Northern Suburbs Branch, 23 May 2025 We joined the Friends of Star Swamp for a night walk on a calm and clear 90-minute stroll around Star Swamp. Early heavy rain had left that wonderful bush smell. Approximately 25 people from both groups enjoyed the outing, and many conversations were held ...
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Treasurer 2024-
Vice-President 2017-23
Councillor 2009-13, 2015-16
Hon. Secretary 2014
Darling Range Branch, 24 May 2025 Though we had early misgivings about the weather – cold start, chance of rain – the morning turned out to be perfect for birdwatching in this beautiful wetland reserve in High Wycombe. Our party consisted of nine members from the DRB and Main Club ...
Read more →Main Club 31 May 2025 The WA Shipwrecks Museum is the foremost maritime archaeology museum in the southern hemisphere. It features hundreds of relics from ships wrecked along Western Australia’s treacherous coastline, yielding a fascinating collection of artefacts that provides a glimpse into 17th- to 19th-century maritime life. The preservation ...
Read more →CCWA has a new Executive Director, Matt Roberts. He brings a broad experience in leadership, organisation planning, campaigning, communications, and media. He brings a diverse background, including experience with the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and the Department for Communities, teaching at UWA, and a leadership role with the ...
Read more →Advance Notice, 23-29 August The Club has been invited to visit the property of Bush Blocks Guardians in Westonia adjacent to Chiddarcooping Nature Reserve (western side) (https://bushblocksguardians.org.au/). There are a wide variety of landscapes: large granite outcrops and slabs with shallow gnammas, large tors and a very unique and extensive mini ...
Read more →The Club’s goal is to support and engage in the study and conservation of the biodiversity of Western Australia and the wider natural environment. In the past, and still our main mode of operation is to write excursion reports and submit species lists with them for the Club’s archives. However, ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 23 April 2025. Much to our relief, the BOM radar showed that the forecasted heavy rain had passed by the time seven of us climbed the stairs to the lookout from which we had views seaward, across Marmion Marine Park and landward, across the foreshore reserve which ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 15 April 2025 There is plenty of information around for those that think they maybe affected. That’s what I thought anyway. A conversation with our branch treasurer about DPIRD and the local council visiting her garden a couple of times to investigate, made me aware of ...
Read more →Honorary Life member of the club Gordon Stanley Thomas Elliott, died on 22 May 2025. He had a passion for Natural History, particularly birds. He valued responsibility and self-belief as essential aspects of education. He died wearing his WA Naturalists Club green polo, reflecting his deep affection for the organisation. The Council ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27 April 2025 Our April outing to Goegrup Lake was attended by 18 members and visitors on a beautiful morning. Two Nankeen Night Herons, settling into the canopy of the tree next to the car park after a night’s foraging, captured everyone’s’ attention as we signed ...
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