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Contains reports from meetings and excursions

Point Peron Field Trip

Posted on 30 March 202130 March 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

21 February 2021 The first KRMB outing for the year was to Point Peron, Rockingham. A small group of nine attendees gathered at the car park on a beautiful morning. We commenced our walk along the track on the northern side of the reserve with views out to Garden Island. ...

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Insect Courtship and Reproductive Biology

Posted on 30 March 202130 March 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

– Daniel Heald 15 February 2021 Falling on the day after Valentine’s Day, it was apt that KRMB’s first meeting of the year should have a presentation on Insect Courtship and Reproductive Biology delivered by Daniel Heald. Daniel’s PowerPoint presentation outlined the intricacies of both courtship and reproduction in the ...

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Spiders and other Creepy Crawlies of the Perth Region

Posted on 30 March 202130 March 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Northern Suburbs Branch

Mark Harvey, Curator of Arachnids, WAM 17 February 2021 Before telling us about spiders Mark began his presentation with some interesting facts about other local creepy crawlies. We learnt: Centipedes have only one pair of legs per body segment while millipedes have two pairs. A new species of millipede has ...

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Assisted Colonisation of the Western Swamp Tortoise

Posted on 30 March 202131 March 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Main Club

5 March 2021 Having learnt about the long-necked Oblong Turtle at our November meeting, we were privileged to hear from an expert on another local freshwater chelonian, the critically endangered short-necked Western Swamp Tortoise. That species is special to our Club: Since the 1850s it was thought to be extinct, ...

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Darwin Day Snorkel at Burns Beach

Posted on 27 February 202128 February 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged All Branches, Main Club, Young Nats

Sunday, 14 February 2021 The fine, warm weather for our postponed snorkelling event was in stark contrast to the rain which lead to the cancellation on the original date. By chance, the move from the 7th to the 14th brought the event closer to Darwin’s birthday, the 12th February. Eighteen ...

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Alan Needham on Charles Darwin in Australia and Western Australia

Posted on 27 February 202127 February 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Main Club

Our speaker, Alan Needham, is a retired biologist specialising in marsupials, with a great interest in evolution and the life and ideas of Charles Darwin. Alan quotes geneticist, Theodosius Dobzhansky, who said “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”. Alan began with Darwin as a child ...

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Christmas BBQ 2020

Posted on 30 January 202130 January 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

December 2020 It was good to have a total of 18 members attend the KRMB Xmas BBQ at Naragebup. It was especially pleasing to get together with some members that we do not see very often, as they are no longer able to participate actively in KRMB Meetings or outings. ...

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Field Trip to Penguin Island

Posted on 30 January 202130 January 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

6 December 2020 Our annual outing to Penguin Island during December, peak nesting season for Crested and Bridled Terns, has become a tradition. However, on this occasion, only a small group of five attendees met at the kiosk to get tickets for the first ferry over to the island. We ...

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Field Trip to Hamel Eco-Park

Posted on 29 January 202130 January 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch

22 NOVEMBER 2020 Our November field trip was to Hamel Eco-Park, a small reserve near Waroona, which attracted an excellent turnout of 19 attendees. Our guide for the day was Heather Adamson. Situated on Burney Road in Hamel, the Hamel Eco-Park was originally known as the Hamel Nursery. Between 1925 ...

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Northern Suburbs Branch December 2020 AGM

Posted on 29 January 202130 January 2021 Posted in ReportsTagged Northern Suburbs Branch

The Northern Suburbs Branch held its AGM on Wednesday, 16th December 2020 and was very well attended. Prior to the AGM, Don Poynton (Branch Chairperson), conducted his annual Christmas-themed quiz. This year, it featured the Christmas bush or tree named after various Australia states. The election of office bearers resulted ...

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Reports

  • Point Peron Field Trip
  • Insect Courtship and Reproductive Biology
  • Spiders and other Creepy Crawlies of the Perth Region
  • Assisted Colonisation of the Western Swamp Tortoise
  • Darwin Day Snorkel at Burns Beach
  • Darwin Day: Western Australia’s Charles Darwin Reserve
  • Alan Needham on Charles Darwin in Australia and Western Australia
  • Christmas BBQ 2020
  • Field Trip to Penguin Island
  • Field Trip to Hamel Eco-Park

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