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Life with Birds – a collaboration with the Newstead Arts Hub and Castlemaine State Festival
Life with Birds is an immersive celebration of the birds and woodland ecosystems of central Victoria. A distinguished collaboration of writers, artists, photographers, sound recordists, field naturalists and scientists will enable participants to enjoy and learn on the path to … Continue reading
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Welcome to 2026
The end of year social gathering was well attended and thanks again to Bronwyn Silver for hosting the event. This month, members received a newsletter and request to update membership subscription in the mail. If you are not a member and … Continue reading
Local legends of the central west – Karl Just
Victorian National Parks Association have just released a film about FOBIF committee member Karl Just, ‘Karl chats about his lifelong connection to the forests of the central west and how they have shaped his work, his passion and his understanding … Continue reading
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Next Monday, FOBIF breakup at Walmer
All welcome Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests is having a BBQ at Bronwyn Silver’s place in Walmer on Monday 8 December. It starts at 6 pm and the address is 1036 Muckleford-Walmer Road, Walmer. BYO * food to share, including … Continue reading
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Is That Burn Really Necessary? Your Practical Guide to Protecting Local Forests
If you love your local forest, you’ve probably watched planned burns creep closer and wondered: are all of these really necessary? Victoria’s 2025 Code of Practice for Bushfire Management on Public Land sets clear rules for how burns are planned … Continue reading
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Some scientists challenge logic of Victoria’s fuel reduction burns
FOBIF’s Karl Just was interviewed by the ABC, it makes very interesting reading https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-20/scientists-challenge-fuel-load-burns-victoria/105666680
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A fine December tradition; FOBIF breakup in Walmer
Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests is having a BBQ at Bronwyn Silver’s place in Walmer on Monday 8 December. It starts at 6 pm and the address is 1036 Muckleford-Walmer Road, Walmer. BYO * food to share, including something for … Continue reading
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Fabulous feathered five fundraiser
https://events.humanitix.com/nature-art-soundscapes-presents-the-feathered-five
A year of walks in review
Our regular Walks program continued this year with the familiar diversity and interesting foci that FOBIF walks are known for. Euan Moore capably lead the final walk in 2024 near Crusoe Reservoir, Big Hill that gave us a great view … Continue reading
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Strangways & Surrounds: Book launch 8 November 2025
Newstead Arts Hub is hosting the launch of Belinda Prest’s recently published book, Strangways & Surrounds: Plein-air on Djarra Country, on Saturday 8 November at 2pm with Professor Barry Golding, author of Six Peaks Speak. The book has more than … Continue reading
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