Comments for Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests

Comment on How good is the new Code of Practice? by Richardson Vanessa

Richardson Vanessa — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:45:11 +0000

excellent response to the draft COP…thanks for doing such a great job on behalf of our public lands!
Vanessa

Comment on Exploring a mystery by Geraldine Harris

Geraldine Harris — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:49:43 +0000

How fascinating.
Has anyone attempted to take an aerial photo of the formation?
I would be very interested to see that.
Please keep me posted if any further information is revealed.

Comment on What’s its name? by doug ralph

doug ralph — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:06:59 +0000

I have always called them wooly bears.

Comment on Bendigo meeting on fire zones by Martyn Stradbrook

Martyn Stradbrook — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:44:52 +0000

I am gobsmacked! I live in Strathfieldsaye just at the bottom of the forest and cannot beleive that DSE intend a 90-100% burn of this area. Legalised environmental vandalism does not say it stronger enough. Outraged and disgusted.

Comment on Join by Jane Shearer

Jane Shearer — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:38:56 +0000

I grew up in Strathfieldsaye in a mud brick house and I have never stopped loving the Box-Ironbark Forest! I am studying Natural Resources Education at La trobe and would love to get more involved in protecting and educating about this beautiful forest of ours.

Comment on Bendigo meeting on fire zones by Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:09:17 +0000

Dear fobif folks – great to see this article about proposed burns. I’m in Green Gully and extremely concerned with the scale of what is proposed. A few of us have put in objections and we are keen to hear from DSE to explain what they propose, how they will do the burn so as to protect significant areas and why exactly they think our forests need a burn. I appreciate the political pressures officers of DSE are under, and I think we all need to stand up strongly and protest. I just can’t really believe that at a recent Connecting Country talk I heard that our forests don’t need fire for regeneration and that fire frequency has actually increased since white folks arrived – and so we need to burn more? Surely this is crazy. We need to reduce burning and move our forests back to a more stable and less fire-dependent state. That will make us all safer and enable out forests to again become places where wonderful biodiversity exists alongside people and our settlements.

Comment on Moss: Examining the detail by Beth Mellick

Beth Mellick — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:13:30 +0000

Your moss photos turned out extremely well Bronwyn. They look like much larger plants than moss, when in fact, they have been greatly magnified. Moss, it turns out, is incredibly beautiful.

Comment on This bridal is creepy by Tony Smark

Tony Smark — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:51:58 +0000

I really enjoyed the latest newsletter. It looks fantastic, the photos are superb, and the content is excellent. Keep up the great job.

Comment on Nuggetty Walk by Dominique Lavie

Dominique Lavie — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:32:27 +0000

The photos tell a good story: Walkers in the fog makes it look like it will be a damp, dull day. But the view and the purple pea show that there is no need to let the weather hold you back. The fog add dramatic atmosphere and makes the clematis shot into a winner. I think I missed a good walk.

Comment on A walk in the mist by Beth Mellick

Beth Mellick — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:48:53 +0000

This was a wonderful walk. Nioka accidentally deleted the photos she took from her camera. So we’ll have to go back and take a photo of Charles Sanger’s hut.