FOBIF AGM Monday 8th September

All welcome at our AGM, 6pm, Monday 8th September, Senior Citizens Centre, Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine. At 6.30 Tanya Loos will speak on living with wildlife. Then a light supper and the opportunity to buy; Tanya’s book ‘Living with wildlife’; FOBIF’s excellent field guides; raffle tickets for a gorgeous lithograph of either the anticlinal fold, hakea or banksia by local artist Bev Lewis.

You can read the 2024 minutes , 2025 Agenda.

Have you thought about joining the committee? You can with the nomination form here.

If you can’t attend and want someone to vote on your behalf, use this proxy form.

More about our guest speaker-

Tanya Loos loves sharing nature knowledge about how to live more harmoniously with the animals that live where we live – and how our homes and backyards can be safe havens in a time of climate breakdown. Whether you have a bird attacking a window, a possum in the roof, phascogales harassing your chickens, or a visiting venomous snake in the backyard Tanya believes there are simple steps we can take that are wildlife friendly and make sure your place is a haven! 

Tanya lives in central Victoria and is passionate about wildlife and nature! In her presentations, Tanya loves drawing from ecological science to educate and inspire people to care about wildlife and wildlife habitat. She has worked as a Woodland Bird Project Coordinator for Connecting Country and Biodiversity Projects Officer for Macedon Ranges City Council – and at present she is Avian Influenza Response Coordinator at BirdLife Australia. 

 

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Raffle at the AGM

Bring some cash to win one of Bev Lewis’ beautiful stone lithographs.

$5 per ticket, 3 for $10

First prize gets first choice, 2nd prize second choice, 3rd prize the remaining print.

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Vale Pam Douglas

Pam Douglas died last month. She was a regular walker on FOBIF’s monthly walks since 2016, though ill health limited her participation this year.

Pam came to live in Castlemaine around then, and it became common to see her walking from her house in Grumont Street to the town, train station or library.

Pam told FOBIF walk leaders that she enjoyed and looked forward to the walks.  She died alone, but we hope that the pleasure she took in the walks made a difference to her difficult life. Pam left no family connections; her affairs are in the hands of the Public Trustees, who will organise a funeral at a time and place to be announced.

Pam often commented on the FOBIF website about walks:

‘It was another fantastic walk, and the usual crowd e.g. Bernard, Bronwyn, etc. (and even myself, Pam), love our walks. Looking forward to the walking again with FOBIF next year.’ 2024

‘A very nice relaxing walk. Bernard’s sense of humour was greatly appreciated. The weather was hot and I love the goldfields forests.’ 2018

‘Beautiful walk & beautiful people.’ 2017

‘The best thing about Bells Swamp was going into the swamp. I loved walking around there in the swamp. I was surprised that Damien was only wearing sandals as the rest of us had gumboots. It was all a very good experience.’ 2016

 

 

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Fire in the landscape, much to learn…

Mount Korong Eco-Watch have been conducting a series of conversations among private landholders and others over a 10-month period about ecological practices of fire and their roles and uses in our landscapes. Conversations will be part of a community forum on September 13th in Inglewood. The aim is to explore the potential for establishing a sustainable process for sharing fire experiences and learning together for the benefit of ecosystems and communities.  

Leaders of discussion at the forum will include Paul Foreman (Bluedevil Consulting/Biolinks Alliance), Terri Williams (landholder and teacher Bendigo TAFE), Oli Moraes (Galk-galk Dhelkunya Program Manager, Djaara), Peter Morison (conservationist), Karen Tymms (Trust for Nature), Dale Tonkinson (biodiversity officer CFA).

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This stone lithograph could be yours!

Bev Lewis; Anticlinal Fold

Bev Lewis, artist has donated some beautiful stone lithographs which we will raffle at our AGM, Monday 8th September, 6pm at the Castlemaine Senior Citizen’s, Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine. All welcome.

Instagram: @bevlewis_art
 
 
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