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Second report on the Tarilta Creek walk, 21 July 2026

Chris Green has sent a report on FOBIF’s Tarilta Creek walk. We thought we would post this as well as the previous Tarilta Creek report especially as Chris has included some terrific photos.  A Foray into Tarilta Creek Eight intrepid … Continue reading

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Short walk on Mt Tarrengower (or Dharrang Gawa) report by Liz Martin

A large group set out from the side of Mt Tarrengower on a chilly, but sunny day yesterday for FOBIF’s annual ‘short walk’.  Bernard and Deirdre Slattery led the walk ably assisted by our experts, including Christine Henderson on geology, Frances Cincotta … Continue reading

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Tarilta Creek Walk Report by Ros Woodburn, 19 July 2026

What a glorious, still, blue Winter ‘s day. A huge thank you to Jeremy Holland, our fearless leader of total 8 walkers for 14km: up and down the tightly knit hills and gullies, along roads, a part of the Goldfields … Continue reading

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Mount Alexander Shire Biodiversity Strategy – A Critical Opportunity

Friends of Box Ironbark Forests has joined with Connecting Country and the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club to prepare a joint submission on the development of the Mount Alexander Shire Biodiversity Strategy. You can view the submission here. We prepared this … Continue reading

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The Loddon Company Race, Irishtown walk, Sunday June 21

  It’d been pretty wet leading up to Sunday for the scheduled FOBIF walk led by Steve Charman and, in retrospect, the conditions undoubtedly made the 5km walk a little more challenging than intended. Around 10am, a party of about … Continue reading

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