About 25 past and present Club members The Darling Range Branch held an AGM on the 8th of November 2024 under Section 17.3 of the WA Naturalists Club Constitution to elect a committee of management. Here is the list of all appointed unopposed: There were several vacant positions as follows: Efforts ...
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
Founded in 1924 by prominent scientists, our Club is the longest-running natural history organisation in Western Australia and one of the oldest in Australia. As a volunteer organisation, the Club has promoted natural history to the wider community. Over the past 100 years, many, many thousands of West Australians who ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Branch, 27 October 2024 For our October excursion, we visited Sullivan Rock. Fifteen (15) people attended on that beautiful morning. After signing in, we made our way from the carpark, crossing the road to get onto the large granite outcrop that is Sullivan Rock. Our first impressions were ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingam Mandurah Branch, 21 October 2024 At the October meeting, Daniel Heald and Chris Punter presented images of sightings from recent months. First up was Daniel, who showed a selection of photos from the many posts he made to iNaturalist during the Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) 2024. The GSB ...
Read more →Darling Range Branch, 8 November 2024 Jirdarup Bushland is an 18 ha area of remnant native bush in the Town of Victoria Park; it is the closest Bush Forever site to the city of Perth. At the DRB Nats meeting on Friday, 9 November, Lesley van Schoubroeck and Dan Carter ...
Read more →Main Club , 1 November 2024 Our speaker was Dr Sarah Comer, The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) Regional Ecologist for the South Coast Region. For over twenty years, Sarah has been involved in fire management, feral cat ecology, and feral predator control and has coordinated several threatened ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 21- 23 September 2024 The September excursion was a long weekend visit to the Wongan Hills area to explore several local nature reserves. The visit coincided with the Great Southern Bioblitz 2024, which provided an opportunity to record the biodiversity of the Wongan Hills Region in ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch – 25 September 2024 GOLLY, how did we get lost so quickly?Soon after starting along the 10th Lighthorse Heritage Trail, we took a wrong turn, so we had to cut through the bush to find the path leading to the Yaberoo-Budjara Heritage Trail. Thank goodness for mobile ...
Read more →Main Club, 4 October 2024 Greg Keighery was our speaker, a botanist and well-known Club member. Since 2003, Greg has been a Senior Principal Research Scientist with The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). He talked about the genus Verticordia, which means “turner of hearts” and refers to Venus ...
Read more →Main Club,13 October 2024 This year’s visit to Collins Road on 13th October was a month later than last year’s, and it was interesting to see a change in which flowers were in bloom. The swampy area, for example, which last year had large numbers of Pink Petticoats (Utricularia multifida), ...
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