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Know your orchids

Posted on 14 August, 2023 by fobif

This new orchid brochure contains 48 of the most common orchids found in the Bendigo Region, but most are also found in Castlemaine and surrounds. Included are flowering times and spots to find them. There are notes on orchid conservation. … Continue reading →

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The short walk: a gentle stroll down Whisky Gully

Posted on 17 July, 2023 by fobif

A large group came to Mount Alexander last Sunday. The walk began at Dog Rocks then travelled south along Whisky Gully on the eastern side of the mount. On reaching the Leanganook Picnic Area the group headed north along the … Continue reading →

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Fobif walks this Sunday (July 16)

Posted on 10 July, 2023 by fobif

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 →

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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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The gradual changes, the shifts in tones

Posted on 1 May, 2023 by fobif

An updated version of Responding to Country: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests 1998-2023 is now available. The new edition includes an abridged version of Alison Pouliot’s speech, ‘The gradual changes, the shifts in tones’, given at the February 2023 launch … Continue reading →

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