Reports
November Meeting / Excursion Report
Branch: Darling Range BranchJune Butcher, founder of the Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and our member and guest speaker for the general meeting, gave us an insight into the aims and functioning of the rehab centre now located in the now very well rehabilitated … Continue reading
October Meeting Report
Branch: Darling Range BranchDr Kayley Usher, from the CSIRO, was our guest speaker for the October meeting and presented a talk entitled ‘How marvellous microbes made our world’. We were introduced into the world of the microscopic and sub-microscopic through a series of … Continue reading
Excursion to Twink’s Garden and Helena Valley Rehabilition
Branch: Darling Range BranchSome 20 intrepid DRB members and visitors travelled to Twink Smurthwaite’s ‘Topsy’ garden in Boya on Sunday September 18th – ‘intrepid’ because the day promised to be truly equinoxal. About half of those people continued to inspect rehabilitation work by … Continue reading
DRB September meeting report
Branch: Darling Range BranchEric McCrum, past President and active member of the Darling Range Branch, presented a talk on grasshoppers entitled ‘The bizarre world of grasshoppers’. Eric’s talk was well illustrated from his extensive collection of slides, a selection of which showed the … Continue reading
Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre
Branch: Young NatsArmed with scoop nets and shod in Wellington boots, a small army of young naturalists and their parents waded into the shallows of Bibra Lake and searched for living things in the water. After good rains this winter, the lake … Continue reading
Excursion to Lesmurdie Falls
Branch: Darling Range BranchAlthough showers were forecast, the morning was beautifully warm and sunny, allowing about 30 members and visitors to enjoy a leisurely walk along the slope of the Darling Scarp above Lesmurdie Falls. Many people were surprised to see how many … Continue reading
Karakamia Night Walk
Branch: Main Club, Young NatsKarakamia Sanctuary is a 275ha piece of land, fenced off against cats and foxes, near Chidlow in the Jarrah forest east of Perth. It is owned and run by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. With the lack of predators, and the … Continue reading
July Meeting Report
Branch: Darling Range BranchThey’re shy, secretive, seductive, endangered and very well camouflaged. That is the picture painted by Brenda Newby of the Western Ground Parrot. Numbers of this little, largely mottled green and yellow, ground parrot are estimated at around a mere 140 … Continue reading
Rottnest Excursion 18- 21 March 2011
Branch: Main ClubSeventeen Naturalists settled themselves comfortably in two cottages at Governor’s Circle Kingstown on the Friday. We organized ourselves into a fairly relaxed program. We started each day with a bird walk and then a snorkeling session and mostly in the … Continue reading
August Meeting Report
Branch: Darling Range BranchVicky Laurie’s passion for the Kimberley became very evident as she introduced our audience to aspects of remote areas that a very few would get the chance to view – with the aid of a light plane and a helicopter! … Continue reading