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Mount Alexander environment officer: an update

Posted on 9 July, 2011 by fobif

We have received a response from the Mount Alexander Shire to our budget submission on the appointment of a ‘Natural resource officer’ [see post June 3  ]. We had expressed concern that the position was a six month only appointment. … Continue reading →

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Lichens galore

Posted on 4 July, 2011 by fobif

One feature of the relatively good rains we’ve had in the last year or so has been the great shows of lichens. Lichens are partnerships between a fungus and an alga. The algal partner enables the organism to use photosynthesis … Continue reading →

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Is is a bird? No, it’s a plane

Posted on 1 July, 2011 by fobif

Views can be a wonderful experience, but a double edged one: a house may offer a magnificent view of a nearby hill, but a person sitting on that hill may not be pleased by having to look at the house … Continue reading →

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Hakeas: can a good thing be a bad thing?

Posted on 28 June, 2011 by fobif

Visitors to local bushlands will have noticed the widespread flowering of our beautiful local Hakea [H. decurrens, or ‘bushy needlewood’—see picture below], which was particularly proliferating in the south end of the Diggings Park visited by our walking group on … Continue reading →

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Floods and vegetation: a voice from the 1930s

Posted on 26 June, 2011 by fobif

In the light of the odd angry shot fired earlier this year at conservation works along our creeks, it is interesting to read a letter in the June issue of the Castlemaine Historical Society Newsletter. The letter, dated 25/9/1934, was … Continue reading →

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