WILDLIFE OF VICTORIA’S SOUTH-WESTA Guide to the Grampians-Gariwerd, Volcanic Plains,Melbourne, and Surrounds.By Grant Palmer and Jules Farquhar Paperback | February 2024ISBN: 9781486313051 | 416 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO Publishing ePDF | February 2024ISBN: 9781486313068 This informative book covers native and introduced fauna across a large part of ...
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Treasurer 2024-
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KRM Branch, 26 February 2024 KRMB’s first excursion for 2024 was a beach sweep at Woodman Point. A group consisting of 7 members plus a visitor, Margaret Owens, met at the carpark at the end of Woodman Point View on a slightly overcast morning that was a welcome relief from ...
Read more →Main Club, Young Nats 11 February 2024 This event was put in place to coincide with Darwin Day, a day to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday on 12 February 1809, and by promoting science in general. But more for the Club, it was an opportunity to explore the diversity of marine ...
Read more →DRB Nats, 8 March 2024 Dr Thorn is a technical officer at the Western Australia Museum, where she manages the terrestrial vertebrate collection (birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians). She shared her love of vertebrate palaeontology with descriptions of early 1900s explorations and her own experiences in caves up and down ...
Read more →Main Club, 1 March 2024 Our speaker was Emerson (Em) Lamond, an amateur bryologist. A bryologist studies bryophytes, which are mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. These are non-vascular plants, which means they have no roots or vascular tissue but instead absorb water and nutrients from the air through their surface. Because ...
Read more →Western Wanderer Expedition 15-Day Easy Camping Tour (assisted camping) – Departs Perth 15 May 2024 – Max of 12 participants Spend 14 nights travelling from Perth to Broome and discover Western Australia’s beautiful coastline and ancient Pilbara region. You will fly and land on the Abrolhos Islands, visit the HMAS ...
Read more →South Australian Outback and Channel Country 14-Day Camping Tour – Departs Adelaide 30 May 2024 – Max 10 participants (6 in lead vehicles & 4 tag-alongs) Join Tom Grove, owner and Director of Coates Wildlife Tours, for a true outback camping tour in South Australia. Leaving Adelaide, we will head ...
Read more →6 December 2023 Due to the unavailability of leaders, the November Golly Walk was postponed to the 6th of December. Ian Abbott and Don Poynton led ten members and one visitor through bushland and then along the coast to a surprise destination for refreshments. Our walk commenced with Ian leading ...
Read more →15 February 2024 Our leader Dr John Huisman, Author, and Herbarium Curator is known for his extensive work in taxonomic research into Western Australia’s marine flora. He gave a brief outline of the work undertaken at the site and the history of Western Australia (WA) as the first Herbarium in ...
Read more →20 December 2023 As usual, there was no speaker at the December Meeting of the Northern Suburbs Branch. Instead, the Annual General Meeting was held before our End-of-Year Photo Competition. Office Bearers for 2024 are: During his This Month Naturally segment, Don Poynton told us about the distribution, characteristics, and ...
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