Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27 August 2023 Eleven members attended the excursion to Karnup Nature Reserve on a fine late winter’s morning. We headed off along the Don Shepherd Nature Walk, named after one of the founding members of KRMB. Just inside the gate, we spotted Cockies’ Tongues (Templetonia retusa) ...
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Treasurer 2024-
Vice-President 2017-23
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Hon. Secretary 2014
Bushwalking Group, 10 September 2023 Well, it was another fabulous weekend away for our group of 13. Unfortunately, several people were sorry that they could not attend because they were on holidays elsewhere. We arrived on the Friday night, staying at the caravan park and hotel. Amazingly, the weather was ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 16 August 2023 Our speaker on the 16th of August was Dr Liz Kington, the coordinator of the WA Malleefowl Recovery Group. While Dr Kington may have drawn a smaller crowd than the Matildas on the same night, those who did attend were treated to a very ...
Read more →Christmas & Cocos Island 2023 11-Day Accommodated Tour – Departs Perth 5 December 2023 – Maximum of 12 participants If you are looking for a nature-based end-of-year holiday to top off 2023, travel to Christmas & Cocos Island with Coates Wildlife Tours. Two totally different islands, both a naturalists’ wonderland. Christmas Island ...
Read more →Christmas and Cocos Island 11-Day Accommodated Tour – Departs Perth 5 December 2023 – Max 12 participants Two totally different islands, both are naturalist’s wonderlands. Christmas island an extinct limestone, caped volcano, rugged shoreline and rain-forested terraces and the central plateau, Cocos Islands are palm fringed, sandy beaches, more ...
Read more →YOUNG NATURALISTS with MAiN Club – 6 August 2023 The weather was ideal for this year’s beach sweep, but unfortunately, only two families turned up! There were piles of sea wrack on the beach – mainly seagrass – but the variety of finds was a little disappointing, and some things ...
Read more →A total of 13 members/past members met at the Palm Beach Café on the Rockingham Foreshore to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the KRM Branch. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny morning and were thrilled to see a few Australasian Gannets gliding overhead the end of ...
Read more →The July meeting was a members’ night with three members delivering presentations. Pauline Dilley discussed her recent cruise in the Kimberley region, backed up with photographs. Daniel Heald showed a series of images of species sighted during the June weekend invertebrate survey at the Field Station on Cooleenup Island in ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch GOLLY WALK – 26 July 2023 Golly, how lucky were we? The weather Gods smiled at us. The rain stopped five minutes before we were due to set off at 8 am, and two hours later, only a few minutes after settling in for our coffees at ...
Read more →This book was provided to an 8-year-old girl to read and work through questions, recommended for ages 6-9.
She wrote in her own words, "The book was about a fire on the bush when they waited till it was ready and lit it. Then the animals were able to have their homes again, only having to wait till the smoke in the air stopped spreading, and their food was ready for winter."
She liked the pictures and colour choices for the illustrations and found it easier to read with an adult than by herself. Her favourite was the antechinus, an old wombat, as he was the main character in the book. She learnt several new words about nature, e.g., Wallum Banksias.
She didn't finish the book on her own as she felt too many huge words, and she is not a strong reader (her comment).
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