Acknowledgement of Country
Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests would like to acknowledge the elders of the Dja Dja Wurrung community and their forebears as the traditional owners of Country in the Mount Alexander Region. We recognise that the Dja Dja Wurrung people have been custodians of this land for many centuries and have performed age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal on their land. We acknowledge their living culture and their unique role in the life of this region.
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Funding from Mount Alexander Council for FOBIF School Holiday Program
FOBIF is excited to announce that we have been successful in our Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Grant application which will fund the FOBIF 2016 Winter School Holiday Program. This year has an indigenous peoples theme and we will be … Continue reading
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More photos from May FOBIF walk
Noel Young sent these photos to us after we we had posted our walks article. They provide a terrific record of the walk so we decided to post them in the gallery below. We are not one hundred percent sure of the identification … Continue reading
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FOBIF Tree exhibition moves to Newstead
The FOBIF exhibition, Trees in the Mount Alexander Region, is being held in 2 locations this year, TOGS and the new Newstead Railway Arts Hub. The TOGS show which finished recently was a great success with lots of positive responses and sales … Continue reading
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Beautiful walk on a beautiful day
Sunday’s FOBIF walk started from The Monk car park and was led by Barb Guerin and Lionel Jenkins. The weather was perfect, sunny and warm. Nineteen people came on the walk . We saw and heard about many of the historic … Continue reading
10 things we can all do . . .
In late 2015, a group of people came together at a symposium, called Managing Victoria’s Biodiversity under Climate Change, in Melbourne. More than 200 scientists and audience members with years of practical experience discussed the state-of-play and options for the future. The … Continue reading
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What do we know about all these burns?
Two of the terms of reference of the current enquiry [see above] relate to the environment. It’s fair to say that a recurring question–probably since Black Friday in 1939–is, how much fire can our environment stand before it starts turning … Continue reading
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April 24th FOBIF kids walk
On Sunday 24th April six local families came to Kalimna Point to hear an introduction from Max Schlachter from the Friends of Kalimna Park to the park before heading off on a bushwalk around the point. The warm Sunday morning … Continue reading
Big turnout for April FOBIF walk
Close to seventy people came along to the April FOBIF walk in the Yapeen and Guildford plateau area. The weather was sunny with a light breeze and walkers enjoyed the sensational views in all directions from Max Kay’s property. Commentary on … Continue reading
New local weed brochure
Harcourt Valley Landcare group and FOBIF are proud to announce the release of the local weed guide. This guide is intended as an introduction to some new and established weeds in the Castlemaine region. It gives a brief description of … Continue reading
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Family Bush Walk
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