New Zealand South Island Wildlife & Wilderness 15-Day Accommodated Tour – Departs Nelson 7 January 2025 – Max 12 participants Discover Te Wai Pounamu (NZ’s South Island), as we take you away from the population centres and tourist ‘honey pots’ to lesser known but equally spectacular destinations. One day you’re ...
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South West National Parks 13-Day Accommodated Tour – Departs Perth 12 October 2024 – Max 12 participants Western Australia’s beautiful South West region is one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots. Nearly 80% of the plant species in the SW are found nowhere else on Earth, making the area exceptionally ...
Read more →South West National Parks 13-Day Accommodated Tour – Departs Perth 12 October 2024 – Max 12 participants Western Australia’s beautiful South West region is one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots. Nearly 80% of the plant species in the SW are found nowhere else on Earth, making the area exceptionally ...
Read more →Western Explorer Expedition 12-Day Easy Camping Tour – Departs Broome 17 July 2024 – Max 12 participants On this tour we travel from Broome to Perth through Western Australia’s outback country. Rugged ancient landscapes including Karijini National Park, Mt Augustus and the Kennedy Ranges are not easy locations to get ...
Read more →Kimberley Wonders Expedition 13-Day Easy Camping Tour (assisted camping) – Departs Broome 6 June 2024 – Max of 12 participants Join us in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, known for its spectacular waterfalls and gorges. On this trip we will explore Purnululu National Park (the Bungle Bungles), the Gibb ...
Read more →Western Wanderer Expedition 15-Day Easy Camping Tour (assisted camping) – Departs Perth 15 May 2024 – Max of 12 participants Spend 14 nights travelling from Perth to Broome and discover Western Australia’s beautiful coastline and ancient Pilbara region. You will fly and land on the Abrolhos Islands, visit the HMAS ...
Read more →South Australian Outback and Channel Country 14-Day Camping Tour – Departs Adelaide 30 May 2024 – Max 10 participants (6 in lead vehicles & 4 tag-alongs) Join Tom Grove, owner and Director of Coates Wildlife Tours, for a true outback camping tour in South Australia. Leaving Adelaide, we will head ...
Read more →South Australian Lake Eyre & Flinders Range Tour 10-Day Camping/Accommodated Tour – Departs Alice Springs 14 May 2024 – Max 10 participants (6 in lead vehicles & 4 tag-alongs) This adventure is a must for all who long to experience the Australian outback. From the massive expanse of Lake Eyre ...
Read more →KRMBranch, 21 July 2024 The KRMB Anniversary breakfast event was again held at the Palm Beach Café on the Rockingham waterfront. A good turnout of 18 members attended and enjoyed the good quality meal choices and service available at the café. It was especially good to have Diana Hitchin (accompanied ...
Read more →DRBNats, 9 August 2024 The speaker, Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) Kelly Sheldrick, shared her extensive understanding of bats, including some of her citizen science statistics on monitoring southwest Western Australia bats. She primarily focused on ecological roles and conservation. The key aspects of her work covered changing perceptions ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 24 July 2024 Golly, I didn’t think we would take so long! What was planned as a one and a half to two-hour walk turned into 3 hours. Not because the 14 attendees were slow, but because there was so much to see – although it did ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 15 July 2024 The July meeting saw a good turnout, a mix of members and visitors. The theme was a Members’ Night, and presentations by Daniel Heald and Colin Prickett were featured. First up was Daniel, who mentioned that while in New Zealand on holiday during the Christmas/New ...
Read more →Main Club –2 August 2024 Dr Holly Raudino is a senior research scientist in the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) Marine Science program. Her interests are whales and dolphins off the coast of Western Australia (WA). Her PhD, through Murdoch University, was on the Bunbury Bottlenose Dolphins. She ...
Read more →Whole Club, 13 July 2024 100 members and guests gathered to share in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Club. Displays of the 50th anniversary of Tomato Lake clearing, and pictures of club history were shown as guests enjoyed pre-lunch drinks. Mike and Mandy Bamford were tasked with keeping everything on track as ...
Read more →WHERE ARE ALL THE CHRISTMAS BEETLES?By Suzanne HoughtonHardback | November 2023 | $24.99ISBN: 9781486317905 | 32 pages | 250 x 250 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour illustrationsePDF | November 2023ISBN: 9781486317912Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers This beautifully illustrated children’s book encourages kids to talk about the smaller creatures in the bush. Written ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 June 2024 The June field excursion was to Paganoni Reserve, primarily focusing on Fungi. An excellent turnout of 34 members and guests met at the power line entrance as a fine drizzle started to fall, but it soon blew over, and the remainder of the ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch meeting, 17 June 2024 Daniel Heald was the speaker for our June meeting. He gave a presentation on fungi, discussing around 30 fungi to describe fungal diversity in the environment. Some estimates put the number of species of fungi in the 2.2 to 3.8 million range, ...
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