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Students and staff from St John’s Anglican College had the opportunity to immerse themselves in Indigenous culture while exploring the Australian Red Centre in June this year. 12 students from Year 9-12 departed for the Red Centre on June 19 with St John’s Anglican College deputy principal Robern Hinchliffe and head of middle school…
Luan Sejdi from Forest Lake State High School has been listed as a finalist for the “People’s Choice Award” in the 2022 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards with a stunning photo that captures the beauty of the lake at Forest Lake. Luan’s photo “The Lake” was selected by the Lord Mayor and a panel of judges…
Forest Lake dance studio Allstars Performing Arts students danced their hearts out at two eisteddfods in July, taking home a number of awards and treasured memories. Allstars eisteddfod teams received 1st place in four dances at the Dance Life Unite competition held on July 23-24 at St John’s Anglican College, along with one 2nd place,…
Forest Lake Shopping Centre will launch its first Jobs Fair next week, a new initiative offering prospective candidates the opportunity to access local and regional jobs, to support local employment in the lead-up to Christmas. The centre will host the Jobs Fair recruitment drive from Wednesday 17 August – Saturday 20 August, providing local job…
Forest Lake State High School year 7 student Taran Judge has been selected to play for the Brisbane Premier League’s Southern Rockets Under 13s cricket team. Taran was one of 13 players selected to play for Southern Rockets out of 196 others during a live auction held earlier this year. The Brisbane Premier league is…
We were privileged to listen to Emeritus Professor Roland Sussex OAM at our July meeting. He is a specialist in language, communication, culture and health communication. He has held many distinguished positions in Universities and public communication institutions. His presentation was extremely interesting to our members, covering the origins of many of our uniquely Australian…
13-year-old Charlie Eggins from Forest Lake State High School recently broke the Continental and Australian records for solving a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube while blindfolded for both a blind 3×3 single-solve and in a 3×3 “Mean of 3” blind solve. At the July 10 event held in Melbourne at the Abbotsford Blind Challenge, Charlie’s average time…
Dental Health Week is the Australian Dental Association’s major annual oral health campaign that takes place in the first week of August. The theme this year is ‘Love Your Teeth’. The campaign focuses on the importance of taking steps to care for your teeth and gums to help you to keep your teeth and…
The Forest Lake Community Festival will be returning for the second time ever on Saturday September 10 from 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Last year’s inaugural event saw thousands of Forest Lake community members come along and enjoy the afternoon, with this year’s festival set to be even bigger and better. Forest Lake…
The 4078 Pay It Forward Facebook group has been making a great difference in the lives of community members through acts of kindness in Forest Lake and surrounding areas since 2016. The group operates as a safe space for people in the community to give away items and offer free services to those in…