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Fire: more might be less
FOBIF has made submission to Forest Fire Management’s burning proposals for 2022-5. The submission is printed below. Our approach over the years has been to insist that all ‘fuel reduction’ exercises be carefully monitored, and that the results be used to … Continue reading
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Fire proposals: have a say!
The Department of Environment has released its draft fuel management plan for 2022-4 for comment. The plan includes ‘DELWP led fuel reduction and ecological burns, and does not include Traditional Owner burns, CFA led burns and mechanical works.’ The plan … Continue reading
Fabulous fungi walk
Last Sunday a good sized group was led on a lovely circuit walk around the Fryers Ridge bush by local Christine Henderson. There was a mix of tracks, trackless and even some private property (with permission ). The bush looked … Continue reading
FOBIF walk, 19 June 2022
Sunday’s walk starts on the Taradale-Fryerstown Road, at a parking spot near the crossing of Kangaroo Creek. We’ll make our way off track through private land up a rising ridge, leading to the Fryers Ridge Road. A couple of kilometres … Continue reading
Impressive update of Bendigo fungi guide
Joy Clusker and Ray Wallace have just published the second edition of Fungi of the Bendigo region: a guide to identification. As well as a stunning new cover this 146 page book contains 65 new species and updated names. All … Continue reading
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A new life for Forest Creek?
What do you think of the walled section of Forest Creek from the old footbridge at the bottom of Andrews street (Ten Foot bridge) downstream to the Pyrenees highway at Barker street? Castlemaine Landcare have embarked on a collaborative project … Continue reading
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Fuel break for Muckleford forest
Representatives of local enviro groups met with the DELWP Strategic Fuel Breaks team in the Muckleford forest last week to look at the break proposed along Bells Lane track. This will run from from Muckleford School Rd (east) to Roberts … Continue reading
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All threats averted
A small group of heroes tackled FOBIF’s May walk, in spite of unfriendly weather forecasts and a slightly forbidding walk description, which piled threat on threat: climbs, creek crossings, fallen logs and loads of gorse. All participants survived this grim … Continue reading
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Tarilta, south end
FOBIF’s May walk will tackle the Tarilta creek valley from the Sawpit Track end, the starting point being about a 30 minute drive from Castlemaine. This is the less travelled end of the valley: there’ll be steep ascents and descents, … Continue reading
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Where should the signs point?
A project is under way to install new visitor information points along the Goldfields Track. The project involves 4 visitor hubs, 8 trail headboards, and up to 100 interpretive signs along the 200+ kilometre length of the track between Ballarat … Continue reading
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