Have a great festive season and holiday period

All the best wishes! FoBR will be back with a full program beginning on Sunday 10 February 2013 - look forward to seeing you attend, join our great group and get involved.

FoBR celebrated our 30th Birthday celebrations

Everyone involved with our group over the past 30 years was invited to attend our celebrations on 10 November - and many attended. A great day was held and we will soon be adding more photos and information to the website.

Where is 2012 going, going?

We now have a new FoBR executive and lots of plans for activities in the next year.  We would love to see more families and locals join us so if you are unsure why not come along to one of our events and check us out!

We are busy planning for our 30th birthday - hope to see all our earlier members and office bearers attend.

2012 - plenty to get involved in!

FoBR will have another busy year with ongoing programs like Waterwatch, Grass Tree monitoring for Phytophthora (Cinnamon Fungus), mammal monitoring as well as many planned improvements and maintenance projects within the National Park. Friends can be involved to whatever level they wish and we are all very appreciative of the many people who contribute "behind the scenes".

FoBR Facebook Page

Check out and LIKE our FoBR Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/fobrnp. It is great for posting any special sightings, posting comments or identifications for photos  of wildlife and plants. 

2011 Brisbane Ranges Wildflower Show was a great success

see the Wildflower Show pages for more details.  Our next Wildflower Show is planned for October 2013.

New FoBR booklet - Plants and Wildlife of the Brisbane Ranges Species List is now available as a pdf for free download. This great new booklet combines the fauna and flora lists with a full bird list including "Chance of Sighting" in the Brisbane Ranges.

New FoBR Rules of Association (Constitution) approved at AGM FoBR began in 1982 and was incorporated in December 1995. As many things had changed in nearly 16 years it was time for an update of our rules! A copy of the original rules and proposed changes were sent to members in July 2011. A special resolution was passed at the AGM on 14 August to approve the amended Rules/Constitution. These rules have now been approved by Consumer Affairs Victoria with addition of Rule 8 of the Model Rules regarding Disputes and Mediation. This has now been added to the Rules document on this link.

New FoBR Executive Committee

We are excited to have a brand new committee so please help us grow FoBR and get everyone involved.  Following the Wildflower Show this year, we will be celebrating our 30th birthday in October 2012. An exciting time!

New Ranger in Charge

'Boxy' is now officially our Ranger in Charge.   Peter Box has been Acting for sometime and was officially appointed to the ongoing role in May 2011. Congratulations Boxy!   Check out his profile and stories in the June newsletter.


New Website
We have updated our website design and content so hopefully you will find it easier to access information.   Comments and suggestions are most welcome please

Park Closures
For updates on any park closures particularly following heavy rains earlier this year check out the Parks Victoria website  as many of the areas affected below are since opened  -

• Anakie Gorge Picnic Ground
• Anakie Gorge Walk
• Stony Creek Picnic Ground
• Switch Road
• Little River Picnic Ground
• McLeans Highway (between Marshalls Road and Thompsons Road)
• Lease Road (closed between Yankee Gully Rd and Banksia Track)
• Burchell Trail
• Little River Camp Ground
• Old Mill Camp Ground
• Lower Stony Creek Reservoir

Also out of service are BBQ in Stony Creek picnic area and Bert Boardmans Recreation Reserve due to theft and vandalism. A recently installed water tank at Stony Creek picnic area has also been stolen.   See our March newsletter for more information.

The Brisbane Ranges National Park has  grown significantly.

On Friday 20 August 2010 the Lower Stony Creek Catchment/ Barwon Water land was officially  added to Brisbane Ranges National Park increasing the size of the park by about 1165 hectares.   

• Mr Michael Crutchfield, Parliamentary Secretary for Water and Environment and Member for South Barwon and senior representatives of Barwon Water, Parks Victoria and DSE were joined by many of our Friends - see the September newsletter and the Park Information for all the history and details.