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SUMMARY:NSB MEMBERS NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:Come along and hear what some of our NSB members have been up to lately. You will be surprised\, enlightened and entertained. \nPhoto. Iceland\, Christine Curry.
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/nsb-members-night/
LOCATION:North Beach Tennis Club\, 7B Kitchener St\, North Beach\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Willy Dadour (NSB Chair)":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:KRMB May Field Excursion - Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Centre
DESCRIPTION:The KRMB May Field Excursion will be to Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Centre\, 304-308 South Western Highway\, Wungong. The centre is a great place to view and get up close to many of the reptile species found in WA plus other birds and wildlife.\n\n\nBring Camera\, drinks and snacks for morning tea/lunch after the visit.\n\nNote: Admission fees will apply
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/krmb-may-field-excursion-armadale-reptile-and-wildlife-centre/
LOCATION:Armadale Reptile & Wildlife Centre\, 304-308 South West Highway\, Wungong\, WA\, 6112\, Australia
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SUMMARY:WA Nats Bushwalking Group
DESCRIPTION:South Ledge to Hewitt’s Hill Campsite\, Mundaring \nMeet:              South Ledge car-park. \nIf 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. \nIf coming from Mundaring\, head south along Mundaring Weir Rd until past the weir and continue heading south west for approx. two miles\, before turning to the right up South Ledge Rd. The last kilometre is up a gravel road \nDetails:            The walk is along the Bibbulmun Track\, out and back\, along a mix of undulating gravel trail and vehicle access roads for approximately 8Km. \nThere is a toilet at the car-park and at Hewitt’s Hill campsite. Wear clothes appropriate to the weather (i.e. hat / rainwear) and suitable footwear. \nBring morning tea\, lunch and drinking water. Since the walk is short\, lunch will be back at the cars. You may want to bring chair/blanket and extra provisions for sharing. \nPlease be aware\, if the weather dictates\, the leader may choose to cancel or change the walk. Check the website for updates after 6pm on Saturday 6 June. \nContact:          Lutz Elber        Ph 0437 141 299
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/wa-nats-bushwalking-group-34/
LOCATION:Mundaring
CATEGORIES:Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260612T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260612T213000
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SUMMARY:Kit Prendergast talking about bees (DRB)
DESCRIPTION:Kit Prendergast talking about bees (DRB) \nNote: no RSVP required.\n\nCOVID19: Even though restrictions have eased\, we will still encourage members and visitors to take precautions and please do not attend if unwell.\n\nSpeaker:\n\nDr Kit Prendergast\n\nNative bee scientist\, conservation biologist and zoologist\nUniversity of Southern QLD Postdoctoral Researcher (Pollination Ecology)\nAdjunct Curtin University and Forrest Scholar Alumni\nFind native bee resources and more on my Patreon The Bee Babette: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheBeeBabette\nORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-6099\nResearch: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kit-Prendergast/research\nYouTube channel The Bee Babette: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeeBabette\n‘Creating a Haven for Native Bees’: https://www.facebook.com/CreatingaHavenforNativeBeesBook/\nWild Bee artwork: https://www.redbubble.com/people/BeeBabette/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent\nInsta: @bee.babette_performer:\nhttps://www.instagram.com/bee.babette_performer/?hl=en\n\nDr Kit Prendergast is a native bee ecologist and science communicator. Her PhD involved investigating the impact of honeybees on native bees and pollination networks \, and the impact of urbanisation on native bees. Dr Kit’s research ranges from pollination ecology\, to native bee ecology and behaviour\, citizen science\, critiquing methods for surveying pollinators\, undertaking biodiversity assessments. She is a renowned science communicator\, performing under the persona of ‘Bee Babette.’\n\nTopic:\n\nKit will be talking about bees.\n\n\n\nPlus:\n\n\nFocus/ Boffins talk – A member will give a short talk. Allan Willis will give a talk on “Insects of Walpole”\n“Nature road show”. Members and visitors are encouraged to bring items to place on the display table or to send photographs to the MC in advance\, e.g. a sample flower\, an insect\, and so on – anything of natural history interest that has legally been obtained. If you wish to show a photograph\, please email it\, no later than the Wednesday before the meeting\, to our MC for this night\, and she/he will include it on her PowerPoint slides. We have a dedicated email for this purpose natclub@webco.com.au\nThing of the month / Things coming up next month: These two presentations are about things in nature happening this month and things coming up\, so if you have any photos or information\, send them to: natclub@webco.com.au\nDoor prizes: You could also be the lucky winner of a door prize. We make sure there are prizes for both members and visitors.\nRaffle: We will have a great raffle  – please raid your piggy bank for a bit more cash\, $5 for 3 tickets.\n\nTime: Please come at 7.15pm or earlier if you wish\, for a 7.30pm start as we start promptly. We are open from 6.45pm. We finish formal proceedings no later than 9.30pm.\nDonation: All this for only a donation of $3 per person for adult members ($0 for child members)\, and $5 per adult visitor and $1 per visiting child to help with the costs of running the club\, venue hire\, insurance and so on.  We do not have EFTPOS facilities yet.\nEntrance: It is a condition of entry that everyone signs in on arrival\, thank you.\nParking: Free parking right outside.\nWheelchair access: Everything is on one level.\nToilets: Are inside.\nBookings: No bookings required.\nSee you there for a fabulous night.
