The 2024 Western Australian Naturalists’ Club Annual General Meeting will be a members-only event. The AGM Agenda and other meeting documents will be made available to members prior to the meeting. If you are unable to attend, please complete and return a proxy form as it counts towards the required ...
Daniel Heald will deliver a presentation outlining the flora and fauna he encountered on a recent trip to New Zealand. Venue: Contact: for further details.
Join Don Poynton as he takes us on a cruise through the reefs and islands of the Kimberley Coast from Ashmore Reef to Rowley Shoals. Don will cover the history and biodiversity of four reefs and three islands using some of the many photos he took both above and underwater.
Our presentation on Abalone has been rescheduled to 19 June.
A talk by Andrew Wallace & Charles Porter These exceptional young men will bring you an exciting glimpse into their world as young naturalist's through their photography and extensive knowledge of the smaller parts of our natural world. Autumn in the Perth Region brings forth a fascinating array of bushland invertebrates. These ...
DRB Presents: Andrew Crawford from the West Australian Seed Centre talking about Safe guarding seed: a modern day Noah’s ark
Andrew Marriot, Andrew is an accomplished underwater photographer and his presentation will highlight the underwater environment in our local area plus provide tips for taking photographs while snorkeling or diving.
Many key events in the evolution of our planet and life on it are writ large in Western Australia and have been revealed thanks to work right here. These span from when liquid water first formed, via the demise of the dinosaurs to the present day as an internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot. Lyn will share some of her favourite stories and celebrate local and global heroes.
As our scheduled meeting clashes with the Serventy Memorial Lecture we have cancelled our April meeting.
We urge all our members to attend the Serventy Memorial Lecture which this year will be delivered by the Club's co-patron Professor Lyn Beazley AO.
Four and a Half Billion Years and Counting: A West Australian Portal into Life on Earth.
Purchase your tickets via the Club's website.
Between 2007 and 2019, the little penguin population on Penguin Island, once the largest in Western Australia with approximately 1700 birds, underwent a dramatic decline to just 150 breeding pairs—an alarming reduction of over 80%.
This decline stems from a complex mix of natural, anthropogenic, and climate-related factors posing imminent threats to their survival.
Garvey Park, Ascot to Baigup Wetland, Bayswater and return. Meet: at Walk Trail Sign behind the Swan Café near the car parks/play area. UBD (2022) Map: 250 L14 (at end of Fauntleroy Ave, Ascot) Details: Easy walk, about 9.8kms return, mostly formed path, some bush tracks, a few gentle inclines. ...
DRB Presents: 50th Anniversary Celebration
Our speaker will be Mr Peter Stephenson, retired Principal Research Scientist- Stock Assessment, Department of Fisheries Western Australia. Common methods of determining the status of finfish stocks will be explored. The methods will be illustrated with two examples from Western Australia, Shark Bay Pink Snapper, Pilbara Red Emperor and also ...