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rosscolliver
Aug 12, 20232 min read
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...
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rosscolliver
Jun 20, 20232 min read
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...
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rosscolliver
May 18, 20233 min read
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...
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rosscolliver
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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...
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rosscolliver
Apr 18, 20234 min read
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....
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rosscolliver
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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...
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rosscolliver
Feb 15, 20232 min read
What happens when I press this button?
What happens when you flush the toilet? At my place up in the hills, the septic tank is about a metre from my 1960s house. I can...
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rosscolliver
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Living in the country?
The Amess Road development is back, with a plan to pack 3,500 people on the edge of Riddell, in a style of urban living what will feel...
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rosscolliver
Nov 23, 20223 min read
How Barrm Birrm got its name
Dogs love Barrm Birrm - what dog doesn't like stepping out along a dirt road, surrounded by all those fresh scents, and what dog owner...
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rosscolliver
Oct 28, 20222 min read
Why protect Barrm Birrm?
Barrm Birrm, place of many yam roots, is the glorious bushland at the top of Gap Road, where the bitumen finishes. It is an...
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