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World Environment Day to be celebrated this Sunday in Castlemaine

Posted on 29 May, 2012 by fobif

To celebrate World Environment Day in our Shire, an community fair will take place in the Castlemaine Market Building from 9am-1pm on Sunday 3rd June. Whether people are interested protecting our diverse plants and animals, or sustainability initiatives and green technology … Continue reading →

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Places available for Alison Pouliot’s fungi workshop

Posted on 28 May, 2012 by fobif

There are still places available at Alison Pouliot’s Fungi Ecology Workshop this coming weekend in Inglewood. The workshop details are posted at: http://wedderburncmnnews.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/alison-pouliot-fungi-workshops.html

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FOBIF walk to Spring Gully

Posted on 28 May, 2012 by fobif

Eighteen people turned out for the May FOBIF walk led by Barbara Guerin and Lionel Jenkins. The walk was largely focussed on the area’s mining history and Dominique Lavie took a series of terrific photos which are reproduced below. The … Continue reading →

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Campbell’s Creek–past and present

Posted on 26 May, 2012 by fobif

Readers who have followed the intermittent controversies over whether vegetation along creek valleys raises flood levels might be interested in the picture below, showing Campbell’s Creek, looking downstream from the Gaulton St bridge in 1946: … Continue reading →

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Tarilta: a revealing clean up

Posted on 22 May, 2012 by fobif

Readers will remember our original report on the destructive ‘reduction burn’ in the Tarilta gorge, with a picture of a choked creek at the Limestone Track crossing. This section of the creek has now been cleared of debris, presumably by … Continue reading →

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