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The year in prospect: a green perspective
Never seen this before ... Rhubarb bolete ... Boletellus obscureconnineus! All the rain we didn't get in late winter and early spring has...
rosscolliver
Jan 19, 20242 min read
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How to keep going in a grim world
The more tuned into nature you are, the more weeds there are. On recent trips to the Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland, I had a hard...
rosscolliver
Oct 12, 20233 min read
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Escaping the colony
Fifteen RMIT students came out to Barrm Birrm last month, on a short course titled ‘Farming the Future.’ The trip was put together by...
rosscolliver
Sep 19, 20232 min read
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Good people
Robin, to the right of centre, reporting back on the walkability initiative We held the fourth of our What Riddell Wants sessions at the...
rosscolliver
Aug 12, 20232 min read
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Our town is the place where we can make a difference
It's hot in the northern hemisphere. Wildfires across Canada, 50C days in northern China, flash floods, tornadoes. The highest average...
rosscolliver
Aug 12, 20232 min read
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There’s always something growing in Barrm Birrm
The fourth Saturday of each month, 10 am, from 288 Gap Road, we head out into Barrm Birrm, to find what’s growing. It’s our ‘Wildflowers...
rosscolliver
Jun 20, 20232 min read
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Still on the job
We settler people have been around here since the 1830s. When Auntie Karen welcomed us to Country at the launch a new landcare group in...
rosscolliver
May 18, 20233 min read
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Working on the weeds
Whenever I walk through Barrm Birrm, I enjoy what's there, but I always think about what needs doing next. It's a tricky balance, not...
rosscolliver
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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A town that walks. A town that talks.
Wednesday evening, 12 April 2023 Macedon Ranges Councillors unanimously rejected the developer's plans for Amess Road, Riddells Creek....
rosscolliver
Apr 18, 20234 min read
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Thinking like a river
This is where a river starts, in a thousand small flows up a hundred valleys. In April, environment groups from across Macedon Ranges...
rosscolliver
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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