Meet: At the pergola at the northwest end of the lake (at the corner of Lake St. and Safety Bay Road, Peron). Lake Richmond is an important ecosystem for water birds, frogs, Snake-necked Turtles, aquatic invertebrates and the thrombolites (a Threatened Ecological Community). Our walk will be along the Anne ...
Meet at the entrance to Coogee Beach Café, Powell Road, Coogee (NEW meeting point) Details: The walk is 11 km along paved and sandy paths, and beaches. Wear clothes appropriate to the weather and suitable footwear. Bring morning tea, lunch and drinking water to have during the walk. ...
In the late 1970s, the mammal emblem of WA, the termite-eating numbat, was slipping towards extinction. This once-widespread marsupial survived in only three places in the south-west and by 1985, at only two sites, Dryandra and the Perup Forest with around 300 animals. This presentation will trace the ups and ...
Meet at South Ledge car-park. If coming from Kalamunda, follow Mundaring Weir Rd, past The Dell Picnic Area and turn left past Farrell Grove to the end of South Ledge Rd. If coming from Mundaring, head south along Mundaring Weir Rd until past the weir and continue heading south west ...
This meeting will have a Fungi theme with Daniel Heald delivering a presentation covering a number of Fungi Species. If time permits anyone is welcome to share any fungi images that may be of interest.
Dr Lachlan Strain, Principal Research Scientist- Molluscs, DPIRD We will learn about the species, habitat and life cycle of the various abalone species that are found along WA’s coast line. We will also learn how researchers collect data and make recommendations for the following season. The 2024 recreational abalone season ...
DRB Presents: Amy Wild from Amy Wild Adventures with live Reptiles
This walk has been scheduled as a Fungi Walk. Hopefully we get some rainfall before our excursion and there are some Fungi present. Meet: At the car park at the Power lines entrance off Paganoni Road (approx 750m from Mandurah Rd on right hand side of Paganoni Rd) Bring: Binoculars, ...
The excursion to the Department of Fisheries planned as a follow-up to our May and June speakers’ presentations has been postponed. Instead, we will meet at the western end of the Whitfords Nodes car park and take a short walk ( about 300m) along the beach, then on the path ...
Burswood Bridges Meet: Taylor St. car-park, off Canning Hwy (river side of McCallum Park) . Check website in case of a last minute change. Details: The walk is an easy loop walk, which can be shortened as necessary, on both sides of ...
Join Julie for an introductory talk on the biology, diversity, and interactions of fungi in soil. Julie Fielder is a mycologist and botanist who has worked with plants and fungi across Australia. Her personal passion is the soil mycobiome, and its ecological relationships with plants and soil chemistry. Julie is ...
DRB Presents: Diana Papenfus talking about Christmas Island