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. ...
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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 ...
Read more →The Northern Suburbs Branch held its AGM on Wednesday, 16th December 2020 and was very well attended. Prior to the AGM, Don Poynton (Branch Chairperson), conducted his annual Christmas-themed quiz. This year, it featured the Christmas bush or tree named after various Australia states. The election of office bearers resulted ...
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Read more →KRM Branch 25 Oct 2020 A good turn out of 11 members attended the October field excursion to the Spectacles Nature Reserve, Kwinana. The Spectacles is a 360ha reserve that is part of the Beeliar Regional Park system. Consisting of Banksia woodland and a central wetland fringed with Freshwater Paperbarks ...
Read more →NSBranch Nov 2020 GOLLY, we do have a big crowd today! With 25 participants our walk at Warwick Bushland attracted the largest crowd for the year. We commenced the walk with a brief introduction to the bush from Steph Murphy, coordinator of the Friends of Warwick Bushland, who acknowledged the ...
Read more →Nick Cook, Coordinator of Friends of Lake Claremont, led a group of 16 people (11 members and 5 visitors) around Lake Claremont. While we walked, Nick talked to us about the ecology and natural history of the area and the story of the amazing rehabilitation that has been achieved there. ...
Read more →The theme for this meeting was a Members’ Night. The first presenter was a new member, Malcolm Roberts, who showed a slide show featuring some photographs of a trip to Karijini NP, on which he was a guide. The photographs highlighted the spectacular scenery to be found in the many ...
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