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Could Moreton Bay’s Next Citizen of the Year Come From North Lakes?

North Lakes residents are being invited to nominate the volunteers, mentors and community leaders whose work could earn them recognition in Moreton Bay’s 2027 Australia Day Awards.

Nominations are open until 31 October 2026 for Citizen of the Year and the Mayor’s Community Spirit Award. People can be recognised for years of community service or for an exceptional contribution made more recently.

Recognition starts close to home

North Lakes and its surrounding communities have produced a long list of people recognised for work ranging from food relief and education to wildlife care and community advocacy.

Mango Hill’s Laurence Christie received a Moreton Bay Community Spirit Award in 2023 after establishing the Mango Hill Progress Association and leading the organisation for 37 years. His work made him a longstanding community advocate as Mango Hill underwent substantial change.

A finalist rises to Citizen of the Year

The North Lakes awards program also provides a direct link to Moreton Bay’s current Citizen of the Year, Chris Paterson.

Paterson, founder of Bamboo Projects, was a Westfield North Lakes Local Heroes finalist in 2024. At the time, his organisation was reported to have removed 70 tonnes of marine debris from Moreton Bay while using outdoor and environmental programs to support people living with mental illness and disability. His finalist placing delivered a $5,000 grant for Bamboo Projects.

Two years later, Paterson was named the 2026 City of Moreton Bay Citizen of the Year. Bamboo Projects uses accessible boats in its waterway clean-ups while providing opportunities for people living with disability or mental health challenges. The organisation has since removed more than 80 tonnes of debris, while Paterson volunteers more than 30 hours each week mentoring community members.

Paterson described receiving the city-wide honour as a surreal moment and said the recognition acknowledged the work and volunteer hours behind the project.

Two awards cast a wide net

Citizen of the Year recognises outstanding achievement or contribution to the community. The recipient must be an Australian citizen living in the City of Moreton Bay.

The Mayor’s Community Spirit Award covers significant contributions through service, leadership or community involvement. Unlike Citizen of the Year, recipients do not need to be Australian citizens or City of Moreton Bay residents.

Nominations for the 2027 Australia Day Awards close on 31 October 2026 and can be submitted through the City of Moreton Bay Australia Day Awards page.

Published 29-Sept-2026

New Community Land Plan Comes as Mango Hill Outgrows Its Old Hall

Land will be acquired for new community facilities at Mango Hill under a local budget allocation, as rapid population growth puts pressure on the suburb’s existing infrastructure.

City of Moreton Bay’s 2026–27 budget earmarks funds for the acquisition alongside road and drainage upgrades at Rose, Mary and Winifred streets and playground equipment renewal at Danzy Buchanan Park. Managed by the Mango Hill Progress Association on Council’s behalf, the existing community centre beside Danzy Buchanan Park remains available for hire.

The Council lists the venue’s maximum capacity as 70 people, describing it as suitable for small functions.

Demand outpaces older infrastructure

When the Mango Hill Progress Association formed in 1986, the village comprised fewer than 100 homes with minimal local amenities. The association later helped establish the facilities at Danzy Buchanan Park, including the community centre precinct.

Australian Bureau of Statistics census data tracks a dramatic expansion since that era, with the local population rising from 4,340 residents in 2011 to 8,434 in 2016 and 14,921 in 2021 — a 244 per cent increase over a decade.

The modest hall continues to host weekly, fortnightly and monthly bookings for fitness, dance, meetings and social gatherings, though community leaders have long flagged capacity limits.

In 2024, the Progress Association campaigned for a dedicated neighbourhood centre to serve Mango Hill, North Lakes and Griffin, noting the existing venue was heavily booked and lacked space for broader social services, support programs and private consultations.

Location vulnerabilities have added to those concerns. Severe weather in March 2022 inundated the Danzy Buchanan Park facility, sending approximately 300 millimetres of floodwater through the hall and covering nearby tennis and basketball courts in mud before volunteers completed a major clean-up.

Local venue options expand

The Danzy Buchanan Park hall is not the sole venue operating in the area.

Opened in 2020, the Y Mango Hill Community Centre on Halpine Drive provides a 182-square-metre community hall, four learning spaces, a half basketball court and outdoor areas. That site regularly hosts workshops, tutoring, martial arts, business seminars and religious services.

While the Y offers an alternative venue, the progress association has maintained its push for broader, purpose-built neighbourhood spaces.

