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		<title>Young Naturalists programme for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 programme has now been added to the website. Take a look at some of the exciting events we&#39;ve got planned for 2012. And, if you&#39;re not a member, you are very welcome to come along to any of &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/young-naturalists-programme-for-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 programme of events for the Main Club</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/2012-programme-of-events-for-the-main-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 programme of events for the Main Club has now been published. Some dates and speakers have yet to be finalised. See what&#39;s on in 2012 &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>DEC Volunteer of the Year 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DEC Volunteer of the Year 2011 was awarded to the specimen mounting team at the WA Herbarium. This team included 3 Western Australian Naturalists; Kate Creed, Patricia Gurry and Ruby Johnson. For part of the year the team had to &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/dec-volunteer-of-the-year-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Naturalist Club member discovers new species of Ptilotus</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/naturalist-club-member-discovers-new-species-of-ptilotus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 former WA Naturalist Club councillor Cate Tauss found a new species of Ptilotus (Mulla Mulla). The new plant species has been unearthed in suburban Kenwick of all places. Western Australian Environment Minister Bill Marmion said the discovery was &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/naturalist-club-member-discovers-new-species-of-ptilotus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>November Meeting / Excursion Report</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/november-meeting-excursion-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darling Range Branch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[June 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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/november-meeting-excursion-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Membership fees</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/membership-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The November General Meeting of the Naturalists&#8217; Club has endorsed the Council decision to increase the membership fees to the following: $90 for family membership $70 for single membership $40 for junior membership Our last increase was in 2005. This &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/news/membership-fees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>October Meeting Report</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/october-meeting-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Kayley Usher, from the CSIRO, was our guest speaker for the October meeting and presented a talk entitled &#8216;How marvellous microbes made our world&#8217;. We were introduced into the world of the microscopic and sub-microscopic through a series of &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/october-meeting-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Excursion to Twink&#8217;s Garden and Helena Valley Rehabilition</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/excursion-to-twinks-garden-and-helena-valley-rehabilition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/excursion-to-twinks-garden-and-helena-valley-rehabilition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some 20 intrepid DRB members and visitors travelled to Twink Smurthwaite&#8217;s &#8216;Topsy&#8217; garden in Boya on Sunday September 18th &#8211; &#8216;intrepid&#8217; because the day promised to be truly equinoxal. About half of those people continued to inspect rehabilitation work by &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/excursion-to-twinks-garden-and-helena-valley-rehabilition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DRB September meeting report</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/drb-september-meeting-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric McCrum, past President and active member of the Darling Range Branch, presented a talk on grasshoppers entitled &#8216;The bizarre world of grasshoppers&#8217;. Eric&#8217;s talk was well illustrated from his extensive collection of slides, a selection of which showed the &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/drb-september-meeting-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre</title>
		<link>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/cockburn-wetlands-education-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/cockburn-wetlands-education-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Armed 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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/reports/cockburn-wetlands-education-centre/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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