FIELD TRIP 21ST JUNE 2020 – MARRINUP CAMP SITE, DWELLINGUP With everyone keen to emerge from Covid enforced isolation, we had an excellent turnout of 32 attendees for our June field excursion. We were pleased to be joined by members of other branches as well as some visitors from the ...
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Our first Covid-19 fungi foray was held at member Lyn Myles property in Glen Forrest on Sunday 5 July 2020. It is a lovely area of Jarrah bushland, abutting onto National Park. Twenty-seven participants, including 6 Fungi leaders, divided into 3 smaller groups and together found 44 species of fungi. ...
Read more →Our June general meeting was an online meeting because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The topic for the meeting was a presentation entitled ‘Insects and Fungi’ delivered by Daniel Heald (a KRMB Member). It was great to see so many people log on to the meeting, ...
Read more →The July meeting was held online and we were fortunate to have Dr Amanda Hodgson as our guest speaker. Amanda is a research fellow at the Aquatic Megafauna Research Unit, part of Murdoch University’s Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems within the Harry Butler Institute. Her research is developing innovative ways ...
Read more →Informative naturalist/birding leaders • Small groups (6 – 12 participants)Tag along welcome on selected tours • Fully accommodated & camping tours Advertisement 12 Day Kennedy Range and Mt Augustus & Tag Along Safari – Departs Perth 15 August 2020 (2 nights accommodated + 9 nights camping)Maximum of 10 guests (6 ...
Read more →Our presenter at this on-line meeting was Professor Kliti Grice, Distinguished Professor at John Curtin University and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. She is the Founding Director of the WA Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University. There have been five mass ...
Read more →Main Club Excursion June 2020 With COVID-19 restrictions easing, the club is organising excursions once more. To celebrate, a group of 20 members and guests met for a guided walk through the bushland at the end of Schofield Rd, Wattle Grove (Bush Forever site #50). We were led by Professor ...
Read more →Contents Australasian Grebes – Starting a Family………..2 Ruddy Turnstones – Perfectly Camouflaged …3 Bynoe’s Prickly Gecko……………………………………4 Busselton Naturalists’ Work at Ambergate Reserve……………………………………….5
Read more →ONLINE May General Meeting Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we used Google Meet in place of the May physical meeting. Google Meet is a video conferencing app that integrates with G Suite ( a suite of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools) used by the Club. About 25 members logged in without ...
Read more →A HUB FOR EXPLORING AND RECORDING NATURE IN YOUR BACKYARD This COVID-19 isolation is a tough gig. The good news is that being stuck in your backyard provides a wealth of things to engage and inspire you. You’ll wonder why you didn’t do it before. Nature is not closed and ...
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