Author Archives: fobif

The Victorian Environment Friends Network (VEFN) exists to help represent the common interests of all Friends groups in Victoria. They are currently undertaking a re-assessment of the the organisation and as part of this process they are inviting interested people and organisations to … Continue reading →

Alison Pouliot is running her wonderful fungus forays and workshops again this year. This is a list of some that are reasonably close: Saturday 23 April 2016 – Trentham   Foray – Fungus Foray in the Wombat Forest Thursday 28 April 2016 … Continue reading →

Where did the idea get about that our trees all ‘look the same’? The problem has been around for a long time: in 1770 Captain Cook wrote about the NSW coast: ‘the woods do not produce any variety of trees.’ … Continue reading →

Memberships and donations are rolling in FOBIF wishes to thank all its members for the generous donations they have made both last financial year and this current year. In fact the donations received have totalled fifty percent of the membership … Continue reading →

This year’s FOBIF walks’ program has been finalised and can be viewed here. The first walk  (20 March) will be a combined FOBIF/Connecting Country event. The focus will be on birds and three experts will lead several short walks on Andrew Skeoch and … Continue reading →