Faraday
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Fire contained, recovery begins
The Fogartys Gap Road fire that impacted Ravenswood South, Walmer, Harcourt, Sutton Grange, Faraday and surrounds on January 9 was officially declared contained on Friday morning. CFA and Forest Fire Management crews have been working around the clock to build containment lines, back burn and black out the fire with the support of three aircraft.…
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Who ya gonna call to save the ghost fish?
A farm dam in Faraday is playing a leading role in the restoration of a critically endangered fish considered a canary in the climate change coal mine. The flat-headed galaxis is a small-bodied silver fish that was once prevalent across the southern Murray Darling Basin. Climate change and river regulation has decimated their population over…
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Residents dark on solar farm
Faraday residents fear a solar farm proposed for the area would be visually intrusive and may damage property and tourism values. Tetris Energy is proposing to establish 15,176 low-reflective photovoltaic solar panels at a 12-hectare site about six kilometres northeast of Castlemaine at 3040 Harmony Way, Faraday. Last week several residents in the area met…