News & Reports

Coates Wildlife Tours (July 2024)

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 ...

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Coates Wildlife Tours (June 2024)

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 ...

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Coates Wildlife Tours (May 2024)

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 ...

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Coates Wildlife Tours (April 2024)

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 ...

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Bat Monitoring Program and the Christmas Island Pipistrelle

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 ...

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Marvelous Marine Mammals

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 ...

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Centenary Luncheon Celebration

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 ...

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Where Are All the Christmas Beetles?¦BOOK REVIEW

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 ...

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