KRMB Sunday, 2nd May 2021 The April field outing had to be moved to the 2nd of May due to the Anzac Day. The outing was to Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Rehabilitation Centre in Martin. We had booked a tour of the facility (it is the only way to see the ...
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NSB Wednesday, 21st April 2021 Meeting Wednesday 12th May 2021 Golly Walk Our two April events were scheduled to dovetail, starting with an evening talk by Dr Peter Downes, the Curator of Minerals at the new museum, to be followed the next Wednesday by a guided tour with Peter through ...
Read more →KRMB- FRIDAY, 19th APRIL 2021 For our April general meeting, we had guest speaker Jasmine Lyons, a member of the Underwater Explorers Club, deliver a presentation entitled ‘Do you see anything down there?’. Jasmine has a passion for diving, observing and taking photograph of marine life. While Jasmine is a ...
Read more →Report of Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 21st March 2021 The March field outing was to Bibra Lake and ten members met at the main carpark on a warm, sunny morning. At this time of the year, Bibra Lake is usually a great place to see wetland birds as it generally ...
Read more →Report of Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 15th March 2021 The March meeting was a Member’s Night. The audience received presentations from three members. Chris Punter showed a number of photographs from a camping trip he made through the South-west. The trip took in Dryandra Woodlands, the Stirling Ranges, and Fitzgerald ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 24th March 2021 Golly, I didn’t know the beach at Mettams Pool was so badly eroded! Our walk had started at Hamersley Pool and as we headed south along the beach, scattered bamboo stakes* at the foot of the dunes indicated how much damage had been caused ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 17 March 2021 Dr Glenn Moore is Curator of Fishes at the Western Australian Museum and has been studying the biology of the Western Australian Seahorse for more than 20 years. His primary interest is in the evolution, reproduction, behaviour, mate choice and movements of the species. ...
Read more →The Serventy Memorial Lecture is held every year in honour of the contribution made by the Serventy family to Natural History in Australia and to our Club. The lecture raises funds to encourage young people to study natural history. Before the talk, our new president, Shashi Sharma, talked about the ...
Read more →Main Club 9thApril 2021 Our speaker, Dr Mathew Hourston, describes himself as a marine scientist, photographer, communicator and citizen scientist. He has applied the skills that he developed in the study of marine ecology to the study of these amazing little spiders and their colourful courtship displays, which he does ...
Read more →21 February 2021 The first KRMB outing for the year was to Point Peron, Rockingham. A small group of nine attendees gathered at the car park on a beautiful morning. We commenced our walk along the track on the northern side of the reserve with views out to Garden Island. ...
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