Our June general meeting was an online meeting because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The topic for the meeting was a presentation entitled ‘Insects and Fungi’ delivered by Daniel Heald (a KRMB Member). It was great to see so many people log on to the meeting, ...
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The July meeting was held online and we were fortunate to have Dr Amanda Hodgson as our guest speaker. Amanda is a research fellow at the Aquatic Megafauna Research Unit, part of Murdoch University’s Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems within the Harry Butler Institute. Her research is developing innovative ways ...
Read more →Informative naturalist/birding leaders • Small groups (6 – 12 participants)Tag along welcome on selected tours • Fully accommodated & camping tours Advertisement 12 Day Kennedy Range and Mt Augustus & Tag Along Safari – Departs Perth 15 August 2020 (2 nights accommodated + 9 nights camping)Maximum of 10 guests (6 ...
Read more →Our presenter at this on-line meeting was Professor Kliti Grice, Distinguished Professor at John Curtin University and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. She is the Founding Director of the WA Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University. There have been five mass ...
Read more →Contents Australasian Grebes – Starting a Family………..2 Ruddy Turnstones – Perfectly Camouflaged …3 Bynoe’s Prickly Gecko……………………………………4 Busselton Naturalists’ Work at Ambergate Reserve……………………………………….5
Read more →ONLINE May General Meeting Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we used Google Meet in place of the May physical meeting. Google Meet is a video conferencing app that integrates with G Suite ( a suite of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools) used by the Club. About 25 members logged in without ...
Read more →A HUB FOR EXPLORING AND RECORDING NATURE IN YOUR BACKYARD This COVID-19 isolation is a tough gig. The good news is that being stuck in your backyard provides a wealth of things to engage and inspire you. You’ll wonder why you didn’t do it before. Nature is not closed and ...
Read more →In the light of the current restrictions on group gatherings, interstate and regional travel and exclusions of public access to many national parks and state forests, the organising committee of the Australian Naturalists Network has very reluctantly decided to postpone the get-together planned for this September in Stanthorpe. Although this ...
Read more →Club member Mish Mann found a few interesting creatures to share with us on Facebook. To see all the photos, go to the Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch – WA Naturalists’ Club new Facebook group. She writes: “The spider is from my backyard. Daniel Heald kindly did an ID and it’s ...
Read more →From the Field Terry has shared some lovely images on the Facebook group this past month. He writes: “The Stirling Range National Park suffered a devastating fire that began by lightning strikes on December 26 last year, burning through approximately 50 000 hectares of diverse habitat, leaving another 65 000 ...
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