Future site details undisclosed

Council’s budget allocation signals progress, though specific project parameters remain unconfirmed. Official budget documentation does not yet identify the proposed location, parcel size, construction schedule or planned facility mix for the new land acquisition.

With land acquisition now formally budgeted, attention shifts to how Council will address the long-term facility needs of Mango Hill’s expanding population.

Published 28-Sept-2026

The Wild Side of North Lakes: What Is Still Moving Through the Suburbs?

North Lakes Environmental Reserve. Photo Credit: City of Moreton Bay

Beneath a railway bridge at Mango Hill, researchers once recorded something easy to miss from the roads above: koalas moving through the landscape.

At least two different animals repeatedly passed beneath the Redcliffe Peninsula rail line along Freshwater Creek, detected by remote telemetry and trail cameras during one of Australia’s most intensive koala-monitoring programs. Koalas were also recorded using the nearby Bruce Highway bridge over the creek.

For a place better known for shopping centres, housing estates and busy roads, it is a striking glimpse of another North Lakes — one threaded with creek lines, wetlands and surviving patches of habitat that wildlife is still using.

The important qualification is that this is not one uninterrupted wildlife corridor stretching neatly from North Lakes to Hays Inlet. It is a fragmented network, with some connections still functioning and others squeezed by roads, rail and development.

The Creeks That Survived the Suburbs

Before North Lakes took its present form, much of the roughly 1,000-hectare development area had already been used for grazing and later as a softwood pine plantation. The plantation was harvested in the early 1990s and development of the new town began in 1999.

Yet waterways and vegetation survived within and around that transformation.

Construction of Mango Hill station in 2015. Koala research associated with the rail project later documented animals using creek crossings beneath transport infrastructure in the Mango Hill area. Photo Credit: Advanstra/Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons CC0

Freshwater Creek is one of the clearest examples. During construction of the rail line, researchers found viable koala habitat concentrated along its paperbark and blue-gum corridor at Mango Hill. The high railway bridge allowed animals to continue passing underneath.

Elsewhere, ecological investigations on the former North Lakes golf course have recorded koala evidence and kangaroos, while identifying a potential fauna connection beneath Bounty Boulevard towards North Lakes Environmental Reserve.

The reserve itself has undergone restoration work. Council reported planting koala habitat trees there as part of more than 4,200 planted across North Lakes Environmental Reserve and another Moreton Bay site in 2016–17.

From Koala Country to an International Wetland

Follow the surviving waterways and habitat east and the landscape changes.

Around Hays Inlet, eucalypt and melaleuca habitat gives way to Casuarina forest, saltmarsh, mangroves and extensive tidal flats. The inlet is part of the internationally important Moreton Bay Ramsar wetland and its declared Fish Habitat Area covers 1,205 hectares.

Its wildlife records show just how much ecological variety lies beside the suburbs.

Hays Inlet Conservation Park records include koalas, eastern grey kangaroos, swamp wallabies and brushtail possums, along with a recorded flying-fox observation. Above them are white-bellied sea-eagles, whistling kites and eastern ospreys.

Then there are the international travellers. Hays Inlet is an important feeding area for migratory shorebirds including the critically endangered eastern curlew, a bird that migrates between Australia and breeding grounds in Russia and China.

Those are Hays Inlet records, not a list of animals living in suburban North Lakes. What connects the two landscapes is the remaining network of vegetation, waterways and habitat patches between them.

Where the Wild Routes Break

The weak points are just as important as the connections.

Anzac Avenue cuts across habitat near Saltwater Creek between the North Lakes/Mango Hill side and Hays Inlet. A previous push for an arboreal crossing for koalas and possums, together with improvements beneath the road, did not win State support at the time, and that particular connection remains unresolved.

There has been movement elsewhere. Current plans for the much larger Bruce Highway upgrade north of North Lakes include underground fauna crossings, showing that wildlife movement is now being incorporated into the design of major transport infrastructure.

North Lakes therefore has no secret wilderness hidden behind the houses. What it has may be more interesting: fragments of an older landscape, some restored and some retained, through which animals are still finding their way.

And in at least one creek corridor beside Mango Hill, researchers have the tracking data to prove it.

Published 26-September-2026

Marvel Crafts and Plush Giveaways Head to Westfield North Lakes

Spider-Man bookmarks, Hulk slime and personalised tote bags are among the free activities heading to Westfield North Lakes, with a small daily giveaway adding another reason for Marvel fans to stop by during the school holidays.

