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FOBIF AGM: October 9, 2023

Posted on 18 September, 2023 by fobif

Our guest speaker at this year’s FOBIF Annual General Meeting will be Dr Cassia Read. Cassia is an ecologist, educator and garden designer, working at the intersection of biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. She is Principal Ecologist and Co-Founder of … Continue reading →

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Next Sunday’s FOBIF walk (17 September)

Posted on 11 September, 2023 by fobif

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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New book for bike riders

Posted on 27 August, 2023 by fobif

This book which has just been published contains nine A4 sized maps, showing 16 road rides. There are detailed route descriptions, elevation profiles and local photographs. The rides are on surfaced roads, suitable for road bikes, gravel bikes, hybrids or … Continue reading →

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Presentation – Spiders: Learning to love them

Posted on 14 August, 2023 by fobif

Newstead Landcare is excited to invite you to a special presentation all about spiders! Our guest speaker is Lynne Kelly – researcher, educator, Castlemaine local, and author of ‘Spiders: Learning to love them’.  Anyone who has been lucky enough to … Continue reading →

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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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Exploring Kalimna during COVID

Posted on 1 May, 2023 by fobif

New FOBIF member Marte Newcombe is exhibiting Kalimna Park photographs at Castlemaine’s Artpuff gallery beginning on 19 May 2023.    “I walked almost every day for 3 years in Kalimna Park during the time of Covid and in the process, … Continue reading →

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