The meeting began late as there were problems with the connection to the projector and so the group huddled together around the computer screen to see the presentations. Proceedings began by welcoming Bert Rabone back after a sudden, serious illness and he is now back on form. Sightings included a ...
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
On a warm and sunny morning three of our members met at Ellis Brook Valley (Banyowla Regional Park). Banyowla was a Nyoongar Elder at the time of colonial settlement and Captain T.T. Ellis was the Superintendent of the Mounted Police who were involved in the infamous Pinjarra Massacre of 1834. ...
Read more →DRB October 2012 Excursion: Darling Scarp On a warm Spring day 21 members and guests of the Darling Range Branch explored the wildflowers of the Darling Scarp south of the Lions Lookout in Lesmurdie. Situated at the top of the Welshpool Rd East hill near the intersection with Crystal Brook ...
Read more →Guest speaker Marnie Giroud, from the Swan River Trust, presented a talk entitled the ‘Natural history of the Swan/Avon and its management’ to our DRB naturalists group. Marnie brought along information sheets and booklets, that relate to fish life, species identification and water quality in the Swan River and Swan-Canning ...
Read more →The Darling Range Branch of the Western Australian Naturalists’ Club — The year of 2012 — Chairperson’s Report It is quite a familiar experience standing up here reporting on the year that was and I think it would be a good opportunity to let someone else take this position in ...
Read more →DRB naturalists and guests were presented with a talk on ‘Little Penguins’ by Murray Banks, DEC (Department of Environment and Conservation) Ranger on Penguin Island. Murray, a ranger for the past 23 years, has had sole responsibility for management on Penguin Island since 1995. For those among the audience who ...
Read more →The presenter for the September general meeting was Dr. Norm Pinsky. About two years ago Norm showed us some photographs of his home in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unfortunately the projector settings went awry on that occasion and did not show the photographs in their true colour and such was the ...
Read more →Eight of us met at the car park at 9.00am above Bickley Brook on a pleasant dry Sunday morning. There are good facilities such as BBQs, picnic furniture, parking and toilets, (where there were a lot of Potuguese caterpillars). There were a lot of ants throughout the area and we ...
Read more →Ten people thoroughly enjoyed the tour through the Environment Centre and the wetland west of the Centre. Under the wonderful guidance of Joan [from the Centre], we walked through the tall Sugar Gums [Eucalyptus cladocalyx], and Flooded Gums [E. rudis], west of the car park, to see the value of ...
Read more →Nineteen people shared the discoveries on the Sorrento Beach on Sunday 22nd July 2012. Although cloudy, with north-west winds, the weather was fine throughout. Using the hand-out sheet, the group walked three areas of dune plants, recording both the male and female plants of the Beach Spinifex [Spinifex longifolia], Westringia ...
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