NS Branch September 2018 Meeting Pearls have fascinated people for thousands of years, no more so than at our September meeting when members and visitors were still glued to the words of our guest speaker, Michael Seifert-Weiss after one and a half hours. Michael’s presentation covered a wide range of ...
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KRM Branch September Meeting The format for our September meeting was a Members’ night, which saw three presenters show photos. First up was Bob Goodale, who showed a series of his recent photos. The first were taken at Goodale Sanctuary and showed some of the orchids that have been in ...
Read more →a KRM Branch Excursion: September 2018 The September outing was to the Perth Zoo on a beautiful spring day. There were only four attendees due to many members being away on trips. The zoo was quite busy which was good to see, with the added attraction of the dinosaur exhibits proving ...
Read more →NS Branch September 2018 Despite Trigg Bushland Reserve being one of the best known natural areas in the northern suburbs, only a handful of our 19 GOLLY walkers had previously visited the section north of Karrinyup Road. While the section on the south side of the road is dominated by ...
Read more →SECOND EDITION Paperback | July 2018 | $ 39.99ISBN: 9781486308163 | 168 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingIllustrations, Photographs ePDF | July 2018ISBN: 9781486308170Publisher: CSIRO PublishingAvailable from eRetailers I found this book extremely interesting and easy to read. Gisela catches your attention immediately as she relates a story of ...
Read more →DRB September 2018 Excursion Overall more than 100 flowers were identified in two hours, when 26 members and visitors went on a flora walk, beginning from the new subdivision ‘Conti Gardens’ in Walliston, which is west of the Alan Anderson car park (currently closed for renovation.) It was a great ...
Read more →KRM Branch August Excursion The August 26 field trip was to the Don Shepherd Nature Reserve, a small reserve located on the corner of Baldivis Road and Karnup Road, Karnup in the City of Rockingham. The reserve is a mixed woodland, consisting of Banksia, Tuart, Jarrah and Casuarinas with an ...
Read more →KRM Branch August Meeting Report At our August meeting Colin Prickett presented a selection of photographs he had taken over the past few months. The presentation commenced with the KRMB visit to Dryandra Woodland in May this year and included photographs of marsupials at the Barna Mia sanctuary, bird life ...
Read more →DRB September Meeting Report Eric McCrum OAM (below) has presented talks to the DRB Nats and elsewhere for many years, but this was his debut using digital technology—at the age of 84 years, no less! Eric began by introducing us to the history of the term ‘butterfly’. Apparently, it originated ...
Read more →NSB August Golly Walk Planning Golly walks to see orchids at their best is not easy when the dates have to be set almost a year ahead. And so it turned out for our visit to St Michaels Park in Connolly. By the third week of August in 2017 there ...
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