Our meeting entitled “Papua New Guinea experiences” was a dual presentation by two of our local members, both keen nature observers and both having spent time in the country for different reasons, albeit forty years apart. Eric McCrum related some of his experiences working as a patrol officer and local ...
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Field Trip 31st August 2013 – 1st September 2013 The August field trip saw a return to Goodale Sanctuary on Saturday 31st August. KRMB members were joined by a few members from the Main Club for the opportunity to spend a day or two as guests of Bob and Lynette Goodale. The wet ...
Read more →As is the tradition at this time of year, KRMB members held our annual get together to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the branch. This year we met for breakfast at the Bodrum Bay Café in Safety Bay. A total of fourteen of us enjoyed a very ...
Read more →Clean, clear water brusquely babbling, two-note Pardalotes singing overhead from a tiny spout in an Eucalyptus wandoo, Grevillea pilulifera and Trimalium ledifolium layering understory in dense cream blossom, along with the warmth of a winter sun illuminating the Jarrah/Marri/Wandoo woodland at the Schipp Road entrance of Kalamunda National Park delighted ...
Read more →Lauren Peel, a UWA Zoology graduate and shark enthusiast, presented an interesting talk on sharks at the meeting held on 9th August. Her talk introduced us to some aspects of sharks and their behaviour gained from her experiences participating in white shark research work based in Mossel Bay, South Africa. ...
Read more →The format of the July meeting was a Members’ night. The first presenter was Colin Prickett and his theme was Fungi. Colin told the meeting that just because it is winter we should not put our cameras and macro lenses into hibernation, as there are lots of wonderful fungi to ...
Read more →A dozen members of the Darling Range Branch braved a very cold morning and met for an excursion to the popular ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition at the Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle. This is a celebration of the depth and diversity of nature in Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and ...
Read more →.. The venue for the June field trip was Goodale Sanctuary. This was a combined trip with the Main Branch and so this report will not go into detail. However, there were a few points worth mentioning. Although June had been a bit dry up until this particular weekend, and ...
Read more →Our speaker for the June meeting was Bob Goodale who delivered a presentation on Goodale Sanctuary. Bob spoke on the same topic to the Main Branch in May and it was written up in the June newsletter. Consequently this report will not go into detail. Most of the audience was ...
Read more →Susan and Vernon Stocklmayer presented an account of their Coates Wildlife Tour to Sri Lanka (March 2013) to an enthralled audience. It’s always great to see another country through the eyes of fellow ‘Nats Club’ members! First Vernon gave us an outline of the geology and geography of the island ...
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