DRB Presents: Kelly Sheldrick (CCWA) speaking on the Christmas Island Bats and Nature Fundraiser
Rica Erickson was an Australian naturalist, member of our Club, a botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. As a schoolteacher living north of Toodyay, she spent her time studying the wonders of the bush. The Rica Erickson Nature Reserve, located north-east of Bindoon, about 100 kilometres from Perth, is named ...
For most wildflower enthusiasts, The Wongan Hills is well known as a Wheatbelt town located about 2.5 hour drive north-east of Perth, but also as a significant nature reserve in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu. The first comprehensive report on the flora of these Wongan Hills was a handbook by the Western Australian ...
Josh Newton (PhD Candidate, Curtin University TrEnD Laboratory) “Spider webs are not just beautiful, they could be our secret weapon to better understanding nature” Discover how spider webs can serve as a tool for monitoring elephants and kangaroos. This talk will explore how spider webs can capture environmental DNA (eDNA) ...
During our weekend at Wongan Hills we plan to visit a number of nature reserves, which at this time of the year will have many flowering plants and orchid species together with many species of fauna. Our visit takes place on the weekend of the Great Southern Bioblitz and we ...
Manning Park Location: Hamilton Hill Time: 9:30 for 10:00 start Meet: Meet In the carpark near Azelia Ley Homestead Museum off Davilak Ave or Azelia Road, Hamilton Hill UBD map 346, F10]. Details: This walk incudes a lake with native birdlife and also panoramic look-outs, approx. 7-8km. Toilets available at the ...
Approx. 3km walk in the Neerabup National Park taking in the 10th Light Horse Heritage Trail and part of the Yaberoo- Budjara Heritage Trail. A different area to the one in the national park we walked last year. The landscape features limestone caprock and a diverse plant life. Jarrah and ...
DRB is heading out of the hills to hold a field trip in Yanchep National Park. We are holding this member field trip as part of our 50th anniversary events. Despite the sandy soils, Yanchep’s coastal woodlands support a diverse range of trees including banksia, tuart, marri, stunted jarrah, sheoak ...
Greg Keighery will be speaking at the Main Club General Meeting on our fascinating Verticordias. Verticordia contains some of the most colourful and iconic species of the Kwongan. The mass flowering of the “cauliflower” members of the genus east of Hyden is a sight that is world class. Defined by ...
As part of our 100-year Anniversary, we will visit Dryandra woodland, including a visit to Barna Mia. Dryandra woodland is the largest remnant of native vegetation in the western Wheatbelt and well known and appreciated by our Club. Dryandra is home to magnificent trees and spectacular wildflowers in spring. The ...
Linette's talk is on diversity in small Australian dasyurid marsupials and will go through the work I've been doing since PhD to now which is resolving the taxonomy of Australia's smallest marsupials using molecular data and museum specimens.
Collins Rd is a beautiful area of Wandoo woodland, 114 species of birds have been listed for this site, as well as about 30 species of orchids, not to mention many other wildflowers.
John Cresp, Birdlife WA member, will lead the search for birds and Mike Gregson will lead the search for wildflowers.
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