The format of the July meeting was a Members’ night. The first presenter was Colin Prickett and his theme was Fungi. Colin told the meeting that just because it is winter we should not put our cameras and macro lenses into hibernation, as there are lots of wonderful fungi to ...
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A dozen members of the Darling Range Branch braved a very cold morning and met for an excursion to the popular ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition at the Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle. This is a celebration of the depth and diversity of nature in Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and ...
Read more →.. The venue for the June field trip was Goodale Sanctuary. This was a combined trip with the Main Branch and so this report will not go into detail. However, there were a few points worth mentioning. Although June had been a bit dry up until this particular weekend, and ...
Read more →Our speaker for the June meeting was Bob Goodale who delivered a presentation on Goodale Sanctuary. Bob spoke on the same topic to the Main Branch in May and it was written up in the June newsletter. Consequently this report will not go into detail. Most of the audience was ...
Read more →Susan and Vernon Stocklmayer presented an account of their Coates Wildlife Tour to Sri Lanka (March 2013) to an enthralled audience. It’s always great to see another country through the eyes of fellow ‘Nats Club’ members! First Vernon gave us an outline of the geology and geography of the island ...
Read more →The Ellis Brook Valley Reserve covers a scenic area and forms part of the western scarp of the Darling Plateau. The Reserve is part of the Banyowla Regional Park, named after a Nyoongar elder. Ellis Brook is named after Captain T. Ellis, a police superintendent of the 1830s. A City ...
Read more →Gooralong Park in Jarrahdale. Four KRMB members made the trip to Jarrahdale for a walk in Gooralong Park. On a very pleasant morning we parked the car and set out through Jarrah Forest towards an area that had previously been open for camping. The camp facilities have now been closed ...
Read more →KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH The format for the May general meeting was a Members’ Night. The first presentation was by Rosalie and Geoff Barritt who showed a series of photographs taken on their recent trip to China. The photos featured many of the better-known landmarks, such as the Great Wall, the ...
Read more →Western Swamp Tortoise breeding facility at the Perth Zoo On April 21, a group of 17 members and friends met at Perth Zoo for a ‘Behind the Scenes’ tour of the Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina) captive breeding facility. Head keeper Bradie Durell met us inside the zoo gate and led us ...
Read more →Fred and Jean Hort have worked on a voluntary basis for CALM (now DEC) over many years, during which time they have contributed a considerable amount of natural history information, especially botanical. Some of their achievements have been the rediscovery of three floral species only collected previously by the first ...
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