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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Powerful Owl Presentation
Newstead residents and readers of the Natural Newstead blog may be familiar with the spectacular and rare Powerful Owls, which have very successfully raised young down by the Loddon River. But what are the lives of these magnificent nocturnal hunters … Continue reading
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Weeds, weeds ……. and no more weeds? Connecting Country Workshop – 25 October 2015
Connecting Country has sent us the following article about their final workshop for the year. Spring is a beautiful time of year for native plants with yam daisies, chocolate lilies and Silver Wattles in full flower. But alongside the natives, most … Continue reading
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Fryers Ridge walk
Noel Young sent us this report on the September FOBIF walk: True to its name the Wattle track was rich with flowering wattles. In pleasantly mild conditions, walkers covered nine and a half kilometers through a variety of bush with … Continue reading
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Nature Photographs in Newstead
The organisers of the upcoming Alan ‘Curly’ Hartup exhibition have supplied us with the following text: A wonderful exhibition of nature photographs by leading amateur photographer and longtime resident of Newstead, Alan Jesse Hartup (1915 –2004) will be opened at the Newstead … Continue reading
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FOBIF now on Facebook
After a fair bit of consideration, FOBIF has been experimenting with a Facebook page, as a way of varying our approach to informing the public about matters in our region, and maybe of reaching a new audience. The material we … Continue reading
Looking for something to do on Father’s Day?
Try a walk in the bush at the Garfield Water Wheel, Castlemaine, Sunday 6th September, meeting at 9.30 am outside Castlemaine Continuing Education in Templeton Street. Youth Sustainability Champion, Nioka Mellick-Cooper, is a Year 9 student at the Castlemaine Secondary … Continue reading
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Hurray, it’s on again! Habitat Stories at the Castlemaine Children’s Literature Festival
If your young ones missed out on a spot at the FOBIF Winter School Holiday Program running of Habitat Stories we are proud to be doing a repeat session as part of the Castlemaine Children’s Literature Festival. With stories and … Continue reading
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Two Connecting Country workshops this month
Connecting Country has provided the info below about two upcoming events: 1. Biodiversity in the paddock: looking beyond the grass…
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Presentation on local butterflies
Julie Whitfield of Bendigo is an environmental consultant with a passion for butterflies, and she will be guest speaker at Newstead Landcare’s next meeting, Thursday 20th August. As a recipient of a prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship Julie recently had the … Continue reading
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Sarah Lloyd to speak at upcoming FOBIF AGM
The FOBIF AGM will be held on Monday July 27 at 7.30 pm at the Ray Bradfield Rooms, beside Victory Park, Castlemaine. Nominations for the FOBIF committee will be accepted before the meeting. Nominations should be signed by the nominee … Continue reading