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/drb-presents-kit-prendergast/
LOCATION:Kalamunda Community Centre\, Kalamunda Community Centre\, end of Crescent Rd\, Off Mundaring Weir Road\,\, Kalamunda\, WA\, 6076\, Australia
ORGANIZER;CN="Bradley Cox":MAILTO:bradleywcox@outlook.com
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SUMMARY:WA Nats Bushwalking Group
DESCRIPTION:Pickering Brook  \nMeet:              At the end of Bracken Rd in Pickering Brook. Turn right at the T junction at the end of the road and park at the roadside. [UBD map 316\, A12]. \nDetails:            The walk is 5 – 6 km along good bush paths with some hills in open woodland. The walk has been shortened as we will go to Boundary Rd instead of the powerlines. Wear clothes appropriate to the weather (i.e. hat / rainwear) and suitable footwear.  Bring morning tea\, lunch and drinking water.  Afternoon tea/coffee back at the cars\, if you want to stay. \nPlease be aware\, if the weather dictates\, the leader may choose to cancel or change the walk. Check the website for updates after 6pm on Saturday 4 July. \nContact:          Lutz Elber        Ph 0437 141 299
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/wa-nats-bushwalking-group-35/
LOCATION:Pickering Brook\, end of Bracken Rd.\, Pickering Brook\, WA\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Lois Gearing talking about Naretha Bluebonnet Parrot (DRB)
DESCRIPTION:Lois Gearing talking about Naretha Bluebonnet Parrot (DRB) \nNote: no RSVP required.\nCOVID19: Even though restrictions have eased\, we will still encourage members and visitors to take precautions and please do not attend if unwell.\n\n \n\nTopic:\n\nThe Naretha Bluebonnet (Northiella narethae) is one of Australia’s least-known parrots — and one of the very last to be discovered\, formally described as recently as 1921. Even its name carries deep meaning: narethae is derived from the local Indigenous name for saltbush\, a vital and lifesaving food source in the remote and often hostile country this parrot inhabits. \nThis remarkable species is confined to the Myall belt of Western and South Australia\, on the fringe of the Nullarbor Plain — a landscape characterised by vast distances\, saline soils\, bluebush and saltbush\, and very few trees. It is a land where survival itself seems improbable\, yet the Naretha Bluebonnet has evolved to endure and persist. \nFor a time\, agricultural development across parts of this region inadvertently benefited the species by providing more reliable sources of water\, and flocks once numbered in the hundreds. However\, other landscape changes have since made survival far more challenging. Gone are the days of flocks of 400\, and populations have declined significantly\, particularly in Western Australia. \nIn the 1990s\, the then Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) established a pioneering captive breeding program in partnership with private aviculturists — a novel and forward-thinking initiative for Western Australia. As part of this program\, surplus birds were made available to the public through CALM-run auctions. These auctions not only helped support the program\, but also played a critical role in raising awareness of a parrot that\, until then\, very few people knew existed — or that it lived in WA at all. \nIt was through one of these CALM auctions that Lois and Wayne Gearing first came to meet the Naretha Bluebonnet and began what has become a decades-long commitment to the species\, not as owners\, but as guardians. Their involvement has spanned both intensive avicultural work and time spent in the bird’s remote homelands — landscapes that leave one asking how any creature survives there\, let alone breeds successfully. \nToday\, the greatest threat facing the Naretha Bluebonnet is the loss of nesting habitat. Suitable nesting trees are few and far between\, and many of the mature Allocasuarina pauper trees — relied upon for nesting hollows — are now splitting and collapsing with age. Regeneration of younger trees is minimal or absent. Without active intervention\, the lack of nesting trees places this resilient little parrot at serious risk of extinction. \nAs of 2026\, there are no Naretha Bluebonnets held in any zoos or wildlife parks in Australia. \nThis presentation explores the ecology of the Naretha Bluebonnet\, the harsh and beautiful landscapes it inhabits\, and the plants and trees essential to its survival — and tells the story of a small\, tough Australian battler that urgently needs our understanding\, advocacy and help. \n\n\n\nPlus:\n\n\nFocus/ Boffins talk – A member will give a short talk.\n“Nature road show”. Members and visitors are encouraged to bring items to place on the display table or to send photographs to the MC in advance\, e.g. a sample flower\, an insect\, and so on – anything of natural history interest that has legally been obtained. If you wish to show a photograph\, please email it\, no later than the Wednesday before the meeting\, to our MC for this night\, and she/he will include it on her PowerPoint slides. We have a dedicated email for this purpose natclub@webco.com.au\nThing of the month / Things coming up next month: These two presentations are about things in nature happening this month and things coming up\, so if you have any photos or information\, send them to: natclub@webco.com.au\nDoor prizes: You could also be the lucky winner of a door prize. We make sure there are prizes for both members and visitors.\nRaffle: We will have a great raffle  – please raid your piggy bank for a bit more cash\, $5 for 3 tickets.\n\nTime: Please come at 7.15pm or earlier if you wish\, for a 7.30pm start as we start promptly. We are open from 6.45pm. We finish formal proceedings no later than 9.30pm.\nDonation: All this for only a donation of $3 per person for adult members ($0 for child members)\, and $5 per adult visitor and $1 per visiting child to help with the costs of running the club\, venue hire\, insurance and so on.  We do not have EFTPOS facilities yet.\nEntrance: It is a condition of entry that everyone signs in on arrival\, thank you.\nParking: Free parking right outside.\nWheelchair access: Everything is on one level.\nToilets: Are inside.\nBookings: No bookings required.\nSee you there for a fabulous night.
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/lois-gearing/
LOCATION:Kalamunda Community Centre\, Kalamunda Community Centre\, end of Crescent Rd\, Off Mundaring Weir Road\,\, Kalamunda\, WA\, 6076\, Australia
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