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Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region
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Mosses of Dry Forest book
Geology Excursion with Clive Willman
Category Archives: Walks
Next Sunday’s FOBIF walk (17 September)
We’ll explore the flower gardens in the region of the Fryers Ranges main ridge. A gentle walk of about six km mainly on formed tracks. Plenty of time to photograph and appreciate the array of flowering shrubs and herbs in … Continue reading
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Wattles orchids, and a tunnel transit
Beautiful weather enticed a strong group to join FOBIF’s August walk through the Maldon Historic reserve yesterday. The area is noted for its biodiversity, and though it’s still early in the season, there was plenty to see, including several species … Continue reading
Fobif walks this Sunday (July 16)
This Sunday (July 16) there will be a long and a short walk. The short walk will be led by Joy Clusker and will have a fungi focus. Meet as usual at the Community Centre in Templeton Street at 9.30 … Continue reading
FOBIF walk (18 June 2023)
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
Perfect walking weather!..Almost
A solid group challenged a gloomy morning to take on FOBIF’s April walk into Gough’s Range state forest yesterday. In fact, the dull skies were a fraud, and the morning was fresh but mostly sunny. The forest, after an inch … Continue reading
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
2023 FOBIF walks program
The 2023 FOBIF walks program is now on the website. The first walk is on Sunday 19 March. All walks start at the Community House in Templeton Street at 9.30am apart from the July 16 Long Walk led by Jeremy … Continue reading
Final 2022 FOBIF walk
A sizeable group attended the last FOBIF walk of the year in a remote part of Fryers Range State Forest. Starting at Sugarbag Track, Alex Panelli led the group for 5 km of off track walking. The understory had an … Continue reading
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FOBIF walk 16 October 2022
This is a relatively short walk (less than 6 km) but it is off track and conditions vary. In places the ground is hard, rocky and quite uneven. There are also loose rocks, sticks, fallen branches and tussocks. The undergrowth … Continue reading
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Slime moulds, orchids, wattles…
The biggest group of the year fronted grey skies and damp forecasts for FOBIF’s September walk in the Muckleford Nature Conservation Reserve yesterday. There was no lounging around in the sun, but walkers were rewarded with an experience of this … Continue reading
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