NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH JULY MEETING REPORT. The term “snake charmer” took on a new meaning when long-time Club member, Gane Doyle Jnr. entertained his audience with stories and slithering exhibits at our July meeting. Gane and his father, Gane Snr. have had a long association with the Club and were ...
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July KRM Branch Report. The speaker for our July meeting was Bob Goodale, who presented a slideshow of flora and fauna encountered on a Coates Wildlife Tour of Costa Rica in late 2017. Bob commenced by explaining that he has had a long-time fascination with tropical birds. He showed us ...
Read more →Northen Suburbs Branch, July 2018 It was very pleasing to have four new faces on our walk, including two who saw the event on Meetup. Due to the possibility of a storm in the late morning/early afternoon we adjusted the walk to include an option of a one-way, downhill excursion ...
Read more →KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH REPORT. The KRMB anniversary breakfast was well attended with 15 members meeting at the Rockingham Golf Club on July 22, a cool but otherwise fine morning. It was especially good to catch up with Anne and Otto Mueller again. A hearty breakfast was enjoyed together with a steady ...
Read more →Waychinicup Granite and Kingias¦Photo: JoHn On the first day at Cheyne’s we went for a stroll, along the road, towards Tourist Rocks, often stopping, as we spied many interesting plants including Baxter’s Banksia (Banksia baxteri) just finishing flowering and Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea) commencing, showing their brilliant scarlet blooms. The ...
Read more →On a very pleasant morning on June 24 a good turnout of nine members plus three visitors attended a Fungi Walk in Paganoni Reserve, the southern-most reserve in the chain that make up the Rockingham Lakes Regional Park. Good rains throughout June, including heavy falls during the preceding week, meant ...
Read more →GOLLY! The Baigup Wetlands lived up to its name midway through our planned walk! The forecast of up to 30mm of rain deterred most of our regulars but first-time walkers, Terri and Kim Richardson, joined Alex Saar and myself as we started our expedition in fine weather. I was surprised ...
Read more →The DRB’s natural history surveys of the bush block at Arbuthnot St, Kelmscott are continuing to prove popular. On June 23, sixteen of us went to the property for our fifth and next-to-last survey for the season of Makuru – Winter – June-July. We were finding so much we had ...
Read more →As many members may know the Retired & Leisured (R&L) Group had been organised and chaired by Margot Bentley for a number of years. Unfortunately, due to some health issues, Margot has been unable to continue in this role in 2018. In a moment of weakness and with Margot’s assistance ...
Read more →‘small is beautiful’ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ The speaker for June was Otto Mueller. Otto’s presentation ‘Small is beautiful’ was broken into two sub-topics. He started with some photographs and a discussion on Water Striders (Gerridae sp.). As the name suggests, these are aquatic insects that are found on the surface of ponds, ...
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