Dates: Thursday 1 May – Wednesday 7 May A deposit of $100 is required to save your place and once the final number of attendees is known (a week before commencement) we will advise you of the remaining amount to pay. Pay deposit via Humanitix. Venue: Wellington Forest and Collie ...
Dr Sue Graham-Taylor accepted the challenge of writing the centenary history of the Western Australian Naturalists’ Club being aware of the key role it has played in documenting and protecting WA’s environment as well as in educating the community. Her research has unearthed many aspects of our history that are not ...
Perth Hills Discovery Centre Meet:         Perth Hills Discovery Centre Details:      Perth Hills Discovery Centre to Ball Creek Campsite on the Bibbulmun Track. It is approximately 5km return with a few gradual slopes and no steps. Wear clothes appropriate to the weather (i.e. hat / rainwear) and suitable footwear.  Toilets ...
Note we are back to meeting on the third Wednesday of the month for the rest of the year. Our speaker Jeremy Wilson is a Postdoctoral Researcher working on trapdoor spiders at UWA and WAM. Jeremy's presentation will examine the evolution of the burrowing behaviour in mygalomorph spiders (trapdoors and ...
Instead of our usual morning walk this month we will be joining the Friends of Star Swamp Bushland for a walk around Star Swamp after dark. About a 90 minute walk along paths looking at and listening for night creatures. Stay for a cuppa afterwards. Children welcome. Wear comfortable closed ...
DRB Excursion: Leaders, renowned Naturalists Rachel and Mike Green Ollie Worrell Reserve in High Wycombe has a permanent standing lake with many bird species. E-bird has recorded 84 species of birds there. Our excursion leaders, Mike and Rachel, have been visiting the reserve regularly since November 2024 and have been impressed with the different bird ...
Wellard Wetlands has good numbers of wetland and woodland birds. We will take a walk around the lake to see what birds, insects and other fauna are active here in late Autumn
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 ...