Main Club, 1st April 2022 Our speaker was Dr Jane Chambers, Senior Lecturer in Environmental and Conservation Sciences at Murdoch University and Director of NatureLink Perth. NatureLink Perth is a community of practice working together to integrate nature into the city and connect people to nature, with other benefits such ...
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ADVERTISEMENT 10 Day South Australian Outback Camping Tour Adelaide to Alice Springs • 21 – 30 April 2022 • Small Group Tour The heavy summer rains around Lake Eyre have resulted in the lake receiving substantial in-flows from local rivers and creeks, as well as saturating the surrounding area. This ...
Read more →KRMB 20 February 2022 We had a fine morning for our outing to Woodman Point, and we welcomed Joan and Rob Sharpe, who joined the small group of KRMB members for our first outing of the year. We made our way along the beach from the car park towards the ...
Read more →KRMB 21 February 2022 Our first meeting for 2022 featured a presentation entitled ‘Kleptoparasites’ by KRMB member Daniel Heald. Kleptoparasites are animals that steal food or prey from another animal, thereby saving themselves the effort of finding or capturing the food or prey item. Daniel opened his presentation with examples ...
Read more →Main Club 15 – 17 October 2021 The WA Naturalists’ Club has a cottage on Cooleenup Island at Yunderup. The Yunderup Field Station (or Nature Observatory) has been the base for many field trips since it was built in 1984 (officially opened —1985). Cooleenup is one of several low-lying islands ...
Read more →DRB Nats 11 February 2022 Simon Cherriman is well known for his in-depth knowledge, understanding and devotion to Wedgetail Eagles. However, at the DRB, we discovered he also knows an enormous amount about the importance of tree hollows and is currently finishing a book on the subject. picture courtesy Echo ...
Read more →COVID 19 pandemic has caused a scary human health crisis of global dimension. The pandemic has already killed over 5.9 million people and there are still over 418 million confirmed cases battling infections across nations. In Australia, the total number of confirmed cases is close to 3 million with over ...
Read more →Main Club 13 Feb 2022 This event is rapidly becoming an annual favourite of mine. At 8.30 am on Sunday the 13th, we expected lovely weather for our visit to the Omeo wreck in Coogee. OK, Darwin Day was officially the day before, but that didn’t seem to be a ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs 16 Feb 2022 Stuart Halse, of Bennelongia Environmental Consultants, shared a very informative presentation that provided new insight into the habitat and diversity of subterranean fauna. From a historical perspective, Stuart pointed out that we often associated stygofauna with caves and speleologists who became pseudo-biologists. Today we know ...
Read more →Main Club 4 Feb 2022 Our speaker was botanist Mark Brundrett. Mark is Adjunct Associate Professor at UWA and Research Associate Professor at the WA Herbarium. He spoke about why the South West of WA is a biodiversity hotspot and why the flora is unique globally. To be a hotspot, ...
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