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Dainty Swallowtail (Papilio-anactus)
Coprinus atramentarius
Campylopus
Gorse Bitter-pea (Daviesia ulicifolia)
Spider Mites on Gorse
Forest Hedge Grass (Echinopogon ovatus)
Sematophyllum
Peron`s Tree Frog or Maniacal Cackle Frog (Litoria peronii)
Pseudocyphellaria neglecta
Clustered Everlasting (Chrysocephalum semipapposum)
Tortula antarctica
Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana sp)
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Scarlet Robin
Grey Fantail
Quaking-grass (Briza maxima)
Clitocybe semiocculta
Lichen (probably Xanthoria sp) on a Cassinia stem
Wheel Cactus (Opuntia robusta)
Coral lichen with moss (Leptodontium paradoxum)
Category Archives: News
Fire: who knows how to use it?
DSE Chief Fire Officer Ewan Waller claimed on ABC Radio on March 30 that one of the aims of his department is to create a ‘pre European’ forest structure by using fire. This seems to suggest that he is familiar … Continue reading
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DSE answers on Tarilta fire
Last week FOBIF secretary Bernard Slattery wrote to DSE Bendigo to express our concerns about Tarilta Gorge, in particular the massive soil loss resulting from the Department’s management burn [see our post].We’ve received the following answers to our questions from … Continue reading
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What happens under the tractor?
The first public evening session in Connecting Country’s 2012 Education Program was attended by 75 people at Campbell’s Creek last week. The talk was given by Dr Denis Saunders, who posed a set of question about the long term viability … Continue reading
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Tarilta questions
Following our visits to the DSE burn site in the Tarilta Gorge [see our post] we have written to DSE management in Bendigo seeking a response to the following questions: 1. Last year in our submission on fire zones we … Continue reading
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Floods: taking a wider view
Every time there’s a flood, there seems to be an outbreak of simple suggestions about how the disaster might have been averted. Some of these are more sensible than others, and even some of the more sensible ones–like, stay out … Continue reading
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Floods: running to the past
Recent heavy rains in Victoria have brought about a return of calls to strip vegetation from waterways as a way of reducing flood levels. The claim that vegetation along waterways raises water levels was raised last year when some locals … Continue reading
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Bendigo fire meeting
FOBIF was represented at a meeting in Bendigo on March 7 with DSE land and fire community engagement officer Simone Blair. The meeting was organised by the Bendigo and District Environment council. The meeting was an opportunity for community groups … Continue reading
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Walkers observe the effects of a Fuel Reduction Burn
Forty-five walkers set out from the SEC Dam Track in Green Gully on 21 March for the first FOBIF walk of the year. It was not the normal scenic bushwalk as the route was mainly through areas of the Muckleford … Continue reading
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Tarilta Gorge: burned off, washed away
It’s sometimes hard to know what to call DSE burning operations: control burns? Fuel reduction? Ecological burns? Too often none of the above apply: there’s little control, apart from keeping the burn inside the control lines [and as we know, … Continue reading
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Biodiversity on the side of farming
The theme of the first evening session in the Connecting Country 2012 education program is on the vital importance played by biodiversity [that is, the pattern of plants, animals and micro organisms in the environment] in the health of agriculture. … Continue reading
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