GOLLY WALK: Northern Suburbs Branch 26th March 2022 The NSB followed up its talk on the Nearshore Environment by Angela Rossen with a Beachcombing and Snorkelling excursion at Iluka Beach on Saturday 26th March. The event was held in conjunction with the Friends of North Ocean Reef-Iluka Foreshore’s Beach and ...
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Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 21st March 2022 Our guest speaker for the March meeting was Paul Irvine, who delivered a presentation entitled ‘All the small things – Arachnids and Insects of the local Kwinana, Rockingham, Mandurah and Peel area’. Paul has lived in the Rockingham area for 45 years and ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 16th March 2022 The theme for this year’s mini-series is All Things Marine. Out first speaker was Angela Rossen. Angela is an artist who works with scientists. The following institutions currently recognise her work: Honorary Research Associate School of the Biological Sciences UWA Adjunct Lecturer Oceans Institute ...
Read more →Main Club, 1st April 2022 Our speaker was Dr Jane Chambers, Senior Lecturer in Environmental and Conservation Sciences at Murdoch University and Director of NatureLink Perth. NatureLink Perth is a community of practice working together to integrate nature into the city and connect people to nature, with other benefits such ...
Read more →KRMB 20 February 2022 We had a fine morning for our outing to Woodman Point, and we welcomed Joan and Rob Sharpe, who joined the small group of KRMB members for our first outing of the year. We made our way along the beach from the car park towards the ...
Read more →KRMB 21 February 2022 Our first meeting for 2022 featured a presentation entitled ‘Kleptoparasites’ by KRMB member Daniel Heald. Kleptoparasites are animals that steal food or prey from another animal, thereby saving themselves the effort of finding or capturing the food or prey item. Daniel opened his presentation with examples ...
Read more →Main Club 15 – 17 October 2021 The WA Naturalists’ Club has a cottage on Cooleenup Island at Yunderup. The Yunderup Field Station (or Nature Observatory) has been the base for many field trips since it was built in 1984 (officially opened —1985). Cooleenup is one of several low-lying islands ...
Read more →DRB Nats 11 February 2022 Simon Cherriman is well known for his in-depth knowledge, understanding and devotion to Wedgetail Eagles. However, at the DRB, we discovered he also knows an enormous amount about the importance of tree hollows and is currently finishing a book on the subject. picture courtesy Echo ...
Read more →COVID 19 pandemic has caused a scary human health crisis of global dimension. The pandemic has already killed over 5.9 million people and there are still over 418 million confirmed cases battling infections across nations. In Australia, the total number of confirmed cases is close to 3 million with over ...
Read more →Main Club 13 Feb 2022 This event is rapidly becoming an annual favourite of mine. At 8.30 am on Sunday the 13th, we expected lovely weather for our visit to the Omeo wreck in Coogee. OK, Darwin Day was officially the day before, but that didn’t seem to be a ...
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