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This year FOBIF has expanded its walks program to include 2 family walks and 2 youth walks. Everyone is welcome on these walks, not just young people and children. The first of the family walks will take place on 23 … Continue reading →

Mount Alexander Shire Council held its first Sustainability and Environment Round Table at the Council Chambers on Thursday March 6th.  Relevant stakeholder representatives were invited and about 40 people came along to discuss the Terms of Reference that had been … Continue reading →

Readers will remember that in our post on the new waterways strategy we commented that climate change and its consequences for our waterways seemed to have been written out of policy. Instead we got bland references to ‘natural climate variability’, … Continue reading →

A proposal is currently being developed to put a mountain bike track in the Hancock pine plantation on the western side of Mount Alexander. FOBIF is not opposed to this idea. Mountain biking  is an activity with many health benefits, … Continue reading →

Nothing is as simple as it seems. Here’s a new perspective on rubbish: when Parks Victoria ranger Noel Muller was rearranging a trailer full of rubbish at Golden Point after clean up day on Sunday, he noticed something unexpected sticking … Continue reading →