Author Archives: fobif

It’s been five years since our rivers, swamps and dams have reached their present water levels. Although rainfall hasn’t led to floods like 2011, records have been broken. Rainfall for 14 September this year was a record high of 53.0 mm and the total … Continue reading →

Malmsbury Landcare has organised a field day on Sunday 6 November led by Paul Foreman to look at the now severely depleted native grasslands in their district. These grasslands are currently listed as nationally endangered and even the best local sites are … Continue reading →

Judith Tregear has sent us the follow report and photos of the recent 50 years celebration of the Kaweka Wildflower Sanctuary. There was a lovely celebration on Sunday October 2 at Kaweka Wildflower Sanctuary. We were delighted to mark 50 … Continue reading →

Parks Victoria is currently reviewing the Heritage Action Plan for the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park: We want to know about the places you value within the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park, find out about issues of concern and get … Continue reading →

If you missed the launch of the FOBIF publication, Eucalypts of the Mount Alexander Region, you can now see the morning’s proceedings thanks to Chris Timewell from Connecting Country who filmed the event and put together this terrific video. The guide … Continue reading →

The Eucalypts of the Mount Alexander Region book is now launched and more than 200 copies were sold on the day. Bernard Slattery, Ern Perkins and Bronwyn Silver signed many copies and buyers also received 2 bookmarks with photos from … Continue reading →