IFFA visit to Queenscliff
Start: 10/03/2013 10:30 am Timezone: Australia/Victoria Start: 10/03/2013 10:30 am Timezone: Australia/Victoria Swan Bay Nursery with Jill Warneke Bellarine Network Revegetation Tour Marine Discovery...
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IFFA mushroom excursion
Start: 23/06/2013 10:00 am Timezone: Australia/Victoria Start: 23/06/2013 10:00 am Timezone: Australia/Victoria Sunday 23 June, 10 am- 1.00 pm approx.Join us for a winter walk in the woods with amateur...
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IFFA Nardoo Hills Bush Heritage reserves trip
IFFA members were buzzing as they met in Wedderburn on a Sunday morning last August. The Nardoo Hills Bush Heritage Reserves we were about to visit are not usually open to visitors, so this was a rare...
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Looking after the bush: Do ecosystems need predators?
Predator control programs can lead to increasing populations of herbivores with serious consequences for the wider ecosystem. They are justified where there are significant species threatened by the...
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Nuts on Ants
There is a traditional dance piece from Ghana (a country of west Africa), a particularly fast tune with plenty of drumming and clapping, that breaks into a regular chorus of ‘nuts and ants!!!’. When...
View ArticleVolunteering
Two years ago, I moved to Australia from The Netherlands. Being an ecologist, it quickly became clear that not only the species diversity in Victoria alone is higher than in my entire country, I also...
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Inner city balcony gardening with indigenous plants
Over the past few years I have been experimenting with garden design in small spaces using my inner city balcony as a trial site. I have had success with a vertical garden using recycled soy milk...
View ArticleBrian's Confession
I have a confession to make. I have never felt at ease in the summer’s heat, drought and bushfire smoke. My adopted Volcanic Plains home features bleached shadeless grasslands swept by moisture-sucking...
View ArticleFebruary 2013 Indigenotes
Getting used to Australia's dry environment, IFFA's trip to Nardoo Hills, the world of ants and the importance of top predators feature in this latest issue of Indigenotes.read more
View ArticleMt Rothwell first newsletter
Mt Rothwell Biodiverity Interpretation Centre has issued its first edition its new series of newsletters.They would like to thank Susie Inglis from the WMCN who volunteered her time to help them...
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January 2013 Indigenotes
Loads of excellent articles and great photos! Vegetation protection, public speaking, reveg at Lysterfield South, Schoolkids meet the HeHo, Insect Diary, when to stop surveying, DSE burning and...
View ArticleResponse to DEPI document ‘Tourism Investment Opportunities of Significance...
The following letter was sent to the the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Ryan Smith, MP, in response to the recently released, ‘Tourism Investment Opportunities of...
View ArticleMay 2013 Indigenotes
Nature the loser in native vegetation change, an inspirational story of bush regeneration at home and evicting Sparrows amongst other great stories in this Autumn issue of Indigenotes.read more
View ArticleAugust 2013 Indigenotes (Volume 24, Issue 3)
Fairy Bonnets, Pixie Parasols, Green Skinheads and fish ladders... Its all sounds a bit like a cross between Enid Blyton and A Clockwork Orange, but I can assure you its all quite innocent, and...
View ArticleUpdating IFFA rules 2013
We are required to update our Rules of Association to be in accordance with the new Associations Reform Act 2012(Vic). The following resolution will be proposed as a special resolution:'That the...
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Orchid Excursion
Start: 22/09/2013 10:00 am End: 22/09/2013 4:00 pm Timezone: Australia/Victoria Start: 22/09/2013 10:00 am End: 22/09/2013 4:00 pm Timezone: Australia/Victoria Orchid expert Cathy Powers will lead us...
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IFFA Annual General Meeting
Start: 06/10/2013 2:00 pm End: 06/10/2013 4:00 pm Timezone: Australia/Victoria Start: 06/10/2013 2:00 pm End: 06/10/2013 4:00 pm Timezone: Australia/Victoria This is going to be big!'Local Extinctions:...
View ArticleRevisiting Revegetation
Start: 01/12/2013 10:30 am Timezone: Australia/Victoria Start: 01/12/2013 10:30 am Timezone: Australia/Victoria About 25 years ago, Indigenotes Editor Tony Faithfull managed the revegetation project...
View ArticleWeakened Victorian Native Vegetation regulations - Urgent action needed!
Dear IFFA folk,In 1988 IFFA played an important role in introducing statewide native vegetation retention regulations into planning schemes. Regulations in subsequent decades have attempted to address...
View ArticleIndigenous Flora and Fauna Picture Diary
IFFA member Mick Connolly's latest contribution on The Age website is at Week 6 Flora picture gallery
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