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A stroll among the ruins and the recovery

Posted on 19 June, 2023 by fobif

A smallish group tackled FOBIF’s June walk yesterday, on a circuitous route around The Monk, taking in many of the more notable mining sites of the area. The weather was fine and cool with extensive patches of sunshine: perfect for … Continue reading →

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FOBIF walk (18 June 2023)

Posted on 17 June, 2023 by fobif

The walk this Sunday will be in the Poverty Gully and Cobblers Gully vicinity, close to Castlemaine. Details are on the Walks page. For further information ring Bernard Slattery (0499 624 160) or Lionel Jenkins and Barb Guerin (5472 1994 … Continue reading →

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Winter reading bonanza! Settle back and give these a go!

Posted on 5 June, 2023 by fobif

Winter’s coming, the days are shorter: maybe it’s easier to concentrate than when you’re lounging around in the sun. Here are FOBIF’s recommendations for some cold weather reading. We didn’t organise it this way, but we’re not surprised to find … Continue reading →

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1. Black Summer fires: Guess what? We don’t know enough!

Posted on 5 June, 2023 by fobif

A new book, Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons from 2019-2020, edited by: Libby Rumpff, Sarah Legge, Stephen van Leeuwen, Brendan Wintle, John Woinarski brings together ‘contributions from more than 200 scientists and experts. It provides the most comprehensive assessment yet of how … Continue reading →

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2. Look…harder

Posted on 5 June, 2023 by fobif

Alison Pouliot’s new book, Underground lovers—encounters with fungi has been described as ‘taking fungal storytelling to a whole new level’, and that’s pretty right: but the ‘stories’ are not just there to entertain. They are entertaining, of course, but the … Continue reading →

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