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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First 2023 FOBIF: Columbine Creek and back
Our first walk will take place on Sunday 19 March. The 6 km route is based on the Walk 15 in the FOBIF book, Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region. More detail can be found on the Walks page. … Continue reading
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New FOBIF book!
FOBIF has just published a catalogue of our current exhibition at the Newstead Arts Hub. This 70 page book, Responding to Country: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests 1998-2023, includes: Photos with accompanying words by 25 members and supporters, Drawings by … Continue reading
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New tracks in the Diggings Park
Parks Victoria has completed its network of new walks centred on the Garfield Wheel trailhead in the Castlemaine Diggings NHP. Maps and descriptions can be found here. The new walks are marked by distinctive posts, and supported by online maps … Continue reading
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One more contribution to FOBIF turns 25
Liz Martin has sent us this contribution. Mount Alexander I love to wander the ridges and gullies. I often walk and find new places that I name. Valley of the dead trees is one. The different environments from the summit … Continue reading
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Two more contributions for FOBIF show
Liz Martin and Max Schlachter have sent these photos and accompanying text for our Fobif turns 25 exhibition. There is is a few weeks to go if you would like to be part of this project. Check out the details … Continue reading
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Final 2022 FOBIF walk
A sizeable group attended the last FOBIF walk of the year in a remote part of Fryers Range State Forest. Starting at Sugarbag Track, Alex Panelli led the group for 5 km of off track walking. The understory had an … Continue reading
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FOBIF walk 16 October 2022
This is a relatively short walk (less than 6 km) but it is off track and conditions vary. In places the ground is hard, rocky and quite uneven. There are also loose rocks, sticks, fallen branches and tussocks. The undergrowth … Continue reading
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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
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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Walkers ascend Mount Alexander
In perfect Autumn weather seventeen people joined in the second FOBIF walk for the year last Sunday. The loop route on Mount Alexander involved some hard sections including a solid climb from Forest Creek up to the Goldfields Track. Views … Continue reading