FOREST HILL
Forest Hill is a very small town
midway between Gatton and Laidley. Forest Hill is also a ‘food basket’
provider to the greater Brisbane region. Unlike Gatton and Laidley,
Forest Hill has retained its small town qualities, but business
factors are under stress.
Forest Hill is a
town in the Lockyer Valley. The town is in the Lockyer Valley Region
local government area, 83 kilometres (52 mi) west of the state
capital, Brisbane and 53 kilometres (33 mi) east of the regional
centre of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Forest Hill had a population
of 342.
During the
2010–2011 Queensland floods, much of the population of Forest Hill was
required to be evacuated by helicopter to nearby Gatton to avoid
rapidly rising floodwaters.

Forest Hill has two century old
classic pubs. 
The Forest Hill War Memorial is
located opposite the xxx Hotel. This is the traditional WW1
acknowledgement.
Forest Hill has an Anglican and
Catholic Churches. Both wooden and very old. 
The traveller has to take short
diversion to Forest Hill, and if the timing is right refreshment at
the pubs may be in order.
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