The program runs from 28 September to 3 October, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day, between Concierge and Boost Juice. A different activity is scheduled across the six-day run.

Start with Spider-Man

The week opens with Spider-Man bookmark-making on Monday before switching to Marvel door signs on Tuesday.

From Wednesday to Friday, children can customise their own tote bags, while Hulk slime takes over the final session on Saturday.

The sessions are free and sit within a broader school holiday program at the centre, which also includes other family activities and entertainment.

Plush toys while stocks last

Westfield members can also redeem a reversible Marvel plush at the activity station while stocks last.

The giveaway is available from 28 September to 3 October, with 30 plush toys available each day and a total allocation of 180. Members must also enter the Hong Kong Disneyland competition to redeem one, with a maximum of two plush toys per member per day.

Hong Kong prize runs separately

A second promotion gives Westfield members the chance to win a Marvel-themed family holiday to Hong Kong Disneyland.

Entries are open from 17 September to 11 October, with one Australian winner to receive a trip valued at up to $9,245 for two adults and two children aged two to 11.

The prize includes return flights, accommodation and park tickets, while the North Lakes craft program finishes earlier, on Saturday, 3 October.

Saturday ends with Hulk

The final day shifts away from bookmarks and tote bags and ends the week with Hulk slime. Activities run from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with the plush giveaway also continuing while daily stocks last.

Updated 26-September-2026

North Lakes to Get New Scooter Track and Dog Park

Young scooter riders and four-legged locals are both set to get new territory in North Lakes, with a children’s scooter track and dog off-leash area planned for Memorial Drive.

A shelter and new car park are also part of the Memorial Drive project, bringing several recreation facilities together rather than creating a stand-alone dog park.

For families, the more unusual addition will be the scooter track. City of Moreton Bay describes it specifically as a “scooter track for young children” — not a skate park or pump track — pointing to a space aimed at younger riders finding their feet on wheels.

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A Track for the Younger Crowd

Exactly what the track will look like has not yet been made public.

Council has tried the idea elsewhere in Moreton Bay. At Blatchford Sporting and Recreation Reserve in Murrumba Downs, a scooter track was designed for children from toddler to primary-school age, with a concrete riding area, obstacles, seating and landscaping.

There is not yet enough public detail to say whether Memorial Drive will follow that model or include the miniature streets, signs and intersections sometimes found in learn-to-ride circuits.

What is clear is that it would fill a different recreation niche in North Lakes.

The suburb has developed an increasingly varied collection of parks and sporting spaces as it has grown, from the playing fields around Woodside and Kinsellas to the recreation facilities at Aurora Boulevard Park. Aurora Boulevard already has a skate park alongside playgrounds and a fenced dog off-leash area, giving older and more confident riders somewhere to practise.

Memorial Drive would add something deliberately pitched at younger children.

New Territory for North Lakes Dogs

The dog off-leash component has been in the works for longer.

In 2025, Council identified 731 Memorial Drive as a potential location for a new North Lakes dog off-leash area. At the time, it was one of two sites being considered in the suburb, along with Oxley Street Park.

The latest budget now identifies a Memorial Drive project combining a dog off-leash area with the children’s scooter track, shelter and new car park. However, the published budget information does not specify a street number, so 731 Memorial Drive should not yet be treated as the confirmed footprint of the combined project.

North Lakes already has off-leash facilities at Aurora Boulevard Park and Woodside Sports Ground, but the Memorial Drive proposal emerged from Council’s broader search for additional dog recreation sites.

The final layout has not yet been published. That leaves details such as the size of the dog area, its fencing arrangement, whether dogs of different sizes will have separate spaces and whether agility equipment will be provided still to be confirmed.

Council’s general guidelines for new off-leash areas consider secure entrances, shade, drinking water, seating and links to paths, but they do not confirm what will ultimately be installed as part of the Memorial Drive project.

More Than the Original Dog Park Idea

The latest budget takes the Memorial Drive plans beyond a stand-alone dog park proposal, with several recreation elements now listed together.

City of Moreton Bay’s adopted 2026–27 Budget lists construction of the children’s scooter track and dog off-leash area together with a shelter and new car park.

That represents a clear step forward from 2025, when the potential Memorial Drive dog park was still among a collection of sites requiring further assessment, planning and design.

