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Over the hills and far away

Posted on 22 July, 2019 by fobif

A solid group followed Karen Baker on a trek uphill and down dale across the Chewton bushlands community yesterday. A hilly walk was promised, and delivered: but the climbs proved more than worth the effort, and a fine day offered … Continue reading →

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More photos coming in for TOGS show

Posted on 22 July, 2019 by fobif

We now have over 4o beautiful photos for our Box-Ironbark Forests photo project. Click on Janet’s photo below to see the photos displayed on Flickr. You can send photos for this project till the 19 August. See here for the … Continue reading →

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Looters

Posted on 21 July, 2019 by fobif

The picture below shows two mature Ironbarks cut down and removed from alongside the Poverty Gully track in the Diggings Park. Illegal timbergetting from public land has become a bit of a plague lately, and FOBIF has heard both from … Continue reading →

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Objection to new supermarket

Posted on 21 July, 2019 by fobif

FOBIF has sent an objection to the Mount Alexander Shire to the displayed plans for a new supermarket at Forest and Urquhart Streets Castlemaine. The essentials of our objection are as follows: ‘We emphasise that we have no opinion on … Continue reading →

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Climate action workshop

Posted on 21 July, 2019 by fobif

Here’s an activity that should be of wide interest:

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Another terrific photo for our TOGS show

Posted on 15 July, 2019 by fobif

Mitchell Parker sent us this atmospheric photo of a Cherry Ballart Exocarpos cupressiformis on Mount Alexander on a misty morning. You can find out how to contribute photos to the TOGS show here.  And don’t forget that entries to the Eucalypt photo … Continue reading →

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Vale Uncle Brien Nelson

Posted on 8 July, 2019 by fobif

A large crowd gathered at the Campbell’s Creek community centre last Friday to mark the funeral of one of this community’s most distinguished leaders: Dja Dja Wurrung elder Uncle Brien Nelson, who died on June 28. There is a good … Continue reading →

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First photo for our TOGS show collection

Posted on 8 July, 2019 by fobif

As mentioned in a previous post this year’s TOGS show will run from 19 September till 24 October and the theme is a general one about our local Box-Ironbark Forests. The closing date for the submission of photos is 19th August. … Continue reading →

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FOBIF vs Suzuki: ho hum, what’s ‘self regulation worth’?

Posted on 7 July, 2019 by fobif

Here’s a brief follow up to our very modest victory over moronic TV advertising last week. The Ad Standards community panel found that that the Suzuki ad depicted unsafe driving in a positive light: ‘the Panel considered that the depiction … Continue reading →

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A small victory: FOBIF 1 Suzuki 1

Posted on 30 June, 2019 by fobif

FOBIF’s complaint to Ad standards, the body supervising the voluntary code of practice of the car industry, about Suzuki’s ridiculous ‘for fun’s sake’ TV commercial, has been upheld. Suzuki went to great lengths to defend its commercial. Among other things … Continue reading →

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