JULY 2019 EXCURSION #2: To celebrate National Tree Day, six members of the WA Naturalists’ Club and seven Club visitors teamed up with the Friends of the Western Swamp Tortoise and the Chittering Landcare Group at a tree planting day at the Ellenbrook Nature Reserve. After a couple of hours ...
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
6 July 2019 On a rather soggy Saturday morning, 17 Nats’ Club members and friends held a Fungal Foray at Lyn Myles place which is tucked away in Glen Forrest. Her property borders onto national park, close to Mundaring Weir. Lyn’s property is jarrah/marri regrowth woodland with balgas, banksias and ...
Read more →JULY 2019 KRMB Numbers were down for our July meeting with several members away. After the formal aspects of the meeting were completed, Colin Prickett presented a selection of photographs of recent sightings. The first group of images was taken on recent walks through the Don Shepherd Nature Reserve in ...
Read more →JULY Semi-retired geologist Peter Alcock is fascinated by the influence of natural earth processes over long periods of time on landscapes, human history and behaviour. His presentation, illustrated with stunning photos and appropriate musical interludes (of “Rock” music of our youth) took us through a geological journey spanning 4500 Ma ...
Read more →AUGUST: Suzanne Thompson, an Environmental Officer at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, started her talk with a video taken downstream of the Canning Dam. It showed the various fish we have in the dams, remnant pools and streams of the Canning River and Helena valley areas. She explained ...
Read more →Our speaker was Simon Cherriman, a long-time member of the Nats’ Club (DRB Branch) and a former Serventy Memorial Prize-winning student. Wedge-tailed Eagles have been Simon’s passion since he was a child, when he would explore the bush by bike and make detailed notes on his sightings. His skill at ...
Read more →June Meeting Report. DRB Nats What an evening! The venue was packed to the rafters! One hundred and seventeen people attended with a record number of eighty four members, such was the popularity of the speakers and the topic.Our main presenters were horticulturist Mark Tucek, from Tucker Bush™ , and ...
Read more →June Excursion DRB Report Forty-three people joined the Carmel walk in Korung National Park in spite of the cold, wet winter weather on June 30th. It was a great event for seeing plants, flowers and fungi in such a small area, encircled by a track of around 2.5 km. We ...
Read more →There were three presenters for the members’ night. First was Heather Adamson, who presented a series of photographs taken while crossing the Nullarbor that she entitled “Hope you like Saltbush”. The title was the response she received while mentioning that she was about to drive across to Adelaide. However, her ...
Read more →June: NS Branch Meeting Report Although our speaker Dr Tony Start was introduced to mistletoes as a child in Kenya, it was his move to the Pilbara in WA as regional superintendent of national parks that rekindled his interest. Knowing the area was prone to wildfires and that mistletoes don’t ...
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