12 February 2021 The most significant and important memorial to Charles Darwin in Western Australia is the Charles Darwin Reserve. It is 68,600 hectares (roughly 20km by 36km) and is located 60km east of Perenjori on the west side of the Great Northern Highway between Wubin and Paynes Find (355km ...
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Author: Wenfei TongPublisher: CSIRO Publishing (in Australia and New Zealand, Rest of World via Unipress books)ISBN: 9781486313280Hardback: 224 pagesPrice: $39.99 How Birds Behave seems to cover just about everything known about why birds do the things that they do, all within 215 pages. Summarising many scientific discoveries about birds, both old ...
Read more →Advertisement Specialists in Nature Tours since 1986 Informative naturalist leaders • Small groups (6 – 12 participants)• Tag along places available on some trips •Choose one of our fully accommodated or remote camping tours Wild Coastlines of the South East (New Tour) 12 Day (Accommodated) Tour – Perth to Perth ...
Read more →Our Club is registered with Containers for Change to receive donations on returned containers. Our name is registered asWESTERN AUSTRALIAN NATURALISTS CLUB INC. and our C code is shown on the right. For more information on how to donate your refund to the Club visit the Containers for Change website
Read more →FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (DPIRD) Look out for travel bugs as you wander out yonder Travellers heading out into Western Australia’s wild blue yonder this spring are being asked to join WA’s biosecurity efforts by keeping an eye out for unwanted plant and animal pests, ...
Read more →AGM AND STATE CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 AT THE QUINTILIAN SCHOOL IN MT CLAREMONT We are seeking expressions of interest from any members who would like to volunteer to help run a club stall at this Conference. The exhibition will take place during lunch and afternoon tea and will be held ...
Read more →A six-acre property has been lovingly developed over the last 17 years by two WA Naturalists Club members and showcases a wide variety of Western Australian plants including many Hakeas, Eremophilas, Grevilleas, Darwinias, Acacias, Verticordias, and more. Priority 3 and 4 plants are included, many plants are named and planting dates recorded. ...
Read more →Author: Erica McAlister, Entomologist , Senior Curator of Diptera at the Natural History Museum, LondonPublisher: CSIRO Publishing (sales in Australia and New Zealand)(book available in other countries from: Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London)Illustrated with colour photographs and high-resolution microscope imagesAwards: Winner of the Zoological Society of London Award ...
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 ...
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