LovableLakelands

11/10/2026

🎃👻 LAKELANDS HALLOWEEN HOUSE MAP IS BACK! 🏡🍬

Our Halloween map was such a hit last year, helping families find all the spooky houses handing out treats around Lakelands, that we’re bringing it back for another year! 🧡🖤

Are you decorating your house for Halloween and planning to hand out lollies to our local trick-or-treaters? 🍭🕷️

We’d love to add you to the Lovable Lakelands Halloween Map! 🗺️

🏡 If you’re decorating and welcoming trick-or-treaters, let us know in the comments or send us a message with your street address, and we’ll add you to the map!

Whether you’re going all out with spooky decorations or simply handing out a few treats, we’d love to include you. 🎃

Let’s make Halloween in Lakelands another fun, spooky and memorable night for our local kids and families! 👻🍬

Please share this post and help us spread the word! 🧡

10/10/2026

What an amazing morning at our very own Park Run!! This is on every saturday at Black Swan Lake at 8am - run, jog, walk, skip! Dogs welcome too!! And it's free! Come along next Saturday!

06/10/2026

What a great night!

Our Lakelands Launch Walk was such a lovely way to kick off One Foot Forward! We walked our way through Lakelands, caught up with neighbours and friends, and finished at the Lakelands Community Garden Inc. with a sausage sizzle, drinks and plenty of good conversation.

And of course, we couldn’t finish the night without a little treat from Demz Cones! 🍦❤️

Thank you the LovableLakelands team, Peet Communities and Black Dog Institute for making this possible and Michael from the Lakelands Community Garden for hosting!

There’s still time to join the challenge and get your steps in! And remember, there’s $250 up for grabs for the person who completes the most kilometres and another $250 for the person who raises the most money.

👟 Next up – Black Swan Lake parkrun!
📅 Saturday | ⏰ 8:00am
Walk, run, skip or shuffle — whatever you’d like! Come and join us and get those kilometres happening. 💙

👉 Join the Lovable Lakelands team:
https://www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/lovablelakelands

30/09/2026

ONE FOOT FORWARD STARTS TOMORROW!

It’s almost time! Tomorrow marks the start of our Lovable Lakelands One Foot Forward challenge with the Black Dog Institute, with events throughout October. We’d love you to join us!

You don’t have to be a runner and you don’t have to fundraise — simply choose your own kilometre goal for October and walk, jog or run whenever and wherever suits you.

👉 JOIN THE LOVABLE LAKELANDS TEAM:
https://www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/lovablelakelands

📅 OUR OCTOBER EVENTS

Friday 2 October – Launch Event
⏰ 5:00pm
📍 Yaaka Park → Lakelands Community Garden
Walk with us to the Community Garden, or join us along the way. From 6pm, meet us at the communiry garden for food, drinks, icecream and a chance to catch up with your neighbours.
Everyone welcome!

Saturday 3 October – One Foot Forward x parkrun
⏰ 8:00am📍 Black Swan Lake parkrun
Walk, jog or run the 5km and count those kilometres towards your challenge.

Saturday 10 October – ⏰ 8:00am📍 Black Swan Lake parkrun

Thursday 15 October – Food Trucks & Fancy Dress! ⏰ 5:00pm📍 Black Swan Lake
A fun dress-up walk around the lake, followed by an evening at the local food trucks! Bring the family, bring the dog and bring your best costume!

Saturday 17 October – ⏰ 8:00am📍 Black Swan Lake parkrun

Saturday 24 October – ⏰ 8:00am📍 Black Swan Lake parkrun

Saturday 31 October – ⏰ 8:00am📍 Black Swan Lake parkrun

🏆 PRIZES TO BE WON!
There are TWO $250 prizes up for grabs!
$250 – Most kilometres in Lakelands Estate
For the person who logs the most One Foot Forward kilometres within Lakelands Estate.
$250 – Most money raised in Lakelands Estate
For the person who raises the most money within Lakelands Estate.

Whether you join us for one event, come along to parkrun every Saturday, walk the dog, get the kids involved or simply do your kilometres in your own time — we'd love to have you on the team!

Let's get Lakelands moving, connecting and putting One Foot Forward for mental health.

