KRM Branch, 24 – 26 September 2022 Ten members participated in the 2022 September long weekend to Boshack Outback Camp, an Eco-friendly resort east of Bolgart, which was our base for the weekend’s activities. The host and assistants were all extremely friendly and helpful. On the first morning, we were ...
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Main Club, 2 September 2022 Dr Ana Sequeira spoke to us about the movements of megafauna in Shark Bay, known as Gathaaguda, by the traditional owners, the Malgana people. Ana moved to Western Australia from Portugal to do a PhD on Whale Sharks. Through that work, she developed a global ...
Read more →Main Club, 7 October 2022 Our speaker was scientist and educator Bronwen Keighery. As lead botanist for the EPA for 15 years, Bronwen helped to develop native vegetation as a critical factor in environmental assessment. She and her husband Greg were founding members of the Perth branch of the Wildflower ...
Read more →The September General Meeting was a Members’ Night attended by a dozen members. There were two presenters on the night. Chris Punter was first up and shared images from a recent trip to Exmouth. Photographs of various aspects of the landscape around Exmouth helped set the scene nicely for what ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 28 September 2022 After the “Peregrination” excursion five days earlier, a much smaller group attended the Dinosaurs of Patagonia Exhibition at the WA Museum. This time we were left to wander on our own, watch the videos and read about the herbivores and carnivores from the Cretaceous, ...
Read more →KRM Branch 21st August 2022 KRMB branch’s field outing for August was to Oakley Dam at Marrinup on the Darling Scarp above Alcoa’s Pinjarra Alumina Refinery. The dam was established to provide water for steam trains but is no longer used for that purpose. Surrounded by Jarrah Forest, the dam ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 15th August 2022 Our guest speaker for the August meeting was Jasmine Lyons, who delivered a presentation entitled ‘Shark Tales’. As a member of the Underwater Explorers Club, Jasmine is an experienced SCUBA and Free diver who has dived at many locations both within WA and overseas. Consequently, ...
Read more →DRB Nats 12th August 2022 The guest speaker for the August Meeting was Mick Davies, a well-known local conservationist and leader talking about his encounter with Phascogales. A proven environmental project manager and communicator, he uses his extensive ecological knowledge, excellent project management skills and proven community engagement experience to ...
Read more →KRM Branch 18th July 2022 The guest speaker for the July meeting was Tom Chvojka delivered a presentation entitled ‘Fuel Reduction Burning, Facts and Myths’. Tom is a musician and string instrument repairer who lives on a woodland property (that has not been burnt for 37 years) near Dunsborough. He ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch Golly Walk: 27th July 2022 If every school had adjacent bushland and dedicated teachers like Coolbinia Primary School, we probably wouldn’t have to be so concerned about finding our next generation of Nats members. School Ambassadors Hudson and Luke greeted the eight members who came along. They ...
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