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Black Wattle (Acacia melanoxylon) seed pods
Orb Weaver
FOBIF walkers at Smiths Reef
Jacky Lizard (Amphibolurus muricatus)
Coarse Dodder Laurel (Cassytha melantha)
Sunset at Walmer
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Milkmaid (Burchardia umbellata)
Shrub Violet (Hybanthus floribundus)
Yellow Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon)
Hypnum cupressiforme var mossmanianum
Gorse Bitter Pea (Daviesia ulicifolia)
Pyronema omphalodes
Young Rosellas in nesting box
Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans)
Cup Moth Caterpillar
Casuarina
Rock Isotome (Isotome axillaris)
Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)
Stumpy-tailed Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
Author Archives: fobif
Sunday 14 April – Nature Search Day, Maldon Historic Reserve 9am – 4pm
How do management burns change our bushlands? This isn’t an easy question to answer, given the lack of information on ‘before and after’ monitoring. The informal Muckleford Forest Friends Group is confronting this problem by organising a day in an … Continue reading
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Butterflies feeding on sap
Tony Morton has sent us these observations of butterflies in Kalimna Park. The photos were taken on the west side of Kalimna, in the Castlemaine Copper patch, just above the bench, in mid-April 2012. He plans to look to see if … Continue reading
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National Parks for sale?
The Victorian National Parks Association is campaigning against the State Government’s decision to open our parks to commercial development. The VNPA has issued the following statement: ‘On Easter Sunday (31 March 2013), the State Government released new guidelines for ‘tourism … Continue reading
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Want to buy a premium penguin product?
The State Government’s decision to open National Parks to commercial development [see above] has its origins way back in the Kennett era, but surfaced more recently in a report published by the Labour Government in 2008. It’s called Victoria’s Nature … Continue reading
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Moth empire to strike back?
As we reported in January, the cup moth devastation of our bushlands seems to be over. But the respite for the affected trees [which have only partly recovered] may be temporary. Tony Morton has sent us these observations from Glenluce: … Continue reading
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FOBIF walk in Maldon Historic Reserve
A group of 20 eager bushwalkers emerged from their summer hiatus to participate in the first walk of the 2013 FOBIF calendar. The walk was led by Chris Johnston, who has built up a considerable body of knowledge about the … Continue reading
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The Selwyn Map: ‘quiet, calm…terrible, disturbing’
It’s a map ‘full of quiet calm, still, beautiful’, says Latrobe University historian Gerry Gill. There’s a ‘soft, comfortable, nostalgic light’ in it. But it’s also ‘terrible, disturbing’. Gill is referring to the Selwyn map, produced in 1852 and showing … Continue reading
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Don’t try this yourself!
Bird netting which lies loosely on the ground can be a menace to small animals like echidnas…and also to snakes, as the picture below shows. Doug Ralph was asked by a local to help out when a brown snake about … Continue reading
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‘Castlemaine’s first environmental cause’
The curious circular earth formation pictured below isn’t a mysterious religious site. It’s a puddling wheel, and if you want to know how it used to work, check out historian Marjorie Theobald’s article ‘Commissioner Bull and the Puddling Machines: Castlemaine’s … Continue reading
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Flood management plan on the way?
About 100 people turned up to the first public consultation meeting on flood management on February 18 at the Castlemaine Town Hall. The meeting consisted of three presentations on flood issues by Catchment Managers and water industry experts—unfortunately rather repetitive … Continue reading
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