DRB Nats excursion 28th August 2021 A guided tour around significant rehabilitation sites in Jorgensen Park demonstrated the very impressive results that can be achieved by a lot of hard work, high levels of local knowledge and a group of dedicated volunteers assisted by a highly experienced and passionate local ...
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Treasurer 2024-
Vice-President 2017-23
Councillor 2009-13, 2015-16
Hon. Secretary 2014
Myrtle rust is a nasty plant pathogen that we do not have and do not want in WA. It arrived in Australia in 2010 and since then has spread to all other States and Territories except SA and WA. If Myrtle rust has snuck into WA, spring is the perfect ...
Read more →Tonight, Kingsley talked about the impact of “European fire” on our Australian ecosystems – the subject of a talk that was given in part at the Fire and Biodiversity Forum at Margaret River in June, called “Fire in the Age of Extinction”.
Read more →CALLING ALL NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS! It’s on again … the Images of Jirdarup 2021 photo competition has launched! For the second year, the Friends of Jirdarup Bushland in Victoria Park are inviting nature photographers to get snapping in the bushland! For a small entry fee, you could win a share of the $3,000 cash prize pool, ...
Read more →Several items have appeared in the local Echo newspaper and the Facebook page of the South West Wildlife Learning and Discovery Network about this sighting and the implications of land use that may cutoff the nature link between the Glen Forrest Superblock and the Helena Valley. The following information comes ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch Meeting: July 2021 We completed our Geology mini-series with a presentation on micro-minerals by John Reeve who began by telling us he joined the Junior Naturalists after the first of numerous encounters with the inspirational Harry Butler. This resulted in him spending many Saturday afternoons in the ...
Read more →NS Branch 28th July 2021 “Golly weren’t we lucky, not a drop of rain”, was the common exclamation at the end of our two hours walk around the Wandoo Heights Nature Reserve at Millendon. Nineteen Nats members, friends, Meet-up subscribers and others interested in trying out a Nats Club event, ...
Read more →KRM Branch 16th August 2021 For our August general meeting, a KRMB member, Daniel Heald, presented on the topic of Insects and Viruses: 300 million years of Co-evolution (and a great deal of ghastly death). The nucleic acid of a virus may be either RNA or DNA, and this determines ...
Read more →KRM Branch 25th July 2021 In lieu of a July Field Outing, it has become a tradition that we celebrate the formation of KRMB with an anniversary breakfast. We held this year’s event at Rockingham Golf Club, and 13 members attended. It was excellent to catch up with Margaret Shepherd ...
Read more →KRM Branch 19th July 2021 For our July general meeting, our speaker was a KRMB Member, Michelle Mann, who shared a presentation on Leafy Seadragon plus some images from a recent trip to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. The presentation on Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) was one she had ...
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