Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch A resident of Wagin, Jean McGregor, whose property backs onto Wagin Lake, contacted KRMB to see if we would be interested in visiting Wagin Lake while we were down at Dryandra. Jean was eager to gain greater recognition for the lake and support for local community ...
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Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch A good turn-out of 12 members plus one visitor attended KRMB’s May 19-21 weekend trip to Dryandra Woodland, with a staggered arrival at the Lions Village, where we had two large cottages booked for two nights. For those of us who arrived early on Saturday there ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch Lake Goollelal is the southernmost water body of a chain of lakes and swamps that make up the wetlands in the Yellagonga Regional Park. It is surrounded by remnants of fringing paperbark woodland, Jarrah-Marri-Banksia open woodland and scattered Tuart. The lake, although shallow by world standards, is ...
Read more →Darling Range Branch Kulin, in the Eastern Wheatbelt, approximately 280 km from Perth, was home to twenty-four eager DRB Naturalists and visitors over the June Western Australia Day long weekend. The rich flora and fauna in the region had us entranced. We started on Friday with bird walks and ...
Read more →Main Club The weekend trip started on Friday afternoon when we travelled from Sunset Beach in Geraldton to the Chapman Valley Regional Park. We walked the trail between the sandbank at the Chapman River estuary and the Chapman road bridge (near Sunset Beach) and saw an Osprey close-up, Little Pied ...
Read more →Main Club The long-awaited departure of Whale Watch Western Australia’s (WWWA) Blue Whale tour was heralded on Saturday morning by a brisk sea breeze but clear skies and the promise of good weather as we attempted to track down the sometimes elusive Blue Whale—the largest animal known to have ever ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch As most of us are aware, animal and plant biodiversity and the associated ecological processes underpin the health of our environment and therefore its ability to support human needs. Species diversity is changing globally and locally, but the complexity of ecological communities hampers a general understanding of ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch The speaker for May was Dr. Tony Friend, Principal Research Scientist in the Fauna Conservation Program at DBCA. His topic was a summary of the history and developments in efforts to ensure the survival of Numbats in the wild. Tony started the presentation with a discussion ...
Read more →Young Nats The Young Nats living in the northern suburbs were recently invited to join in two activities conducted or co-hosted by the Friends of North Ocean Reef-Iluka Foreshore, which is co-ordinated by Don Poynton, the Chairman of the Northern Suburbs Branch. In April the Young Nats participated in the ...
Read more →Darling Range Branch Eighteen enthusiastic naturalists joined the fourth survey of the bush block at Arbuthnot St, Kelmscott in April 2018. The visitors included two local families and the Deputy Principal of the nearby school, which was encouraging. This bush is where the scarp and flats intersect. We are surveying ...
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