Main Club 31 May 2025 The WA Shipwrecks Museum is the foremost maritime archaeology museum in the southern hemisphere. It features hundreds of relics from ships wrecked along Western Australia’s treacherous coastline, yielding a fascinating collection of artefacts that provides a glimpse into 17th- to 19th-century maritime life. The preservation ...
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Advance Notice, 23-29 August The Club has been invited to visit the property of Bush Blocks Guardians in Westonia adjacent to Chiddarcooping Nature Reserve (western side) (https://bushblocksguardians.org.au/). There are a wide variety of landscapes: large granite outcrops and slabs with shallow gnammas, large tors and a very unique and extensive mini ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 23 April 2025. Much to our relief, the BOM radar showed that the forecasted heavy rain had passed by the time seven of us climbed the stairs to the lookout from which we had views seaward, across Marmion Marine Park and landward, across the foreshore reserve which ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 15 April 2025 There is plenty of information around for those that think they maybe affected. That’s what I thought anyway. A conversation with our branch treasurer about DPIRD and the local council visiting her garden a couple of times to investigate, made me aware of ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27 April 2025 Our April outing to Goegrup Lake was attended by 18 members and visitors on a beautiful morning. Two Nankeen Night Herons, settling into the canopy of the tree next to the car park after a night’s foraging, captured everyone’s’ attention as we signed ...
Read more →Main Club, 2 May 2025 Tonight’s talk was by Dr Sue Graham-Taylor AM, a professional historian and researcher, and previously Curator of History and Sustainability at the WA Museum. She has curated exhibitions such as the Changes gallery at the WA Museum (Boola Bardip), that examines environmental changes in WA. ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 March 2025 Our March outing to Lake Mealup was well attended, and it was a beautiful morning. For many in our group, this was their first visit to the property owned and cared for by the Lake Mealup Preservation Society. Thankfully, Heather Adamson was available ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 26 March 2025 The Wanneroo and District Branch, now the Northern Suburbs Branch (NSB), held its first excursion on Sunday, 31 March 1985. It was to Neil Hawkins Park on the western side of Lake Joondalup. As part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, 13 NSB members and ...
Read more →Main Club, 30 March 2025 It was a blustery morning after a hot spell in Perth. Overnight, we had around 3 mm of rain, but with a strong wind from the east, it was pleasant weather, although not good for bird watching or taking photos of plants or animals. The ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 17 March 2025 Sophie Xiang was the speaker for our March General Meeting. Her topic was Wildflower Photography using smartphones. Sophie has built up quite a following on social media for her wildflower photographs, and she is regularly asked to deliver workshops on the topic at ...
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