CONTENTS NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT MAIN CLUB FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT VALE STAN TELFORD NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT SAVING AND SAVOURING THE HELENA AND AURORA RANGE Our speaker for February was ...
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Foreword As the Murdoch University 2016 winner of the Serventy Memorial Prize, I am honoured to write this article for the WA Naturalists’ Club. During my studies for a degree in Conservation and Wildlife Biology I came to understand the enormity of conservation issues currently facing the world. One that ...
Read more →MARCH 2018 CONTENTS MAIN CLUB MEETING REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH MEETING REPORT NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH MENTORING GROUP KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH EXCURSION REPORT BOOK REVIEWS UNUSUAL ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA SURVEY YUNDERUP RECORDS FOUND! VALE ROB WALLER YOUNG NATURALISTS PROGRAM 2018 BUSSELTON NATURALISTS CLUB 2018 PROGRAM NEW MEMBERS ...
Read more →As in previous years, our walk along the coastal path was a combined event with the Retired and Leisured Group. Despite being a rather secluded car park, ten members found our starting point and a few took the opportunity to grab a drink from the coffee van before we departed—having ...
Read more →A small band of six members attended our excursion to Lake McLarty on November 26 last year. It is a freshwater lake and associated nature reserve located south of Mandurah, with an area of 219ha. It is an integral part of the Peel–Yalgorup System, one of the largest and most ...
Read more →Twenty students from Year Six and two teachers, from Good Shepherd Primary school in Kelmscott, were taken on a nature walk around their property by an expert group of DRB members. Joff Start and Mike Green took half of the group bird watching and the other half were led by ...
Read more →Thanks to the Shire of Mundaring, members of the DRB attended a free, three-hour workshop in November on understanding the birds in their garden. It was presented by DRB Chairperson Rachel Green, and Mike Green (DRB Treasurer and bird enthusiast.) Seventy-two people attended and it fostered a love and knowledge ...
Read more →The Twin Creeks conservation area, run by the Friends of the Porongurup Ranges, is a stunning area of rich and rare flora and fauna. Thirty-three members of the Darling Range Branch visited it on the September long weekend last year and were bowled over by the number and diversity ...
Read more →The Club led a 4WD excursion to the Helena and Aurora Range (HAR), Mt Manning and Die Hardy ranges between 19 September and 25 October 2017. Eleven club members in five cars met up at Southern Cross to travel in convoy to the HAR where we spent two-and-a-half days and ...
Read more →The November meeting was also the AGM of KRMB. Minutes from the previous AGM were read. As all committee members were willing to continue in their roles there was no ballot. The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer will continue in their present roles as will the committee members. The full committee ...
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