Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 24 May 2026 The May Excursion was to the Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Centre in Wungong. Nine members gathered at the car park on a cool but fine morning. Seeing many people with camera equipment getting out of their cars, we thought we had attracted a ...
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Main Club, 5 June 2026 Our speaker was Kailah Thorn, Collections Manager for Herpetology at the WA Museum. Kailah’s interest, first in vertebrate zoology and then in palaeontology, stemmed from being a “dinosaur nerd” as a child. She now crawls through caves looking for the bony remains of skinks and other ...
Read more →DRBNats, 8 MAY 2026 Mike Griffiths presented an overview of the Peel–Yalgorup wetlands, tracing their transformation from early colonisation to modern environmental management. His talk was supported by his photographs and historical references, including those from Keith Bradby OAM’s 1997 book Peel-Harvey: The Decline and Rescue of an Ecosystem. Historically, ...
Read more →DRNats, 12 June 2026 Dr Kit Prendergast is a native bee ecologist, researcher, and science communicator known for her public persona, “Bee Babette.” Her PhD examined the impacts of honeybees and urbanisation on native bee populations and pollination networks. Her research spans pollination ecology, native bee behaviour, biodiversity assessment, citizen ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 19 May 2026 For the May meeting, Northern Suburbs Branch looked to the wealth of knowledge and experiences we have amongst our members. Ben Schneider, Christine Curry, and Bob Willis presented a variety of topics to our members and visitors. Ben previewed a book that he has ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 18 May 2026 The topic for the May Meeting was reptiles, and four young men, Hawk, Jacob, Tyler, and Joe from Naragebup delivered a talk. There were fourteen members present, which was quite good for KRMB. The meeting was mostly a hands-on night with the presenters, ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 27 May 2026 Our May excursion to Galup (formerly known as Lake Monger) to inspect trees infected with Polyphagous Shothole Borer (PSHB) was a follow-up to our April 2025 talk. Since that time, the national approach followed by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 21 April 2026 Sarah Visser’s (ECU award winner) presentation exploded the myth that deserts are boring, uninhabitable wastelands. The Great Victoria Desert (GVD) is Australia’s largest desert, covering approximately 35 million hectares across both WA and SA. It is characterised by sand dunes, spinifex grasslands, salt-lake systems ...
Read more →All Branches, 27 April – 3 May 2026 The 2026 Notley Late Easter Camp was held between Monday, 27 April and Sunday, 3 May. The location was split between Fitzgerald River National Park and Bremer Bay. However, as our excursion included a visit to the Lake Magenta Nature Reserve on ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 20 April 2026 The April Meeting featured a Members’ Night theme, and several members shared photos of recent sightings. The first to present was Pauline Dilley, whose photos included some of a red mushroom with white lumps (Amanita muscaria?). There were also some Blue-banded Bees and a small ...
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