Northern Suburbs Branch, 18 March 2025 The Northern Suburbs Branch is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and their 18th March meeting marked 40 years since the branch held its first meeting in 1985. Almost on the same date, on March 19, 1985, 40 members (a good size even for ...
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
Main Club, 4 April 2025 Peta Kelsey was our guest speaker. Peta has worked in the Antarctic and Fiji as a geophysicist. She has also worked at Curtin University and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) in WA, where she modelled groundwater, catchments and estuaries. On retirement, Peta ...
Read more →Written by Catherine Clowes Illustrated by Racheal Gyan ISBN 9781486317202 (2024) This book has an age ceiling of 12 years; however, on review, it’s definitely a book an adult would enjoy owning and reading. The artwork is beautiful, and it’s a great tool for better understanding and recognising our amazing ...
Read more →Written and illustrated by Sandra Severgnini ISBN 9781486318872 (2024) The cover of this book is sure to catch the eye of schoolchildren, and they will not be disappointed. They will engage with beautifully detailed images inside. The life of a dung beetle is clearly written to hold the attention of ...
Read more →By Katrina Germein Illustrated by Suzanne Houghton ISBN 9781486317875 (2024) This book is perfect for introducing children to the wonderfully diverse and adaptive world of frogs. It provides all the information required to recognise the different frogs a child may see and how to encourage and protect them in their ...
Read more →By Yvonne Mes Illustrated by Sylvia Morris ISBN 9781486316793 (2024) The book is great because it is Australian and educationally fun. Uniquely, it provides the child with a range of reading difficulties. As their reading skills increase, so may their interest in the content. Including a glossary and explanatory pages ...
Read more →Written and illustrated by Christine Booth ISBN 9781486317264 (2024) This book illustrates the need to protect our natural habitat to allow near-extinct creatures like the Purininas (Devils) to flourish by creating a story that will surely capture any young reader’s attention. It will need careful reading first to check out ...
Read more →Main Club, 7 March 2025 Our speaker was Lauren Hawkins, a research scientist with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). Lauren’s speciality is ecoacoustics, which is the study of environmental sounds. It involves using these sounds to monitor ecosystem function and health, such as biodiversity, species distribution, fauna ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 February 2025 The February excursion was to Penguin Island. It was a pleasant morning, and twelve people took the ferry ride to Penguin Island. We found some construction work going on there, including decking around the picnic area and a few new seats. KRMB Committee ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 17 February 2025 A good turnout of members attended the February general meeting with a Members’ night theme. There were three presenters and new member Wayne Rigoll was the first up. He shared macro images of a fly, an Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, a Mantis, a Feather-horned ...
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