2 February 2024 Our speaker was a well-known Perth botanist, Alex George, who has been a Club member since 1956. Some of Alex’s main interests have been the Orchids, the Verticordias, the Banksias, Dryandras and Synapheas, and the history of botanists in Western Australia. He has worked at the WA ...
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The November meeting was the KRMB AGM. Our Chairperson, Colin Prickett, opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. He then read the minutes of the 2022 AGM and then summarised the branch’s activities for 2023. The Treasurer, Norman Aitken, then presented the financial report for the year to date. There was ...
Read more →South Australian Lake Eyre & Flinders Range Tour 10-Day Camping/Accommodated Tour – Departs Alice Springs 14 May 2024 – Max 10 participants (6 in lead vehicles & 4 tag-alongs) This adventure is a must for all who long to experience the Australian outback. From the massive expanse of Lake Eyre ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 15 November 2023 When Stig Dalstrom, who goes by the pseudonym of The Wild Orchid Man, and film-maker Darryl Saffer came to Western Australia in 2019 to search for the rare southern Queen of Sheba Orchid (Theylmitra variegata), their mission failed. On their second attempt two years ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22 October 2023 The Field Excursion for October was to the Stacy’s Loop Walk trail at Jarrahdale. This walking trail can either be taken as the lead into the longer Kitty’s Gorge trail or as a shorter loop trail. Reviewing the information board at the start ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 27 September 2023 The Golly walk around Lake Adams in Mariginiup was led by Sasha Poli, the City of Wanneroo’s Senior Conservation Officer. Unfortunately, the majority of Orchids at Lake Adams had finished. However, it was still a lovely walk with everyone intrigued by the Pigmy Drosera, ...
Read more →Twenty-two people (14 members and eight visitors) gathered at the Henderson Environmental Centre adjacent to the Star Swamp Reserve on a fine, mild morning for a walk to view post-fire grasstrees and other flora. Leaders were Distinguished Professor Emeritus Byron Lamont, Christine Curry from the Northern Suburbs Branch and Friends ...
Read more →On Friday, 27 October, six (6) Club members, including a new member, met with excursion leader Jolanda at the Wongan Hills Visitor Centre. After introductions, the convoy set off for the Reynoldson Reserve, north of town. This reserve is renowned for its display of Verticordia, and the group was not ...
Read more →KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH 16 OCTOBER 2023 The speaker at the September meeting was Jasmine Lyons, who delivered a presentation entitled ‘Christmas Island’. Jasmine, a member of the Underwater Explorers Club, is an avid SCUBA and Free Diver and has previously been a guest speaker on two occasions, discussing the local underwater ...
Read more →Specialists in Nature Tours since 1986 • Informative naturalist guides • Small groups (6 – 12 participants) • Private charters available • Fully accommodated, assisted camping, and remote camping tours Happy Holidays from Tom, Sylvia & Coates Wildlife Tours! Sylvia and I recently returned from our first Coates tour to ...
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