Some important details are still to come. The published budget material does not provide a stand-alone total cost for the project, while a final public concept plan, detailed construction timetable and confirmed opening date have not been located.

But the shape of the Memorial Drive project is now much clearer. Instead of another single-purpose recreation space, the plan brings together somewhere for little riders to practise, dogs to run and families to stop for a while.

Updated 24-September-2026

Black Spot Safety Hump Planned for Prospect Street at Bruce Highway Service Road

A raised traffic-calming treatment is planned for the southern end of Prospect Street in North Lakes, with $93,000 in Australian Government Black Spot funding allocated to slow vehicles approaching the service road north of the Bruce Highway.

Rather than a major intersection rebuild, the project centres on one specific measure: a raised hump on the Prospect Street approach. Federal project records describe the site as “Prospect Street – Service Road north of Bruce Highway” and identify the project as being in planning.

The work applies to the Bruce Highway end of Prospect Street, not the full road through the North Lakes commercial and town-centre area.

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A 2025 Finish Has Slipped Well Into 2027

The Australian Government committed $93,000 to the project through the Black Spot Program, with the initial federal timetable putting the work between July and December 2025.

That schedule did not hold. A Commonwealth status report in September 2025 listed the project as “Not Started”, and subsequent federal program material extended the expected completion window to June 2027.

City of Moreton Bay has also carried the Prospect Street project into its 2026–27 Budget.

As of September 2026, North Lakes Today has found no later public record confirming that construction or preliminary works have begun, nor evidence that a contractor has been appointed. A firm construction start date has not been published, so the upgrade should not yet be described as underway.

One Treatment Targets the Approach

The approved scope is considerably narrower than many intersection safety projects. Federal records describe the core treatment simply as “providing a raised hump on approach”.

There is no indication in the published scope of new traffic signals, turning lanes, pedestrian refuges, cycle facilities, medians or substantial intersection reconstruction. Instead, the physical road treatment is intended to make motorists reduce speed as they approach the service-road junction.

The location is also important. The project concerns the Prospect Street approach to the service road north of the Bruce Highway, rather than the North Lakes Drive end of Prospect Street near Westfield North Lakes.

What Put the Site on the Black Spot List?

The reason this particular location secured Black Spot funding is less clear from the material released publicly.

Commonwealth project records do not provide a crash count for the site, identify particular collision types or say whether pedestrians or cyclists were involved. North Lakes Today also found no publicly released road-safety audit or Black Spot nomination assessment setting out the case behind the treatment.

That means the funding should not be taken by itself as evidence that Prospect Street has a particular crash record. Black Spot projects can qualify through casualty-crash history, while the program also allows proactive treatments where an engineering assessment identifies a serious safety risk.

The available Prospect Street records do not establish which pathway was used. What they do establish is that slowing vehicles on the approach was selected as the appropriate treatment.

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Motorists Are Still Waiting for the Works Schedule

With the delivery window now extending to June 2027, the practical construction details are yet to emerge.

No public construction notice located for the project sets out lane closures, traffic control, working hours, parking restrictions or changes to pedestrian and property access. Those details should become clearer once the project moves beyond planning.

For now, Prospect Street has a funded Black Spot treatment and a revised delivery window, but no confirmed construction start. Once installed, the change should be straightforward for motorists: a physical traffic-calming treatment requiring vehicles to slow before reaching the service-road junction.

Published 9-September-2026

Coding, Robots and Minecraft on the Program at North Lakes Library

Photo Credit: City of Moreton Bay Libraries

Coding challenges, programmable robots and Minecraft are among the activities on offer at North Lakes Library, where the current program includes hands-on digital sessions for children, teenagers and adults.

The line-up stretches from introductory robotics for children to STEAM activities, a weekly Minecraft Club and an adult group devoted to game programming and design.

One of the more unusual offerings is TryBots, a free session built around programmable robots. The latest North Lakes session was held on Saturday, 5 September, with the next currently listed for 7 November.

Getting to Grips With Robots

TryBots is for ages five and over and does not require bookings. Children can use Blue-Bots in games, build a maze or challenge for a robot, try coding activities using the library’s Tech Trolley and join a Storytime session featuring a robot.

Blue-Bots are small programmable floor robots that follow sequences of movement instructions. They can also connect to a tablet or computer via Bluetooth, giving children a simple way to experiment with basic coding concepts.

No previous coding experience is listed as a requirement, and the library also has Blue-Bots available to borrow for use at home.