A huge thank you to PEET and the Black Dog Institute for supporting our community!

We're walking 100km this October to help fund support services for Australian's living with mental illness.

25/09/2026

💕 THE LOVABLE LAKELANDS TINY HEARTS TRAIL IS HERE! 💕

Looking for something fun to do these school holidays? 👀💗

We’ve hidden 8 Tiny Hearts around Black Swan Lake and we’re inviting you to get out, explore the lake and see if you can find them all! 🥰💕

👣 8 hearts to find
🌳 A beautiful walk around Black Swan Lake
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for kids, families and all ages
📸 Take a photo when you find a heart and share it with us!

The Tiny Hearts are spread around the lake, so why not make a morning or afternoon of it? Pack some snacks, get the kids outdoors and enjoy one of Lakelands’ beautiful spaces. 💚

How many can you find? Can you find all 8? 🩷💚💙💜

📸 We’d love to see your Tiny Hearts Trail adventures! Share your photos in the comments or tag Lovable Lakelands so we can see who’s been hunting!

💕 Need a little help finding them? Check out our website for a map with hints to help you on your Tiny Hearts hunt! 🗺️💗

Happy heart hunting! 💕🔍

16/09/2026

🛹💚 Lakelands, have your say! 💚🛹

There’s an opportunity for our community to have a say on the new skate park proposed for Lakelands — and we’d love to see as many local voices as possible involved! 🙌

Whether you’re a skater, scooter rider, BMX rider, a parent, a grandparent, or simply someone who wants to see great spaces for our local young people and community — your feedback matters.

This is a chance to share your ideas, what you’d like to see included and what would make the space something our community can enjoy for years to come. 🛹🛴🚲

👉 Have your say here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EkQejt6dQ/

Please take a few minutes to provide your feedback and share this post with your neighbours, friends and family so we can make sure the Lakelands community is heard. 💚

Let’s get involved and help shape our community! 🌿

02/09/2026

🚶‍♀️🏃‍♂️💙 ONE FOOT FORWARD x PARKRUN — LET'S GET MOVING TOGETHER! 💙🏃‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Every Saturday in October, Lovable Lakelands is teaming up with parkrun to get our community moving, connecting and supporting better mental health! 🫶

Whether you walk, jog or run, come along and join us for a relaxed and social morning. There’s no pressure to be fast — just turn up, have a chat, get some fresh air and put one foot forward for mental health. 💙

🏃‍♀️ WHAT IS PARKRUN?
parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5km event held every Saturday. You can walk, jog, run, volunteer or simply come along and be part of the community.

👉 Register once for parkrun:
https://www.parkrun.com.au/register
Black Swan Lake parkrun

Once you’re registered, you can bring your barcode along every Saturday and have your participation recorded — so you can keep building up your parkrun milestones and points! 🙌

💙 AND HERE'S WHERE ONE FOOT FORWARD COMES IN...

We're encouraging everyone to join the Lovable Lakelands One Foot Forward team and use your Saturday parkrun as part of your October kilometre challenge.

And here's the best part...

🎉 YOU DON'T HAVE TO FUNDRAISE TO BE IN THE RUNNING FOR OUR TEAM PRIZES!

🏆 $250 prize for the Lovable Lakelands team member who completes the most kilometres during October

💰 $250 prize for the team member who raises the most money

So whether you're a fundraising superstar or you'd rather simply get moving — you can be part of the challenge and have a chance to win! 👏

Every walk, jog and run counts. Every kilometre gets you closer. And every person who joins us helps create a stronger, more connected community. 💙

👉 JOIN THE LOVABLE LAKELANDS TEAM:
https://fundraising.cmail20.com/t/d-l-tyuhuku-htlysjiud-jy/

📅 Every Saturday in October 8am by the Lake
🏃‍♀️ Walk • Jog • Run
🤝 Social • Inclusive • No pressure
💙 One Foot Forward for mental health

Bring the kids, bring your friends, bring your neighbours and bring your dog — everyone is welcome!

Let's make October our biggest month of movement yet! 🌳💙

One community. One challenge. One foot forward at a time. 👣

29/08/2026

You can vote at the Coastal Lakes College! Closes at 6pm!