Darling Range Branch, April 2012 Meeting Report Dr Natasha Pauli from UWA presented the talk for the meeting on a subject that explored some of the relationships between soil fauna and vegetation. In her illustrated talk she developed on the poser: ‘are plants really the architects for below ground diversity?’ ...
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The fourth photo competition and exhibition of Australian Fungi and Slime moulds will be held on 25 and 26 August at the Henderson Environmental Centre, Star Swamp in North Beach. The following categories will be open for submission of art work: Fungi/Slime moulds in their natural habitat; Macro / Detail; ...
Read more →Perth Urban Bushland Fungi Project update and Club fungi events Despite many funding applications over the last few years and recent months, unfortunately, the Perth Urban Bushland Fungi project (PUBF) has come to the position where there are no funds to operate it over the 2012 fungi season. This means ...
Read more →The Young Naturalists had another great turn out for our April excursion when 30 children met at the Western Australian Reptile Park in Henley Brook, to learn about reptiles. Gane Doyle Jnr started the afternoon with a brief instruction on what to do in the event of a snake bite. ...
Read more →The Young Naturalists had another great turn out for our March excursion to the Canning River Eco Education Centre (CREEC ). Located in Wilson, on the bank of the Canning River , CREEC is owned and operated by the City of Canning. The Centre was purpose built for facilitating nature ...
Read more →Fungi group is organising a Fungi weekend at Dwellingup -15-17 June 2012 at Nanga Bushcamp. Neale Bougher and the Fungi leaders from the Perth Urban Bushland fungi project will be conducting a Fungi weekend at Nanga bushcamp near Dwellingup. Activities will include morning forays searching for fungi in the area ...
Read more →Darling Range Branch February Excursion Report The WA MUSEUM is a great place to be on a hot day and so it was for a smallish Nats group from the DRB and a couple from the Main Club. We assembled in the main foyer and inspected the life-size dinosaur, Carnotaurus ...
Read more →Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre excursion, February 2012. In welcoming the Young Naturalists and their families to Kanyana, June Butcher expressed her delight at seeing so many young nature enthusiasts attending: our group totalled over 40 people, about two thirds of them children. June praised the parents for encouraging these children’s ...
Read more →Darling Range Branch meeting, February 2012 “The Nature of Japan” was the subject of our first meeting for 2012 and it was presented jointly by Hirono and Mike Griffiths. Following their recent visit to Japan in October 2011, Mike and Hirono conducted us on a travelogue from a Naturalists’ viewpoint. ...
Read more →Amazingly it was quite a horrible day, with clouds, murky water and blustery conditions. But we still had a very profitable morning and it just became a summer beach sweep. We were very lucky again to have Dr Anne Brearley volunteer her time again, and she started the children off ...
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