Thanks to the Shire of Mundaring, members of the DRB attended a free, three-hour workshop in November on understanding the birds in their garden. It was presented by DRB Chairperson Rachel Green, and Mike Green (DRB Treasurer and bird enthusiast.) Seventy-two people attended and it fostered a love and knowledge ...
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The Twin Creeks conservation area, run by the Friends of the Porongurup Ranges, is a stunning area of rich and rare flora and fauna. Thirty-three members of the Darling Range Branch visited it on the September long weekend last year and were bowled over by the number and diversity ...
Read more →The Club led a 4WD excursion to the Helena and Aurora Range (HAR), Mt Manning and Die Hardy ranges between 19 September and 25 October 2017. Eleven club members in five cars met up at Southern Cross to travel in convoy to the HAR where we spent two-and-a-half days and ...
Read more →The November meeting was also the AGM of KRMB. Minutes from the previous AGM were read. As all committee members were willing to continue in their roles there was no ballot. The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer will continue in their present roles as will the committee members. The full committee ...
Read more →The NSB conducted its Annual General Meeting in place of a speaker for the last meeting of the year and then held a digital photo competition. Chairperson, Don Poynton reported: Attendance at meetings had fluctuated throughout the year between 13 and 27 with an aggregate of 235 compared with 302 ...
Read more →What a great night this was (Friday 8 December 2017). More than 80 people turned up to hear Simon Cherriman speak to the DRB about his research into the ecology of Wedge-tailed Eagles, and it was obvious from the start that this was no passing interest on the way to ...
Read more →The November meeting began with a short presentation on Arctic terns by Kevn Griffiths. These long-lived birds migrate from high latitudes of the Arctic regions to breed in Antarctica annually, travels that can account for more than two million kilometres over a lifetime that can be thirty years. The focus ...
Read more →For most participants it was a first-time visit, for a few a return visit and for one, his second home! Seventeen members had the privilege of being conducted by Dr Lisa Kirkendale, Curator (Mollusca), on a guided tour through the wet and dry storage areas, laboratories and the Preparators’ workshop ...
Read more →The guest speaker for our October meeting was Otto Mueller and his topic was ‘Glimpses of something small’. Otto is an avid student of the insect world and likes to use his microscope to study aspects or organisms that are not clear to the naked eye. His talks are ...
Read more →Grady Brand is the Senior Curator of the Kings Park and Botanic Garden. He spoke to us at the November meeting about the role that the park plays in promoting the conservation value of the Western Australian flora. Grady has worked for Kings Park for 39 years; he remembers the ...
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