The Lake News
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…
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…
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…
Forest Lake Ward councillor Charles Strunk officially opened a brand-new playground at Thrush Street Park on July 8, 2022. The park features a new elevated play structure, group rocker, flying fox, water pump and mist forest, interactive play panels, spinner and swings.   Children and families who attended enjoyed the new family-friendly recreational area…
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…