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

Posted on 20 July, 2026 by fobif

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

Posted on 20 July, 2026 by fobif

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

Posted on 10 July, 2026 by fobif

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

Posted on 29 June, 2026 by fobif

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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Harry Nankin’s Acts of Ritual, 2020-24

Posted on 23 June, 2026 by fobif

A beautiful profile from Harry Nankin, published in- View Camera Australia News & views about Australian large format camera users and darkroom photographers I live near the bottom of a shallow squiggle of the Great Dividing Range, in the … Continue reading →

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