Category Archives: News

19 July 2026: Short Walk- Tarrengower

Posted on 12 July, 2026 by fobif

We’ll walk a section on the western side of this curiously complicated mountain, looking for clues as to how it was formed in the distant past. Terrific views to the west, rock platforms, interesting plant life. We’ll start from a … Continue reading →

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Mount Alexander Shire Biodiversity Strategy – A Critical Opportunity

Posted on 10 July, 2026 by fobif

Friends of Box Ironbark Forests has joined with Connecting Country and the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club to prepare a joint submission on the development of the Mount Alexander Shire Biodiversity Strategy. You can view the submission here. We prepared this … Continue reading →

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Granite landscapes – by Christine Henderson

Posted on 7 July, 2026 by Karl Just

Granite landscapes are characterised by open, rolling country, often with boulders or smooth slabs of rock exposed on hillsides and in paddocks. The soil is deeper, sandier than on Basement rock country and provides good grazing farmland, as well as … Continue reading →

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Harry Nankin’s Acts of Ritual, 2020-24

Posted on 23 June, 2026 by fobif

A beautiful profile from Harry Nankin, published in- View Camera Australia News & views about Australian large format camera users and darkroom photographers   I live near the bottom of a shallow squiggle of the Great Dividing Range, in the … Continue reading →

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Four Corners on native forest logging in Victoria

Posted on 23 June, 2026 by fobif

From Victorian National Parks Association- Did you catch ABC’s Four Corners last week? The investigation took a close look at what’s really happened since native forest logging in Victoria was supposed to end. Despite $1.5 billion of public money to … Continue reading →

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