Category Archives: News

Last FOBIF walk for the year

Posted on 17 October, 2016 by fobif

Last Sunday (October 16) Alex Panelli led the last FOBIF walk for 2016 in the Fryers Ranges. Alex has led several walks in the area and this time we explored some of the valleys descending from Fryers Ridge and Old … Continue reading →

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Presentation on Bushfire at Newstead Community Centre

Posted on 17 October, 2016 by fobif

This Thursday (October 20) there will be a presentation, Protecting from Bushfire, Protecting our Biodiversity, at the Newstead Community Centre starting at 8 pm. All are welcome to attend. Newstead Landcare has sent us the following information on the event: As … Continue reading →

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Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park survey

Posted on 16 October, 2016 by fobif

Parks Victoria is currently reviewing the Heritage Action Plan for the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park: We want to know about the places you value within the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park, find out about issues of concern and get … Continue reading →

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Local community conversation about fire

Posted on 15 October, 2016 by fobif

Understanding Fire in our Landscape: A Community Conversation is a community event being held on the weekend of the 12-13 November 2016, in Newstead. The project has been initiated by the Muckleford Forest Friends Group and based on one of the activities … Continue reading →

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Followup to the launch of FOBIF Eucalypt guide

Posted on 30 September, 2016 by fobif

If you missed the launch of the FOBIF publication, Eucalypts of the Mount Alexander Region, you can now see the morning’s proceedings thanks to Chris Timewell from Connecting Country who filmed the event and put together this terrific video. The guide … Continue reading →

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Parks Victoria: a recipe

Posted on 29 September, 2016 by fobif

FOBIF has made a submission to the Strengthening Parks Victoria consultation. The essence of the submission is set out below: ***** We welcome the opportunity to participate in this process, and offer our views under the headings supplied in the … Continue reading →

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Big turnout for Eucalyptus book launch

Posted on 26 September, 2016 by fobif

The Eucalypts of the Mount Alexander Region book is now launched and more than 200 copies were sold on the day. Bernard Slattery, Ern Perkins and Bronwyn Silver signed many copies and buyers also received 2 bookmarks with photos from … Continue reading →

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Update to FOBIF Chewton walk

Posted on 26 September, 2016 by fobif

Elaine Bayes and Damien Cook who were the leaders on our recent Chewton bush walk showed us that by looking closely at a small area you can often see an amazing number of plants. They identified 25-30 in the square metre they selected. … Continue reading →

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Strengthening Parks Vic [2]: have your say!

Posted on 22 September, 2016 by fobif

For this reason, we believe it would be good if a lot of people responded to this consultation process. You don’t have to take a lot of time about it. Click here and tell Parks what you think: or, by clicking … Continue reading →

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Strengthening Parks Vic [3]: we hope this phrase isn’t sinister

Posted on 22 September, 2016 by fobif

The consultation project will culminate with the production of a final report, which will focus on: A community vision for parks Legislative and policy reform A modern business in government. We haven’t been able to find out what the last … Continue reading →

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