Eyre Bird Observatory is seeking expressions of interest from volunteer couples to caretake the facility from February 2022 to end of April 2022. The tenure would be for a 3 month period. The observatory is a not-for-profit research, education and nature based facility. Duties include public relations, weather reporting to ...
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Paperback | June 2021 | $ 49.99ISBN: 9781486313259 | 376 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour photographs, Illustrations, Maps ePDF | June 2021ISBN: 9781486313266Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers ePUB | June 2021ISBN: 9781486313273Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers The Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs has to be one of the ...
Read more →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 →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 →The Late Mrs. Loisette Matilda Marsh AM. Loisette was a long-term and well respected member of the WA Naturalists’ Club. She died peacefully at home with her daughter Jenny on 21st May, aged 92. Her funeral was held on 1st June at Karrakatta. “To be known as a sea cucumber ...
Read more →Paperback | March 2021 | $ 49.99ISBN: 9781486313747 | 424 pages | 215 x 148 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour photographs, Illustrations, Maps ePDF | March 2021ISBN: 9781486313754Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers ePUB | March 2021ISBN: 9781486313761Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers This is a well written and extremely cohesive book that well illustrates all ...
Read more →Explore the nature around you. Observe, Documenting and Sharing them online. MAY 2021 Conservation starts with awareness. We cannot protect or value what we don’t understand – and that understanding begins with action we can take TODAY. Through BackyardBio (www.backyardbio.net), our goal is to provide an easy, fun and engaging ...
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 Mid-West Wildflowers Tour10 Day (Accommodated) Tour — Perth to Perth – Departs 1st September 2021 – ...
Read more →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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