Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests

In 2018 the Midland Express published a series of ‘Landcare stories’ as part of Connecting Country’s ‘Nature News’ series. These stories are now available to read in electronic format (as pdf file), or as a printed booklet. Click here to download the file, or drop in to the Connecting Country office for a hard copy. Continue reading →

This Silver Banksia, Banksia marginata, was photographed recently on the Campbells Creek Trail. The species was virtually wiped out in this region in the nineteenth century. The many healthy trees along the creek are testament to the work of Friends Campbells Creek Landcare.

Banksia marginata. Photo by Bernard Slattery, 13 February 2019

There has also been successful plantings in the Sutton Grange region. The Banksia marginata cones below were gathered to collect seeds from remaining local species.  

Photo by Ann-Marie Monda

You can check out more local nature photos on the FOBIF Instagram site and the FOBIF Flickr site.  

FOBIF now has an Instagram feed and we would like invite members and supporters to send their local nature photos to info@fobif.org.au so we can include them on the site. To have a look at the site select the new Instagram button on the FOBIF website or search in Instagram for ‘boxironbarkforests’.