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Next two FOBIF walks

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

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

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

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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Walk cancelled

We have decided to postpone tomorrow’s early morning walk due to the wet weather. It will now take place next Tuesday (April 4). We will be meeting at Leanganook picnic area near the information signs at 6 am. If you … Continue reading

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Anyone for a dawn walk?

A few FOBIF members are planning an early morning walk on Mount Alexander on Tuesday 28 March. We will be following the route for Walk 20 in the FOBIF Twenty Bushwalks book. If you are interested meet at Leanganook Picnic … Continue reading

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Down…then up!

A good sized group rocked up for FOBIF’s first walk for the year yesterday. Cool, breezy weather gradually merged to a warmer day as the group negotiated a route into Columbine Creek, a tributary of the Loddon and one of … Continue reading

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First 2023 FOBIF: Columbine Creek and back

Our first walk will take place on Sunday 19 March. The 6 km route is based on the Walk 15  in the FOBIF book, Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region. More detail can be found on the Walks page. … Continue reading

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Working on the railway (1) : alternatives

Representatives of local enviro groups convened by Friends of Maldon Railway met on site with fire officers last Monday to discuss the Department’s proposed fuel management exercise south of the railway line. The proposed burn is scheduled for autumn next … Continue reading

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Working on the railway (2): what is ‘cultural burning’?

Environmentalists at the Maldon Railway meeting expressed interest in Indigenous approaches to fire in the landscape, and a possible briefing by Indigenous fire officers was canvassed. This is from the Joint Management Plan for Dja Dja Wurrung parks (2018): ‘For … Continue reading

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