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 ...
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
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), ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 18 September 2024 Joshua Newton began by explaining that any DNA left in the environment, such as hair cells, skin cells, faeces, urine, etc., is referred to as eDNA. When collected and analysed, eDNA allows us to identify and monitor animals without actually seeing them, making it ...
Read more →CENTENARY EXCURSION All Branches & Main Club, 9 – 11TH October 2024 Between Wednesday the 9th and Friday the 11th of October 2024, seventeen members and two visitors enjoyed some fine weather at Dryandra Woodland: a favourite Club destination. Some stayed at the Lions Village cottages, some in camping areas ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 16 September 2024 Jolanda Keeble was the guest speaker for the September general meeting on the biodiversity of Wongan Hills. This presentation was timely, given the KRMB excursion to Wongan Hills scheduled for the following weekend. Jolanda started her talk with a summary of the history of Wongan ...
Read more →A total of nine members plus three visitors attended the excursion at Goodale Sanctuary where our hosts Bob and Lynette Goodale greeted us. We arrived under grey skies, but the clouds would soon break up and deliver fine conditions. As we signed in, we were treated to the distinctive call ...
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