Forest Lake
Young dance and theatre students from Grand Avenue State School truly extended themselves in front of sell-out crowds at the recent Creative Generation – State Schools Onstage (CGEN) extravaganza. The production, held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) from July 14-16, consisted of four shows and featured more than 1,700 state school students,…
The Forest Lake State High School Just Dance Esports team took home first place at the Esports Fuse Cup Brisbane 2022 Grand Finals competition held in May this year. Year 8 students Taelira and Kelvin and year 7 students Jovanna and Brooke competed against 16 teams across Brisbane over two days. The team danced in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It’s been another busy month for the Forest Lake National Seniors with trips, meetings, presenters and activities. Our branch meeting in June hosted a session on chair yoga and well-being for seniors leaving many of us feeling either invigorated or discovering a new pain we hadn’t known before. July’s meeting promises to be very interesting…
Thirty members and guests arrived at the Keperra Golf Club on a very chilly morning, all rugged up anxiously waiting to hit the tees. This was the club’s first game at Keepers, and we were very impressed with the course layout and conditions of the fairways and greens – especially after the February floods. One…
The Heritage Bank Slideshow Award for May was shared by Norman Dean for his black and white photo of a hippo called “I can see you” and John Blackburn for his photo of a lily called “Snowflake Lily”. Congratulations to both of you! Every month, club members submit photos for a slideshow and then during…