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 ...
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
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 ...
Read more →Darling Range Branch, 14 March 2025 “There are more species of bird in Australia than Wattlebirds and New Holland Honeyeaters.” Dr Rochelle Steven This was one of the key messages that Dr Rochelle Steven presented to the Darling Range Branch meeting on Friday, 14 March 2025. Many of these two ...
Read more →Main Club, 7 February 2025 Our speaker was botanist Dr Mark Brundrett, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and a research associate at the WA Herbarium. He talked about the relationships between the shapes and colours of our wildflowers and the animals that pollinate them. This talk ...
Read more →Main Club, 15 February 2025 I arrived at Coogee Beach around 8 am to find so many activities going on, such as yoga on the lawn, running, and a group of divers getting ready for their underwater instruction. I got a nearby spot for my car and noticed a building ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 18 February 2025 About a dozen members attended our Greet and Eat meeting to start the year. For the first time in many years, the temperature wasn’t in the high thirties. The cooler weather was ideal for our walk around part of Star Swamp and was appreciated ...
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