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Indigenotes

Indigenotes October 2011

Posted Wed, 19/10/2011 - 22:05 by tonyf

Indigenotes 22-3 coverThis beautiful edition includes info on 4 coming events:

  • IFFA's AGM on 13 November
  • the South East Australian Naturalists Association Spring Camp at Phillip Island on Cup Day long weekend
  • Evans Street Grassland Walk on 6 November
  • IFFA's 25th Anniversary Get Together on 4 December

Also included:

  • Information on the Volcano Dreaming Display
  • A description of the McGregors indigenous front Garden in Brunswick
  • A photographic report on IFFA's photo workshop
  • An article on ecological recovery after the Kinglake bushfires
  • Amazing photos of nesting Spotted Pardalotes.

Indigenotes June 2010

Posted Sat, 12/06/2010 - 18:50 by tonyf

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Here is the latest edition of Indigenotes (June 2010 Issue 21-2).

The issue includes:

  • Details of a coming field trip to Clematis, hosted by Karen Alexander on 7 August - COME ALONG! (also see this item)
  • The results of our Special General meeting on 27 March and rule changes.
  • Dazzled and Deceived - Mimicry and Camouflage
  • Snippets about recent flora and fauna discoveries etc

Indigenotes February 2010 Vol 21 No 1

Posted Thu, 18/02/2010 - 21:38 by tonyf

cover thumbnailDownload the latest issue of Indigenotes here.

  • Info on our Special General meeting and proposed rule changes
  • Details of a coming field trip to St Andrews Beach with the Southern Peninsula IFFA
  • Book reviews
  • Snippets about recent flora and fauna discoveries etc
  • A report about the recent community day at Mulla Mulla Grassland

There's also an order form to order a copy of the Seeding the Future DVD, which will be mailed free to financial IFFA members who order it.

September issue of Indigenotes released

Posted Mon, 28/09/2009 - 17:32 by tonyf

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Latest Edition!

The AGM is coming soon. See page 3 for details. Come along to the workshop and help shape IFFA's future. If you stay to the end you get a free copy of the new video by Judy Allen on seed collecting (reviewed on page 4).

Indigenotes July 2009

Posted Fri, 17/07/2009 - 15:30 by tonyf

Cover of Indigenotes 20-2 July 2009 with Weedy SeadragonJuly's beautiful issue of Indigenotes is out.  Inside you can find:

  • A fantastic photo-essay One day under Flinders Jetty
  • A letter from President Brian Bainbridge expressing his joy at being in the field with like minded individuals.
  • A note on news from the Website
  • A Load of Bullants an account of a field trip to Melton to look at the Bull Ants by Brian Bainbridge
  • An article on the as yet unfinished Monash Uni Indigenous Food Garden by Lawrie Hanson
  • An article on the Frogs of Melton by Daryl Akers

Click here to download the issue as a pdf

Indigenotes Volume 20-1

Posted Mon, 22/06/2009 - 18:50 by tonyf

Indigenotes 20-1 coverThis wonderful issue has details of new ecological community listings under the EPBC Act, information about the South West Integrated Flora and Fauna database, a report on the fantastic IFFA trip to the zoo to look behind the scenes, a profile of Friends of Stony Creek, a review of the new book Moths of Victoria. 

 Download it here

September 2008 Indigenotes

Posted Mon, 06/10/2008 - 19:46 by tonyf

cover of Indigenotes 19-4This delicious issue focusses on birds and grasslands.  There's superb photos and an article by Chris Tzaros and John Peter about Pardalotes, an update on some important changes in the national and international status of Basalt Plains Grassland, a note on what IFFA members saw on the field trip to Mt Rothwell, a couple of book reviews, a page on the Bush Stone Curlew with photos from Nora Peters, the results of the IFFA survey, and the kids page has another linked colouring in and puzzle.

You can download the newsletter here as a pdf 

Indigenotes July out now

Posted Wed, 30/07/2008 - 19:33 by tonyf

Rufous Bettong are extinct in Victoria. Where can you see them roaming near Melbourne? Find out in this issue of Indigenotes which you can view here. Come to IFFA's excursion on August 16th to see them yourself!
Also in this issue:

  • Nature Deficit Disorder - President's Letter from Brian Bainbridge

May Indigenotes released

Posted Sat, 17/05/2008 - 12:52 by tonyf

Indigenotes 19-2

Here is the latest issue of Indigenotes.  It features:

  • the upside of the destructive winds in April in the President's Letter from Brian Bainbridge
  • a conversation between our suburban correspondent and his tetchy indigenous garden in Letter from the Suburbs
  • the influential conservationist Aldo Leopold features in a review of his biography "Aldo Leopold a Fierce Green Fire" and his own book "A Sand County Almanac"
  • the efforts of residents at Belgrave to keep their suburb Echidna-friendly from Vivien Freshwater
  • the frustrations of an indigenous gardener from Trevallyn in Tasmania, from Paul Schluter
  • a Carpet Python to colour in, and a quiz for kids
  • Fantastic photography from Mick Connolly and others, including a colour insects centrefold.

Indigenotes January 2008

Posted Mon, 11/02/2008 - 11:58 by tonyf

Issue coverThis glorious glossy issue of Indigenotes (Volume 19 no 1, January 2008) includes

  • a letter from IFFA's President Brian Bainbridge about Echidnas and how they seem to be becoming more common in the suburbs,
  • a humorous "Letter from the Suburbs",
  • a report on IFFA's field trip to the Dandenongs, with a glorious full colour centrefold poster of the trip,
  • an extract from Richard Howitt's book published in 1845 on his adventures settling in Melbourne.
  • a kids page with a picture of Murray Cod to colour in and a little quiz about Murray Cod.

You can download the issue here.

Centrefold from January 2008 IndigenotesA high resolution jpeg of the centrefold poster can be downloaded here (2.4Mb), or as a desktop image here (0.5Mb).

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