Author Archives: Karl Just

Dja Dja Wurrung Seasons

Posted on 20 March, 2025 by Karl Just

In 2022, a few of us on the FOBIF committee collaborated with Uncle Rick Nelson to develop a seasonal calendar for the Mount Alexander region by providing some of the ecological background. The seasons have now been printed onto tea … Continue reading →

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Victorian and Mount Alexander 2051 Housing Targets

Posted on 12 March, 2025 by Karl Just

In late February, the Victorian Labor Government finalised its housing targets for 2051. The target is for the development of 2.24 million more homes for Victoria, which would nearly double the current number of homes for the state. For Mount … Continue reading →

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Summer Flowers

Posted on 30 January, 2025 by Karl Just

You may have noticed that one of our local wattle species is in full flower right now. Lightwood (Acacia implexa) is a long-lived small tree that is most common in our region on granite soils, including on the slopes of … Continue reading →

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Planned burns and threatened species

Posted on 14 October, 2024 by Karl Just

Readers may be interested in this article from The Guardian, which documents how a planned burn proposed for an area of Box Ironbark Forest at Whroo (near Rushworth) has been cancelled following a community-led ecological survey. The planned burn was … Continue reading →