This is an interactive talk on the practise of forest therapy, exploring the evidence and how it impacts on mental and physical wellbeing along with the pro conservation benefits.
Speaker: Jasmine Lyons Contact: Colin Prickett for further details.
Speaker: Dr Mary Hanson, ECU. Details: To be advised. Contact: Don Poynton for further information
Associate Professor Nicki Mitchell is our guest speaker tonight She will be talking on the fascinating breeding ecology of Western Australia’s turtle frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, a most unusual looking animal. It has the appearance of a small turtle without a shell and lives almost entirely underground in Banksia Woodlands, only ...
DRB Presents: Eric McCrum talking about his book: "The Nature of the Jarrah Forest"
Our speaker Dr Daniela Scaccabarozzi will introduce the multi-award winning film Search for the Queen of Sheba. This award winning documentary movie depicts the incredible journey of the renowned Wild Orchid Man, Stig Dalström, and filmmaker Darryl Saffer along with the Italo Australian researcher Daniela Scaccabarozzi and her husband, Andrea Aromatisi on ...
Topic: Annual General Meeting plus a Members’ Night (if time allows) following the formal AGM process Speaker: Jasmine Lyons Time: 7:00 pm Venue: Naragebup (Rockingham Regional Environment Centre), Safety Bay Road, Peron Contact:
DRB Presents: James (Jimmy) Lamb talking about Wildlife in the Perth Hills, Wheatbelt and Australia
All members of the Club are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Northern Suburbs Branch of the Western Australian Naturalists' Club Inc. Agenda. Confirmation of the minutes of the 2022 AGM Chairman's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Office Bearers and Committee for 2024 Any Other Business. The ...
Alex George will reminisce about Perth’s urban bushland, from his wanderings in the 1940s around Melville, Swanbourne, Jandakot, Boya and other places, through changes he has seen, to the present day. He will intertwine thoughts on its richness, the history of its discovery, what we have lost, what we still have, some challenges facing further survival. The talk will be illustrated with colour slides of bush lost, bush surviving, and a selection of wildflowers.
Charles is a member of the DRB Nats and writes the following about himself and his talk:
As a nature nerd with a lifelong passion for just about anything to do with the environment, one of the best ways I’ve found for discovering new and interesting things is to go spotlighting, that is, going out at night with a torch and seeing what you can find. The bush is a totally different place at night, and there is a whole host of new and interesting things to be found, some of which I’ll be running through in February.
Meet Emerson (Em) Lamond, a self-taught amateur bryologist who Really Really Loves Mosses. Em will provide an introduction to bryophytes; what is a moss, liverwort and hornwort; How WA differs from other parts of the world in mosses liverworts and hornworts. Then a look at some of the most interesting ...