22nd March 2015 Our second field trip for the year was to Wellard Wetlands, the wetlands created by Alcoa after extraction of clay for use in the residue storage areas at the Kwinana Alumina Refinery. A very good turn out of 12 members enjoyed the beautiful autumn morning’s walk around ...
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At the March meeting there were two presentations. Firstly KRMB founding member, Bob Goodale, gave a talk that detailed the developments in Nature Photography Equipment – early 20th Century to Present. In delivering the presentation Bob also told us much about his own life as an avid photographer and nature ...
Read more →A very good turn out of 16 members attended our first field trip of 2015 which took in both beach and nature reserve at Woodman Point. While waiting for others to arrive I was pleased to see a Quenda cross the road and disappear into the dune vegetation near ...
Read more →The February meeting was a Members’ night. Colin Prickett showed some photographs taken during spring and summer. Some of the photographs were taken at Goodale Sanctuary in early spring and showed Moaning Frogs, Huntsman Spiders, Quenda and Brush-tailed Possums spotted during the evening of a KRMB camp out. There ...
Read more →Kintyre, WA’s biggest national park could be under threat from uranium mining at Kintyre. Find out more at http://ccwa.org.au/kintyre
Read more →Many Club members have expressed their concern about the WA Government’s policy of culling endangered sharks off our coast. Members are encouraged to write to their local MP, and to Premier Colin Barnett and Fisheries Minister Ken Baston. The Conservation Council of WA are coordinating opposition efforts: find out more by ...
Read more →Our guest speaker for the first talk of 2015 was Dr Patrick Armstrong, Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Royal Society of WA. Patrick’s talk entitled “Darwin, Australia and Luck”, providing us with an historical perspective of the naturalist Charles Darwin, was timely ...
Read more →My Life as a Naturalist ‘How fortunate I have been to meet up with so many naturalists when young, who helped to open my eyes to the vast diversity of life on Earth! With Peter Slater, Eric Lindgren and Kevn Griffiths as companions – birds, marine life and fungi became ...
Read more →The December field trip was to Penguin Island. A good turn out of ten members caught the early ferry across to Penguin Island. We were keen to learn if the island’s resident fauna had bounced back after the serious decline that was evident at this time in 2013 due ...
Read more →Following on from the launch, on 10th December 2014, Mark Brundrett’s new Identification and Ecology of Southwest Australian Orchids A User-friendly Guide you are advised that this book, published by the Western Australian Naturalists’ Club, is now available for immediate purchase from the Club. See our book page for ordering and ...
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