Minecraft is another regular fixture at North Lakes Library, with Minecraft Club running on Tuesdays from 3.30pm to 4.30pm for ages six to 17.

Players take on challenges using the library’s Minecraft server, with the sessions open to different levels of experience. Bookings are required. Participants can play remotely using their own Java or Bedrock account or attend the library and use its computers and accounts.

North Lakes also hosts STEAM Station for children aged five to 11, combining science, technology, engineering, art and maths through hands-on activities. Upcoming sessions are scheduled for 14 and 23 September and 12 and 28 October, from 3.30pm to 4pm. The sessions are free and do not require bookings.

Game Development for Grown-Ups

The digital program is not limited to younger library users.

The Game Development and Design Group meets every Thursday from 6pm to 7pm, giving adults a place to share ideas, collaborate and learn about game programming and design practices.

The group is free and does not require bookings. Its current listing does not specify a minimum level of experience or whether participants need to bring a laptop, so anyone unsure about equipment or the level of the sessions can check with the library before attending.

Meetings continue throughout September and October.

More to Try During the Holidays

Some of the regular activities continue into the September school holidays.

Minecraft Club is scheduled for 22 and 29 September, while STEAM Station will run on 23 September. LEGO Engineers Club, which uses LEGO in design and engineering challenges, is also scheduled for 21 September.

There is more to come after the holidays. On Saturday, 17 October, North Lakes Library will hold a free Studios Open Day from 9.30am to noon.

People aged 12 and over can try activities including podcasting, Cricut cutting and robotics, with no booking required.

The open day also provides a look inside the library’s Digital Studio, a bookable space equipped for activities including podcasting, content creation, vinyl and paper cutting and experimenting with robots.

It is a less traditional part of the program at the library at 10 The Corso, sitting alongside books, public computers, Wi-Fi, printing and scanning services and a wider calendar of children’s and community activities.

Published 8-September-2026

Bruce Highway Ramp Upgrade Takes Shape at Murrumba Downs

Artist’s impression of the extended north-facing ramps at the Dohles Rocks Road interchange, Murrumba Downs. Photo Credit: TMR Queensland

Work on the $290 million Bruce Highway upgrade at Murrumba Downs has moved into a more visible phase, with new ramps taking shape between Dohles Rocks Road and the Anzac Avenue interchange and a key local road connection now closed.

Access to Goodrich Road East directly from Dohles Rocks Road has closed as construction progresses on the new southbound highway exit. Drivers can instead reach Goodrich Road East via Silvereye Drive.

It is one of the biggest changes so far in a project that will alter how traffic enters and leaves the Bruce Highway between Murrumba Downs and the interchange serving North Lakes and Mango Hill.

New Ramps Between Dohles Rocks Road and Anzac Avenue

Stage 1 centres on two extended north-facing ramps at Dohles Rocks Road.

The new northbound entry will take traffic from Dohles Rocks Road onto the Bruce Highway, continuing towards the Anzac Avenue exit as an auxiliary lane.

Heading south, another auxiliary lane will extend from the Anzac Avenue entry ramp to a new Bruce Highway exit at Dohles Rocks Road.

That means additional road capacity between the two interchanges, rather than the new infrastructure ending immediately after vehicles join or leave the highway.

Ramp-metering signals will also be installed on the northbound entry to manage the flow of vehicles joining the Bruce Highway.

Dohles Rocks Road Is Being Reworked

Changes are happening off the highway as well.

The existing signalised intersection on Dohles Rocks Road is being upgraded to accommodate traffic using the new northbound ramp. A separate signalised intersection will cater for the new southbound exit.

The closure of the former Goodrich Road East access makes room for that southbound ramp, while new and upgraded noise barriers also form part of the works.

Main construction began in April 2025 after early works started the previous year. The Australian Government is contributing $232 million towards the $290 million project, with the Queensland Government providing $58 million.

Bigger Changes Planned Around the Bruce Highway

The Murrumba Downs works are also part of a much larger rethink of the Bruce Highway and Gateway Motorway corridor through Brisbane’s northern fringe and southern Moreton Bay.

Immediately south of Dohles Rocks Road, detailed design is now underway on a separate project that would build collector-distributor roads on both sides of the Bruce Highway between Dohles Rocks Road and the Gateway Motorway and Gympie Arterial Road.

