This photo was taken in the 1950s and shows Harry Butler (left) pointing at a kangaroo paw. But who is the man on the right? Our history committee would love to find out. If you know, please contact the office at info@wanaturalists.org.au or 9228 2495.
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
Northern Suburbs Branch, 23 July 2025 Golly, we were lucky! Just a light sprinkle of rain as we neared the car park – and they had forecast thunderstorms. Lake Gnangara is the most southerly of the Wanneroo wetlands. The surrounding terrain consists of low dunes and undulating sand plains of the Bassendean ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 16 July 2025 NSB member Don Poynton presented a travelogue with a difference, which he aptly subtitled Some things I learnt while travelling from Perth to Alice Springs via the Gibson Desert with Coates Wildlife Tours. His presentation was part narrative, part quiz, part audience contribution, with ...
Read more →Main Club, 1 August 2025 The jewel-coloured flash of a dragonfly over a Perth wetland represents far more than a fleeting moment of natural beauty. These ancient aerial hunters are indicators of ecosystem health, and recent research from Murdoch University by Assoc. Prof. Belinda Robson and her colleagues reveal both ...
Read more →Main Club, 4 July 2025 Kelly Sheldrick shares fascinating discoveries from her ongoing research into WA’s microbat communities. Kelly Sheldrick’s recent presentation on Southwest bat research opened many eyes to the remarkable diversity and conservation challenges facing our local microbat populations. Speaking to our naturalist group in July, Sheldrick outlined ...
Read more →NSB June Meeting: Highlights of the 2025 Notley Late Easter Camp Members Gia Clarke, Arlene Quinn, Sylvia Tetlow and Don Poynton illustrated their personal highlights from the 2025 Notley Late Easter Camp which featured the Wellington Forest and Collie area. The fifteen members who attended stayed in Wellington Forest Cottages, ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22 June 2025 The KRMB field outing for June was to Sullivan Rock. After a wet week that lasted well into Saturday, it was great to see 13 members turn up for the walk on an overcast Sunday morning with some rain clouds threatening to provide ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 25 June 2025 Golly, it was cold this morning! A comment was made by everyone arriving at Donelly Park, Wanneroo, the meeting point for our walk around the northeast corner of Lake Joondalup, part of Yellagonga Regional Park. The temperature in Perth when most people left home ...
Read more →DRB Nats, 11 July 2025 “BoorYul-Bar-Bilya”, in the Noongar language, means, more or less, “magic river”, a concept that includes the beauty, peace, tranquillity, and life of a pristine river. In a lively presentation to the members of the DRB, Francesca Flynn described the work of the BoorYul-Bar-Bilya programme, which ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 19 May 2025 KRMB member Daniel Heald was the speaker for the May general meeting. He delivered a talk on Insects and Medicine, as outlined in the following summary provided by Daniel. Insects in Medicine The use of insects as medical treatments goes back to before ...
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