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Nadia and Eric Suminto shine at Brisbane Piano Festival

Jamie Furness July 28, 2022 2 min read 0

Forest Lake siblings Nadia and Eric Suminto achieved great results at the recent Brisbane Piano Festival.   14-year-old Nadia placed 3rd against four other competitors in the Opens Category for Grade 6 Piano and above at the June 19 event with the song “Cinema”, composed by Australian pianist Elena Kats-Chernin.   10-year-old Eric placed 3rd…

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Ballroom dancers tear up dance floor at UK and AU competitions

Jamie Furness July 26, 2022 3 min read 0

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…

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Local librarian shares love for reading through street library

Jamie Furness July 26, 2022 3 min read 0

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…

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FLSHS Rugby League players excel this year

Jamie Furness July 25, 2022 3 min read 0

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…

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Grand Avenue team wins 1st place at interschool chess tournament

Jamie Furness July 25, 2022 3 min read 0

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,…

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Forest Lake SHS officially dedicates First Nations mural

Jamie Furness July 25, 2022 2 min read 0

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,…

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Forest Lake Rotary Club July Update

Jamie Furness July 23, 2022 2 min read 0

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…

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Forest Lake Scout Group July Update

Jamie Furness July 22, 2022 5 min read 0

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…

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Forest Lake & District RSL Sub-Branch Update

Forest Lake & District RSL Sub-Branch Update

Jamie Furness July 21, 2022 2 min read 0

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…

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Forest Lake Area Garden Group – July Update

Jamie Furness July 18, 2022 2 min read 0

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…

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