Author Archives: fobif

 The Camp Out on the Mount is on again next weekend, 17-18 October.  As well as the Pine Purge on Saturday there are lots of other activities. To find out more click on the poster to the left. There is also more information … Continue reading →

Newstead residents and readers of the Natural Newstead blog may be familiar with the spectacular and rare Powerful Owls, which have very successfully raised young down by the Loddon River. But what are the lives of these magnificent nocturnal hunters … Continue reading →

Noel Young sent us this report on the September FOBIF walk: True to its name the Wattle track was rich with flowering wattles. In pleasantly mild conditions, walkers covered nine and a half kilometers through a variety of bush with … Continue reading →

The organisers of the upcoming  Alan ‘Curly’ Hartup exhibition have supplied us with the following text: A wonderful exhibition of nature photographs by leading amateur photographer and longtime resident of Newstead, Alan Jesse Hartup (1915 –2004) will be opened at the Newstead … Continue reading →

After a fair bit of consideration, FOBIF has been experimenting with a Facebook page, as a way of varying our approach to informing the public about matters in our region, and maybe of reaching a new audience. The material we … Continue reading →

Try a walk in the bush at the Garfield Water Wheel, Castlemaine, Sunday 6th September, meeting at 9.30 am outside Castlemaine Continuing Education in Templeton Street. Youth Sustainability Champion, Nioka Mellick-Cooper, is a Year 9 student at the Castlemaine Secondary … Continue reading →

If your young ones missed out on a spot at the FOBIF Winter School Holiday Program running of Habitat Stories we are proud to be doing a repeat session as part of the Castlemaine Children’s Literature Festival. With stories and … Continue reading →

Connecting Country has provided the info below about two upcoming events: 1. Biodiversity in the paddock: looking beyond the grass…