Author Archives: fobif

A fascinating collection of old photos of our waterways collected by the Catchment Management Authority gives a bit of a sense of how far things have changed in the last sixty odd years. The picture below of the Loddon river … Continue reading →

The Draft 2012-18 Regional Catchment Strategy is now out for public consultation, and anyone interested in land health in this area should be concerned to look over what the North Central Catchment Management Authority will, in theory, be using as … Continue reading →

About 70 people turned up to Sutton Grange on Tuesday night to hear Melbourne University’s Ari Hoffman deliver a stimulating talk about how landcare groups  might approach revegetation projects to cope with a rapidly changing climate. His talk was the … Continue reading →

The poster, pictured at left, was produced by FOBIF and Connecting Country late last year. It contains 63 photos highlighting the beauty of our local bushlands. The first edition sold out but there are now more copies available from The … Continue reading →

FOBIF’s 2012 Mamunya photo exhibition will be held in Tog’s Cafe Castlemaine from June 7 until July 13. The purpose of the exhibition, as for its predecessors held in Newstead and Wesley Hill in the last two years, is to … Continue reading →

Due to unforseen circumstances we have had to make a change in the FOBIF walk’s program. Doug Ralph will now be leading the walk to Tarilta Gorge on 17 June and Malcolm Fyffe will be leading his Yandoit walk on … Continue reading →