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 ...
AFTER OUR WALK WE WILL DRIVE TO THE BUSH BLOCK OWNED BY THE LATE JOHANNA AND ALAN NOTLEY FOR MORNING TEA. MIA (MIRIAM) WILL SHOW US AROUND THE BLOCKS WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF NATIVES IN FLOWER. MAY ALSO BE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW A SHOW OF ENAMEL ORCHIDS Approx. 3km ...
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 finely divided calyx lobes, the genus is closely related to another Australian genus, Darwinia. It has long been considered that the divided calyx lobes which aid dispersal are not a valid character to define the genus and subsquent genetic work supports the subdivision of the genus.
John Forrest National Park Meet: Carpark on Pechey Rd - corner Morrison Rd, UBD 233 L14. Details: Easy walk, along Jane Brook, crossing at waterfall to north side, to. Hovea falls bridge, return along south side. About 11 km. Wear clothes appropriate to the weather (i.e. hat / rainwear) and ...
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.
Photo. Brisbane Insects Luke Wheat, CEO and Founder of WA company Arvela will be our guest speaker. Arvela is a Western Australian owned and operated biological services business, specifically focused on the supply of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae to organic waste management companies around Australia. Arvela believe ...
Our apologies this event has been cancelled due to low attendance We previously arranged this event in 2023 and had to cancel due to extreme hot weather, hoping earlier in the year will be fine! Meet at Morgan John Morgan Reserve Glen Forrest 9.30am include time for café or cuppa ...