Dive into the fascinating history of Australia’s oldest shipwrecks. The WA Shipwrecks Museum is recognised as the foremost maritime archaeology museum in the southern hemisphere. Steeped in history, the museum galleries house hundreds of relics from ships wrecked along WA’s treacherous coastline, including the original timbers from Batavia (wrecked in ...
Sundews (botanical name Drosera) are carnivorous plants that capture and digest insects using leaves covered in sticky, mucilage-producing tentacles. Western Australia is the global diversity hotspot for the genus, with more than 150 species that primarily occur in the South-West and Kimberley regions. New species continue to be discovered and described each year, with many of them already being on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss. This presentation will introduce the genus Drosera with a focus on natural history aspects such as rediscoveries of long-lost species, novel plant-animal interactions (especially kleptoparasites), and the rapidly growing role of citizen science in taxonomic and conservation research.
Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, then over to Craigie Bushland Bring: Headtorch (torch is ok), Mossie Repellent, Snacks & water, Enclosed Shoes Meet at 5pm at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park Cemetery off Whitfords Ave to see the many kangaroos that live within the grounds. Park by the lake (first turn off ...
Whistle Pipe Gully Meet: End of Lewis Road, Forrestfield (car park can be very busy). Details: This walk is short, 3.2 km, and almost all incline (about 130 metres) - uphill on the way out and downhill on the way back. The surface is rocky and in parts slippery, hard, ...
DRB Presents: Lauren Hawkins - Listening to the Forest: ecoacoustics and ecosystem health
Join Kelly Sheldrick for a fascinating talk about bats in southwest WA, including highlights from recent summer trapping work. She’ll share how acoustic lures are being used to attract bats, how acoustic and trapping results compare, and some of the species they’ve caught along the way. Kelly will also talk ...
The 2025 Notley Late Easter Camp was held between 1-7 May with the Wellington Forest Cottages as our base. It was a very packed programme with visits to and walks at, many interesting sites, including an introduction to the forest at the nearby Wellington Discovery Forest Centre and a guided ...
Our June outing is to Sullivan Rock where the focus will be on Fungi, Flora and Fauna. Meet at the car park on the opposite side of Albany Highway to the rock itself
Abyssinia Rock Meet: Meet at the carpark on the Brookton Hwy, on the right where the power line crosses the highway. That is 1.5 km past the green B80 (Brookton 80 km) sign, or 12 km past the Ashendon Rd Junction. Details: The walk is about 11 km, flat on ...
Our walk will take us through important Banksia Woodland, pine forest and along the northeast edge of Lake Joondalup. This area has one of the largest remaining stands of Swamp Banksia (Banksia littoralis), a species which once surrounded most of Perth’s wetlands. It will be peak flowering season when we ...
Join Kelly Sheldrick for a talk about citizen science bat surveys in southwest WA, and learn more about these elusive mammals, which make up around a third of all mammal species in the region. The presentation will cover the survey techniques used, including the use of acoustic lures to increase ...
Burswood Bridges Meet: Taylor St. car-park, off Canning Hwy (river side of McCallum Park) Details: The walk is an easy loop walk of approximately 6 km, which can be shortened as necessary, on both sides of the Swan river – East Perth via Windan, Matagarup and Booloo Bridges and Burswood ...