That proposal includes two new bridges across the Pine River, a shared active transport connection and a fauna underpass. Construction funding for that stage has not yet been committed.

Future stages between Dohles Rocks Road and Anzac Avenue are also proposed. These include collector-distributor roads, changes to the Anzac Avenue interchange and a shared pedestrian and bicycle path along the eastern side of the highway.

Those later works remain subject to further approvals and funding.

For now, the most immediate changes are happening at Dohles Rocks Road, where the new ramps and intersections are steadily changing a familiar part of the Bruce Highway for motorists travelling between Murrumba Downs, Griffin and the North Lakes area.

Published 8-September-2026

Petrie Campus Scholarship Program Reaches Milestone Supporting Nearly 100 Undergraduates

Twenty-three students scattered across the bustling North Lakes, Petrie, Mango Hill and Kallangur corridor are suddenly finding room to breathe as fresh financial backing targets the escalating costs of modern higher education.

Strengthening the Local Pipeline

Why should a bright academic future depend entirely on the state of a bank account? Local leaders refuse to let household budgets dictate who gets to succeed. Operating out of the Petrie campus, the annual City of Moreton Bay Scholarship Program has steadily built a reliable net for local learners since 2020.

Ninety-one students have now navigated their university years with this backing, transforming raw potential into professional capability right where they grew up.

Adapting to Economic Realities

Bursaries jumped from $2,000 to $2,500 this year, responding directly to the pinch of inflation. Administrators also introduced the programme’s inaugural Indigenous Study Support Bursary, widening the gates for regional participation. Beyond these sixteen flexible cash grants sit seven major undergraduate scholarships, each worth $8,000 annually for the entire duration of a degree.

Could a few thousand dollars really mean the difference between dropping out and earning a diploma? For many young adults juggling rent and textbooks, the answer is an absolute yes.

Fueling Tomorrow’s Economy

Petrie is expanding at breakneck speed. Where will the region find the engineers, teachers, and innovators it needs tomorrow? The answer is sitting in today’s lecture halls. By removing financial barriers, the collaborative initiative ensures homegrown talent stays put rather than drifting away to bigger cities.

Graduates step straight from campus into local enterprises, feeding their newly minted expertise back into the neighbourhoods that supported them from the start.

Updated 2-September-2026

How Costco North Lakes Food Donations Reach Beyond One Charity

Photo Credit: Nourish Street Inc/Facebook

Surplus food from Costco North Lakes is being turned into meals for people experiencing homelessness and financial hardship, with much of the donated meat extending beyond Nourish Street Inc’s own programs to other community meal services.

The North Lakes store has supported Nourish Street for more than a year by donating meat and other food. Meat approaching its use-by date is frozen at the store before being collected by the charity and transferred to its own freezers.

From there, donated meat is sent to licensed kitchens that prepare meals for Nourish Street’s programs.

How Costco North Lakes Donations Travel Further

Nourish Street prepares about 850 meals each week but uses only around 30 per cent of the meat it receives. The remainder is passed to other community groups, including organisations operating soup kitchens and other meal programs.

That redistribution allows food collected from one North Lakes store to continue through a broader community network rather than remaining within a single charity.

A recent donation from Costco North Lakes included a large supply of mince as well as cans for recycling. Nourish Street said the mince would be sent to licensed kitchens preparing meals for people experiencing homelessness.

Additional meals prepared from the donation can be frozen and passed to other charities and community organisations. Nourish Street estimated that the mince donation would ultimately help feed thousands of people across the wider community.

Ongoing Donations Support Weekly Meals

The charity has also acknowledged other bulk meat donations from the store, describing the support as helping keep hundreds of people fed each week while saving usable food from going to waste.

The donations have drawn positive comments from community members, with people thanking Costco North Lakes and recognising both the store’s contribution and Nourish Street’s work.

The cans supplied with the recent mince donation are also being recycled, providing another form of support for the charity.

Nourish Street’s Wider Community Work

Nourish Street began as a self-funded family effort led by Beau Haywood, Jenny Ignacio and Haywood’s sons Kane, Zion and Isaac before developing into a registered charity supported by volunteers.

Its work includes hot meals, groceries, tents and other essential supplies for people sleeping rough. The organisation also works with other frontline groups to share resources and help people in crisis access services and support.

Nourish Street says it assists more than 100 people five days a week across Moreton Bay and Pine Rivers. Its stated service areas also extend to West End and Brisbane CBD.

Published 24-August-2026