Kwinana, Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22nd May 2022 A group of eight members attended our Field Outing at the Alcoa Wellard Wetlands. The weather gods were kind to us, providing a pleasant morning and holding off on the rainfall until later in the afternoon. The Wellard Wetlands are a series of ...
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Northern Suburbs Branch 22ndJune 2022 The chilly 8:00 am start the morning after the winter solstice did not stop eleven members and a WA Natural History Lovers visitor from joining Friends of Koondoola Bushland convenor, Jennie Villiers, and City of Wanneroo Conservation Officer, Sasha Poli, for a very interesting walk ...
Read more →DRBNats, 21st May 2022 This meandering walk trail in the magnificent Ellis Brook Valley is just off the Tonkin Highway, 15 km from Gosnells. We saw a variety of orchids and landscape trees generic to the area. Eucalyptus wandoo and Acacia dentifera were in abundance (not yet flowering). We walked ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 15th June 2022 When our scheduled speaker for June was unavailable, we invited Jennie Villiers, Convenor- Friends of Koondoola Bushland, to speak to us about the history and biodiversity of Koondoola Regional Bushland. This proved to be a very fortunate choice as Jennie offered to take us ...
Read more →Main Club, 3rd June 2022 Our speaker was Bernie Masters, president of the Busselton Naturalists’ Club for the last 40 years. Bernie is a biologist and geologist who has worked in environmental assessment and mine site rehabilitation for many years and has had personal experience with fire management. Bernie pointed ...
Read more →By the time we turned around at the Woodbridge boat ramp, seven kilometres upstream from Guilderton, we had passed probably the best stands of Tuart in the State, large expanses of Swamp Paperbark, a hillside of Allocasuarina sp., possibly cumulus and closer to the river, three species of banksia, B. menziesii, B. littoralis and B. attenuata.
Read more →A report on the first walk in the Notley Late Easter excursion series for 2022. There were no signs of the recent rain having left any puddles, and the pool was completely dry.
Read more →Observations on the final walk in the Notley Late Easter excursion series for 2022
Read more →A report on three presentations by Ailsa, Daniel and Colin at the KRM Branch meeting in May.
Read more →Coordinator, Sue Conlan, showed us some of the revegetation areas that the Friends of Mosman Park Bushland has worked on tirelessly for decades – planting, watering, mulching and weeding – to bring back the biodiversity that used to exist before European settlement.
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