seems to pick up along the way. Kev…
The cool nights and lovely clear days of July make it a pleasure to spend time in the fresh air and in our gardens, even with the occasional winter westerly wind. However, on a brighter note, the days will start to get longer. Flowers in Bloom Some of the garden is now dormant or slow…
As we start the new financial year, June was rather busy with the Brisbane City Council 2022/23 budget being handed down. The budget this year will give me the opportunity to bring more new council facilities to families in the ward. The new financial year will bring a number of road resurfacing works in Forest…