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 ...
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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 ...
Read more →Following our successful joint excursion with the NSB of the WA Wildflower Society (WFS) at Mt Flora in April, we again combined with the “flowerists” to conduct an all-day, five-stop excursion, to the Gingin area. The only fine day for the week brought out 38 attendees. Our first stop was ...
Read more →On Sunday, a beautiful clear day dawned with a light wind, making it a slightly chilly morning. Thirteen club members (from all our branches) and five visitors met at 10 am at the carpark on Old Plains Road where our eyes were immediately drawn to the Common White Spider Orchid ...
Read more →Before commencing her presentation, our speaker Dr Lisa Kirkendale, Head of Aquatic Zoology at the WA Museum, acknowledged that she now fills the shoes of one of the club’s former stalwarts, Shirley Slack-Smith. Lisa explained that of the 70 per cent of the globe that is covered in ocean, more ...
Read more →– The August meeting saw a good turnout of a mix between members and visitors. The theme for the meeting was a members’ night and featured presentations by Daniel Heald and Colin Prickett. First up was Daniel, who delivered a presentation on the Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB). The 2024 GSB ...
Read more →Our speaker was Dr John Huisman, Principal Research Scientist (Curator, Herbarium) at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. John has published ten books on seaweeds, including his latest, Marine Plants of Australia, which describes over 640 species, and was on sale at the meeting. (see book cover on page ...
Read more →We continued our Centenary celebrations on Sunday 4 August, when around seventy past and present members and visitors re-enacted the Club’s first excursion, which was held at Leighton Beach on 26 July 1924 – after a storm washed lots of items onto the shore a few days before. The venue ...
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