Robert Powell’s book, long out of print has been published as a reprint by the Western Australian Naturalists’ Club. It is now available for immediate purchase from the Club. See our book page for ordering and enquiries.
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ADVERTISMENT PARINGA FOR SALE 40 acre Homestead situated within the Fitzgerald River National Park. 3-bedroom house with open-plan living. Solar-powered. Ample sheds and potential extra accommodation in almost completed 2-bed cottage. Situated on the Gairdner River close to Bremer Bay. Asking $395,000 For more information and photos please contact Clinton ...
Read more →EDITORIAL INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CLINTON O’BRIEN The Fitzgerald River National Park is 329,882 hectares in size, making it one of the largest in Australia. Bordering ‘the Fitz’ are the seaside towns of Bremer Bay to the west, and Hopetoun to the east. The farming communities of Jerramungup and Ravensthorpe are ...
Read more →Advertisement 3 – 14 May – Nature and Photography in Borneo Travel with experienced guides including ANU scientist and experienced nature photographer. See wildlife in natural habitat including orang-utans, proboscis monkeys, macaques, 12 species of squirrels, slow loris, colugo, bearded pigs, otters, mouse-deer and over 180 species of birds, plus ...
Read more →as we all head into 2019 natural history activities. I’m attaching the Minutes GM2018 Anglesea held in Anglesea towards the end of ANN2018. ANN2018 was highly successful and greatly enjoyed by the 74 participants from all states and territories except for the Northern Territory. The Get-Together was hosted by Victoria under ...
Read more →A botanical journey from Toodyay through New Norcia to Mt Lesueur Shire of Toodyay Curator Margie Eberle The exhibition follows the original tracks taken from Toodyay via New Norcia northwards to Mt Lesueur by James Drummond 1786-1863, Western Australia’s first government botanist, followed by Charles Gardner 1896-1970, many years later. ...
Read more →Australia’s Most Elusive BirdPenny Olsen Paperback | September 2018 | $ 49.99 ISBN: 9781486302987 | 368 pages | 245 x 170 mm Publisher: CSIRO Publishing Illustrations, Photographs ePDF | September 2018 ISBN: 9781486302994 Publisher: CSIRO Publishing Available from eRetailers Penny Olsen’s new book tells a wholly human story of hopes kindled and dashed, tall stories told, of ...
Read more →Kings Park will again light up from 8 – 11 February, to tell the story of our unique biodiversity as part of Perth Festival. This year there is a new, on-ground component called Boodja Djena: Ground Beneath Our Feet, and you can be involved. Many Nats members are already doing ...
Read more →Slime Mould Aficionado and Club Member Margaret Brims became known to the Fungi Group of the club in 2004 when she provided much needed expertise on a group of organisms that we came across during our fungi forays. They weren’t exactly fungi, but while looking for new things we found ...
Read more →Our April speaker at the Main Club, filmmaker Leighton de Barros, has his new two-part series going to air as follows: Rottnest Island Kingdom of the Quokka – World Premiere on Nat Geo Wild, Sundays from December 16 at 23 at 8:30pm AEST – Foxtel, Fetch, Sky NZ & the ...
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