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- Winter reading bonanza! Settle back and give these a go! 5 June, 2023
- 1. Black Summer fires: Guess what? We don’t know enough! 5 June, 2023
- 2. Look…harder 5 June, 2023
- 3. Listen…deeply 5 June, 2023
- Yes, but where was the summit? 22 May, 2023
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Responding to Country Greeting Cards
Responding to Country
Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region
Native Peas of the region book
Wattles of the region book
Eucalypts of the region book
Mosses of Dry Forest book
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Geology Excursion with Clive Willman
Acknowledgement of Country
Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests would like to acknowledge the elders of the Dja Dja Wurrung community and their forebears as the traditional owners of Country in the Mount Alexander Region. We recognise that the Dja Dja Wurrung people have been custodians of this land for many centuries and have performed age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal on their land. We acknowledge their living culture and their unique role in the life of this region.
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The gradual changes, the shifts in tones
An updated version of Responding to Country: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests 1998-2023 is now available. The new edition includes an abridged version of Alison Pouliot’s speech, ‘The gradual changes, the shifts in tones’, given at the February 2023 launch … Continue reading
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Exploring Kalimna during COVID
New FOBIF member Marte Newcombe is exhibiting Kalimna Park photographs at Castlemaine’s Artpuff gallery beginning on 19 May 2023. “I walked almost every day for 3 years in Kalimna Park during the time of Covid and in the process, … Continue reading
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Barry Golding: Reimagining our land
Newstead Landcare Group is hosting a talk by Barry Golding at the Newstead Community Centre, starting at 7.30 pm next Tuesday April 18. All are welcome to attend. The arrival of Europeans on the continent we now call Australia had … Continue reading
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Next two FOBIF walks
Our Goughs Range FOBIF walk will take place next Sunday 16 April. You can contact the leader Harley Parker (0409 135 889) for more information. The date for the following month’s walk is Sunday 21 May, not 28 May as … Continue reading
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Walk cancelled
We have decided to postpone tomorrow’s early morning walk due to the wet weather. It will now take place next Tuesday (April 4). We will be meeting at Leanganook picnic area near the information signs at 6 am. If you … Continue reading
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Anyone for a dawn walk?
A few FOBIF members are planning an early morning walk on Mount Alexander on Tuesday 28 March. We will be following the route for Walk 20 in the FOBIF Twenty Bushwalks book. If you are interested meet at Leanganook Picnic … Continue reading
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First 2023 FOBIF: Columbine Creek and back
Our first walk will take place on Sunday 19 March. The 6 km route is based on the Walk 15 in the FOBIF book, Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region. More detail can be found on the Walks page. … Continue reading
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Last days of FOBIF exhibition (11-13 March)
The FOBIF exhibition at Newstead Arts Hub will be running this Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Labour Day). The opening hours for Saturday and Sunday are 10 am to 4 pm. On Monday we will begin taking down the show at … Continue reading
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Alison Pouliot’s new book launch
Alison Pouliot has extended a warm welcome to all FOBIF members and supporters to the launch of her new book Underground Lovers: Encounters with Fungi, There will be several launch venues in Central Victoria including: Friday 3 March Newham Wednesday … Continue reading
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