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The short walk: a gentle stroll down Whisky Gully

Posted on 17 July, 2023 by fobif

A large group came to Mount Alexander last Sunday. The walk began at Dog Rocks then travelled south along Whisky Gully on the eastern side of the mount. On reaching the Leanganook Picnic Area the group headed north along the … Continue reading →

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Fobif walks this Sunday (July 16)

Posted on 10 July, 2023 by fobif

This Sunday (July 16) there will be a long and a short walk. The short walk will be led by Joy Clusker and will have a fungi focus. Meet as usual at the Community Centre in Templeton Street at 9.30 … Continue reading →

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FOBIF walk (18 June 2023)

Posted on 17 June, 2023 by fobif

The walk this Sunday will be in the Poverty Gully and Cobblers Gully vicinity, close to Castlemaine. Details are on the Walks page. For further information ring Bernard Slattery (0499 624 160) or Lionel Jenkins and Barb Guerin (5472 1994 … Continue reading →

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The gradual changes, the shifts in tones

Posted on 1 May, 2023 by fobif

An updated version of Responding to Country: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests 1998-2023 is now available. The new edition includes an abridged version of Alison Pouliot’s speech, ‘The gradual changes, the shifts in tones’, given at the February 2023 launch … Continue reading →

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Exploring Kalimna during COVID

Posted on 1 May, 2023 by fobif

New FOBIF member Marte Newcombe is exhibiting Kalimna Park photographs at Castlemaine’s Artpuff gallery beginning on 19 May 2023.    “I walked almost every day for 3 years in Kalimna Park during the time of Covid and in the process, … Continue reading →

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Bird photography with Geoff Park

Posted on 20 April, 2023 by fobif
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Barry Golding: Reimagining our land

Posted on 15 April, 2023 by fobif

Newstead Landcare Group is hosting a talk by Barry Golding at the Newstead Community Centre, starting at 7.30 pm next Tuesday April 18. All are welcome to attend.  The arrival of Europeans on the continent we now call Australia had … Continue reading →

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Next two FOBIF walks

Posted on 11 April, 2023 by fobif

Our Goughs Range FOBIF walk will take place next Sunday 16 April. You can contact the leader Harley Parker (0409 135 889) for more information.  The date for the following month’s walk is Sunday 21 May, not 28 May as … Continue reading →

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Walk cancelled

Posted on 26 March, 2023 by fobif

We have decided to postpone tomorrow’s early morning walk due to the wet weather. It will now take place next Tuesday (April 4). We will be meeting at Leanganook picnic area near the information signs at 6 am. If you … Continue reading →

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Anyone for a dawn walk?

Posted on 20 March, 2023 by fobif

A few FOBIF members are planning an early morning walk on Mount Alexander on Tuesday 28 March. We will be following the route for Walk 20 in the FOBIF Twenty Bushwalks book. If you are interested meet at Leanganook Picnic … Continue reading →

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