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Yes, but where was the summit?

Posted on 22 May, 2023 by fobif

A small group of heroes tackled FOBIF’s May walk yesterday: a zigzag route through the Mount Lofty Natural Features reserve. Bitter weather at 9.30 improved nicely into a mild though brisk autumn day by 10…Well, maybe more brisk than mild, … 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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Perfect walking weather!..Almost

Posted on 17 April, 2023 by fobif

A solid group challenged a gloomy morning to take on FOBIF’s April walk into Gough’s Range state forest yesterday. In fact, the dull skies were a fraud, and the morning was fresh but mostly sunny. The forest, after an inch … Continue reading →

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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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Unintentionally funny…or not so funny

Posted on 27 March, 2023 by fobif

FOBIF has been having another look at the heritage question. As we’ve pointed out before, heritage is a funny business. Sometimes it’s unintentionally funny—as when the national heritage listing for the Diggings Park tells us that the miners had ‘a … Continue reading →

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Tackling some myths

Posted on 27 March, 2023 by fobif

The latest issue of Parkwatch magazine contains a pertinent article attacking a few popular myths about fire. Here’s a sample: ‘Our land managers seem to have been subservient to a litany of inherited myths, and display a puzzling lack of … Continue reading →

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Fun facts, not so fun facts

Posted on 27 March, 2023 by fobif

Did you know that some large dragonflies can reach speeds of 70 kilometres an hour? This intriguing info can be found in the latest issue of Wombat Forestcare magazine. The issue contains an informative article about dragonflies, as well as … Continue reading →

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