Places are now closed on the ANN as well as the pre and post-ANN excursions. Go to page link ANN 2016 Excursions for further information.
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The topic for the March meeting of KRMB was a presentation by Rosalie Barrett of photographs taken during a trip that she took with husband Geoff during September and October 2015 through the upper Mid West and Lower Murchison regions. The first part of the presentation showed wildflowers and flowering ...
Read more →Our planned excursion to Penguin Island in December 2015 had to be called off due to unseasonal rough weather conditions so it was decided to make it the destination for our first field trip of 2016. Nine members caught the 9am ferry across to Penguin Island where we were greeted ...
Read more →Our first KRMB meeting for 2016 was a members’ night, with two members presenting. First up was Chris Punter who presented a number of photographs taken during a visit to the Cocos Islands in 2015. He set the scene with an opening photograph of a tropical beach on Direction Island. ...
Read more →Shocking science: the natural history of animal electroreception Professor Shaun Collin will demystify the amazing, but little known, ability of animals to sense weak electric fields. Used by a range of different animals (both aquatic and terrestrial), this sensitive sensory modality is typically used to locate food in the absence ...
Read more →A very good turnout of 18 attended the KRMB Christmas Picnic Lunch on Sunday 13th December. All enjoyed the get together over lunch under the pergolas at the north western end of Lake Richmond. It was especially good to catch up with Ann and Otto Mueller, Stan and Margaret Telford ...
Read more →Our November excursion was a beach sweep at Shoalwater Bay, Rockingham. It was attended by eight members on a warm but windy morning. Along the footpath down to the beach a large patch of Scaevola crassifolia was in flower, attracting lots of Podalonia tydei suspiciosa Cutworm Wasps, native bees (Amegilla ...
Read more →Annual General Meeting 16th November 2015 The November meeting was also the KRMB AGM. Our Chairperson Alan Bellman presented a summary of the year’s meetings and excursions and thanked all office bearers for their support during the year. The committee was re-elected without any changes. After the formalities of the ...
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Read more →Seven members made the trip up to Wongan Hills for the weekend to explore the region’s nature reserves. The weather was overcast, fairly cool and windy but there was no rain. During the weekend we visited the Wongan Wildflower Walk and Christmas Rock Walk, both close to town, and we ...
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