Western Australian Naturalists Club http://www.wanaturalists.org.au Encouraging the study and protection of the natural environment Sat, 18 May 2013 10:37:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Yesterday, as if by magic,…. http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/yesterday-as-if-by-magic/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/yesterday-as-if-by-magic/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 02:55:41 +0000 JoHn http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2382 ..                                                                               … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/yesterday-as-if-by-magic/feed/ 0 Darling Range Branch: Penguin Island excursion 2013 http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/darling-range-branch-penguin-island-excursion-2013/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/darling-range-branch-penguin-island-excursion-2013/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:13:15 +0000 Steve http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2353 To paraphrase the hackneyed term, ‘one good tern led deservedly to another’ at Penguin Island, during DRB’s March outing. Twenty two members and friends braved an exquisite day and crossed the water to the largest of the islands in the Shoalwater Marine … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/darling-range-branch-penguin-island-excursion-2013/feed/ 0 KRMB General Meeting March 15th 2013 http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/2338/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/2338/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:49:08 +0000 Lynette http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2338 At the March meeting our guest speaker was Peter Wilmot and his topic was “Lake Mealup on the road to recovery: an adaptive management approach to acid sulphate soils and typha invasion”. The presentation was co-authored by Heidi Bucktin of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/2338/feed/ 0 KRMB Field Trip March 17th 2013 TO Lake Mealup http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/2328/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/2328/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:41:34 +0000 Lynette http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2328 KRMB Excursion Mar 2013    Peter Wilmot with members at the diversion weir on the Mealup Main Drain    As a follow up to the presentation at the March general meeting, on Sunday 17th March ten KRMB members joined Peter Wilmot … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/2328/feed/ 0 Gouldian Finches and fire regimes in the Kimberley http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/gouldian-finches-and-fire-regimes-in-the-kimberley/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/gouldian-finches-and-fire-regimes-in-the-kimberley/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:19:17 +0000 Steve http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2325 Gill Basnett, at very short notice, gave us a truly wonderful insight into Gouldian Finches and Fire regimes in the Kimberley, a topic she was well qualified to handle having done extensive ecological fieldwork in central Kimberley. Gouldians live in … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/gouldian-finches-and-fire-regimes-in-the-kimberley/feed/ 0 Darwin Day 2013 http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/darwin-day-2013/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/darwin-day-2013/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:05:41 +0000 Steve http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2270 Darwin Day, the birthday anniversary of Charles Darwin, is celebrated around the world on or around the 12th of February. The WA Naturalists’ Club has decided to begin our own tradition of celebrating Darwin Day and this year naturalists of all ages … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/darwin-day-2013/feed/ 0 The Serventy Memorial Lecture 2013 http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/the-serventy-memorial-lecture-2013/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/the-serventy-memorial-lecture-2013/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:42:52 +0000 Steve http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2246 The topic for the 2013 Serventy Memorial Lecture will be “Bird pollination of eucalypts on old landscapes: a new perspective” by Professor Steven Hopper, Winthrop Professor of Biodiversity CENRM (UWA Albany) and School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia. A common experience … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/the-serventy-memorial-lecture-2013/feed/ 0 DRB Meeting – Researching the salt problem in the southwest http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/drb-meeting-researching-the-salt-problem-in-the-southwest/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/drb-meeting-researching-the-salt-problem-in-the-southwest/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:37:39 +0000 Steve http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2236 On Friday 9th February 2013, Hills’ community member and secretary of the Darling Range Branch (DRB) of the WA Naturalists’ Club, Dr Arthur Conacher (retired UWA geographer), presented a talk titled “Researching the salt problem in the Southwest of WA.” … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/drb-meeting-researching-the-salt-problem-in-the-southwest/feed/ 0 KRMB Field Trip 17th February 2013 http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/krmb-field-trip-17th-february-2013/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/krmb-field-trip-17th-february-2013/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:04:48 +0000 Lynette http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2187 Kwinana/Rockingham/Mandurah Branch Field trip to Tern Island On Sunday 17th February at 8am ten KRMB members gathered in the car park next to the yacht club, where the Safety Bay jetty used to be, for the February field trip, a beach walk … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/krmb-field-trip-17th-february-2013/feed/ 0 KRMB General Meeting 15th February 2013 http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/krmb-general-meeting-15th-february-2013/ http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/krmb-general-meeting-15th-february-2013/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:46:19 +0000 Lynette http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/?p=2181  Kwinana/Rockingham/Mandurah Branch The February meeting saw 13 members turn up for our first meeting of the year – a Members’ night. There were three presentations of photographs from trips made by various members to the Mid West, Gascoyne and Pilbara … Continue reading →

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