21 February 2021 The first KRMB outing for the year was to Point Peron, Rockingham. A small group of nine attendees gathered at the car park on a beautiful morning. We commenced our walk along the track on the northern side of the reserve with views out to Garden Island. ...
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– Daniel Heald 15 February 2021 Falling on the day after Valentine’s Day, it was apt that KRMB’s first meeting of the year should have a presentation on Insect Courtship and Reproductive Biology delivered by Daniel Heald. Daniel’s PowerPoint presentation outlined the intricacies of both courtship and reproduction in the ...
Read more →Mark Harvey, Curator of Arachnids, WAM 17 February 2021 Before telling us about spiders Mark began his presentation with some interesting facts about other local creepy crawlies. We learnt: Centipedes have only one pair of legs per body segment while millipedes have two pairs. A new species of millipede has ...
Read more →5 March 2021 Having learnt about the long-necked Oblong Turtle at our November meeting, we were privileged to hear from an expert on another local freshwater chelonian, the critically endangered short-necked Western Swamp Tortoise. That species is special to our Club: Since the 1850s it was thought to be extinct, ...
Read more →Sunday, 14 February 2021 The fine, warm weather for our postponed snorkelling event was in stark contrast to the rain which lead to the cancellation on the original date. By chance, the move from the 7th to the 14th brought the event closer to Darwin’s birthday, the 12th February. Eighteen ...
Read more →12 February 2021 The most significant and important memorial to Charles Darwin in Western Australia is the Charles Darwin Reserve. It is 68,600 hectares (roughly 20km by 36km) and is located 60km east of Perenjori on the west side of the Great Northern Highway between Wubin and Paynes Find (355km ...
Read more →Our speaker, Alan Needham, is a retired biologist specialising in marsupials, with a great interest in evolution and the life and ideas of Charles Darwin. Alan quotes geneticist, Theodosius Dobzhansky, who said “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”. Alan began with Darwin as a child ...
Read more →December 2020 It was good to have a total of 18 members attend the KRMB Xmas BBQ at Naragebup. It was especially pleasing to get together with some members that we do not see very often, as they are no longer able to participate actively in KRMB Meetings or outings. ...
Read more →6 December 2020 Our annual outing to Penguin Island during December, peak nesting season for Crested and Bridled Terns, has become a tradition. However, on this occasion, only a small group of five attendees met at the kiosk to get tickets for the first ferry over to the island. We ...
Read more →22 NOVEMBER 2020 Our November field trip was to Hamel Eco-Park, a small reserve near Waroona, which attracted an excellent turnout of 19 attendees. Our guide for the day was Heather Adamson. Situated on Burney Road in Hamel, the Hamel Eco-Park was originally known as the Hamel Nursery. Between 1925 ...
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