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.
Get social with fobif…
-
Recent posts
- ‘Scientists on the goldfields, 170 years of geoscientific discoveries’ 18 August, 2025
- A walk in any weather 17 August, 2025
- Listen while you walk . . . 17 August, 2025
- Bizarre, weird, unbearable, impossible, obviously unacceptable…but true 8 August, 2025
- August 17th Walk-Mt Tarrengower, Maldon 8 August, 2025
-
Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region
Mosses of Dry Forest book
Eucalypts of the region book
Wattles of the region book
Native Peas of the region book
Responding to Country
Categories
Author Archives: fobif
Launch of Alison Pouliot’s fungi book
In an earlier post we told readers about Alison Pouliot’s new book, The Allure of Fungi, published by the CSIRO. Details of the book and where to purchase it can be found here. Wombat Forestcare and Alison will formally launch the … Continue reading
Posted in News
Comments Off on Launch of Alison Pouliot’s fungi book
A Killer Christmas bargain
This year has been the worst on record for drownings of native water rats, and the second worst for platypus. According to DELWP, an average of five platypus are drowned per week in Victoria, victims of illegal or inappropriate yabbie … Continue reading
Snake and reptile workshop in January
Join Connecting Country and Muckleford Catchment Landcare on Saturday 19 January 2019 from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm to learn about snake ecology and behaviour. Snakes play an important role in healthy ecosystems, snacking on frogs and smaller reptiles and providing a food … Continue reading
Posted in News
Comments Off on Snake and reptile workshop in January
FOBIF breakup in Walmer
About 20 people gathered at Walmer last Monday for the FOBIF end of the year BBQ. It was perfect weather for a relaxed and enjoyable end of the year celebration. The FOBIF committee wishes all friends of our forests a … Continue reading
Posted in News
Comments Off on FOBIF breakup in Walmer
Last weekend for nature photography show at Newstead
This weekend (22-23 December) is the last one for the Nature Photography in the Goldfields exhibition by Patrick Kavanagh, Geoff Park and Bronwyn Silver at the Newstead Railway Arts Hub. The ‘Hub’ will be open from 10am – 4pm.
Posted in News
Comments Off on Last weekend for nature photography show at Newstead
FOBIF breakup reminder
The FOBIF breakup for the year is on next Monday, 10 December beginning at 6pm. Further details can be found here. All FOBIF members and supporters are welcome.
Posted in News
Comments Off on FOBIF breakup reminder
Nature photo shows
The opening of Nature Photography in the Goldfields by Geoff Park, Patrick Kavanagh and Bronwyn Silver will take place this Sunday at 11am at the Newstead Railway Arts Hub. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be provided. The exhibition will run … Continue reading
Posted in News
Comments Off on Nature photo shows
FOBIF 2018 breakup
On Monday 10 December Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests is having a BBQ at Bronwyn Silver’s place in Walmer. It starts at 6 pm and the address is 1036 Muckleford-Walmer Road, Walmer. BYO * food to share, including something for … Continue reading
Nature Photography at Newstead Railway Arts Hub
Patrick Kavanagh, Geoff Park and Bronwyn Silver are holding a photographic exhibition at the Newstead Railway Arts Hub starting on Saturday December 2018. The expression “taking photographs” is a curious and revealing usage. In English, we don’t “make” photographs, we … Continue reading
Posted in News, Photo Exhibitions
Comments Off on Nature Photography at Newstead Railway Arts Hub
Talking Fire: Reviving Indigenous Burning Practices
How we manage fire is an important conversation for rural and bush communities. What can we learn from how Aboriginal people used fire? Are those techniques applicable today in local landscapes that have changed a lot over the last 200 … Continue reading
Posted in Fire Management, News
Comments Off on Talking Fire: Reviving Indigenous Burning Practices