This book is an excellent field guide for those looking at our plants in the South West (Noongar country) who are curious to know how useful they were to Aboriginal and other Australians. Vivienne Hansen speaks from an Aboriginal perspective and links in with the larger Australian community. This link ...
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Nine members of KRMB plus Lou Scampoli from the Main Club attended the excursion on February 26 to the Coodanup foreshore and Creery Wetlands within the Peel-Harvey Estuary. These locations are part of the extensive Peel-Yalgorup Ramsar Site and are an important feeding area for migratory shorebirds that depart their ...
Read more →Eddie Dell was the first speaker at our initial meeting for 2017. He spoke about the birds on his Sawyers Valley property, where he has identified 38 species. He brought in a New Holland Honeyeater’s nest—a tiny one—from which two young birds had hatched and later flew off to a ...
Read more →Bob Goodale was the first presenter, showing a number of photographs that he had taken at Goodale Sanctuary over the summer. First up were photographs of Western Grey Kangaroos on the edge of the main lake. This was followed by a photo of a Swamp Harrier taking a drink on ...
Read more →Speaker David Knowles from ‘Spineless Wonders’ grabbed our attention immediately by questioning whether, as naturalists, we needed to recalibrate how we think about our local fauna. We spend a disproportionately large amount of time looking at mammals and birds, which only make up just over one percent of Western Australia’s ...
Read more →Faye Arcaro, photojournalist and enthusiastic advocate of organic horticulture, presented us with the first talk of the year, at our new venue. This was a well-attended meeting with as many visitors as members. There are more than 2000 native bee species in Australia and academic reference sources about them are ...
Read more →If you’re looking for the write-up of an excursion, the minutes of an AGM or anything else on the club’s website, the ‘Search’ window in the top right-hand corner of the home page is very useful. Our webmaster recommends you make it your ‘go to’ spot on the site!
Read more →The Busselton Naturalists Club now has its own website where you can find details of the group’s meetings and activities, plus photos, contacts, etc. click on the link to access.
Read more →Members of the club were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Frank Walker while canoeing at Matilda Bay on 31 January, just a couple of days after attending the NSB’s social barbecue. Frank and his wife Jan joined the club in July 2015 soon after their arrival from ...
Read more →Club member Ry Beaver is a keen photographer, citizen scientist and fauna spotter. He has his own blog, Wildlife Watching in Australia. Here is an excerpt from it, dated Jan 25, 2017: “Ever since I have been researching wildlife watching I have wanted to go to Dryandra Woodland. 2 hours out of ...
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