Hello to all the ALAS Members , & people reading our Blog would you believe it its already 27 th of February , 2026,  in this 

The International   Chinese  Year of the Fire Horse, 

so far the years start has been interesting & positive for so many people, some would no   that 

 On the 18th February 2026 most of the Adoption Committee attended a round table conference on 

Adoption we all got to meet the Minister Amanda Camm & her team & many other people with interests 

in the future of Adoption, everyone  in the room learnt the experiences from the Forced Adoption era, 

many peoples eyes were wide opened to some of the  Facts not often spoken about. it was good use of 

the  morning very well spent, a lot of good ideas were well discussed around the room, 

hopefully we will attend more of these  type of Meetings. We all need to stay very active in helping 

Children find forever loving homes.

 

    So much has happened in the last few months, so here goes 

We celebrated the 13 th Anniversary of the Queensland Governments Forced Adoption Apology, even though it was a 9.30 start at the Memorial it was still an absolutely Horrendously hot day, we left early to go on down to The Normanby Hotel where it was cooler, it was a really good  atmosphere, the speakers were well received by everyone, & Kerri's music was once again lovely to listen to over all it was a good day.

  On  Saturday   the 6th of December we held our Christmas Lunch at the Four Mile Creek, we  enjoyed the day, exchanging Cards , Secret Santa, pulling Christmas Crackers & wearing those silly Hats & reading those jokes, all while wearing  bright   Christmas  clothes with  happy smiling  faces, the food was good  i loved my Roast Turkey  & vegies with a delicious Christmas Pudding ice cream & custard. it was lovely to stay until late in the afternoon  sitting around talking & catching up with one another.  

I hope you all enjoyed a Happy Christmas, with plenty of fun things to do ,i hope some got some good

 Family time   & are having a great 2026 so far.