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Tarran Valley: how necessary is it?

Posted on 28 September, 2015 by fobif

FOBIF has made a submission to the Tarran Valley rezoning advisory committee. This committee has been appointed by the planning minister, Richard Wynne, to consider a proposal to develop land in the Sandy Creek area near Maldon. We have objected … Continue reading →

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Fryers Ridge walk

Posted on 23 September, 2015 by fobif

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 →

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September youth walk

Posted on 14 September, 2015 by fobif

Nioka Mellick-Cooper has supplied us with the following account of FOBIF’s September youth walk: ‘What did you do on Fathers Day? Did you stay at home, did you go out for lunch? On Fathers Day, I ran a bush walk … Continue reading →

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Trail bikes [1]: so, what’s the problem?

Posted on 13 September, 2015 by fobif

The second successful FOBIF youth walk for 2015 took a circuit from Garfield Wheel to Forest Creek on Sunday September 6. [see our post above]. You can find a good account of the walk by John Ellis on the Chewton.net … Continue reading →

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Nature Photographs in Newstead

Posted on 7 September, 2015 by fobif

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 →

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