Armed with scoop nets and shod in Wellington boots, a small army of young naturalists and their parents waded into the shallows of Bibra Lake and searched for living things in the water. After good rains this winter, the lake was full, and the water was full of insect larvae ...
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Although showers were forecast, the morning was beautifully warm and sunny, allowing about 30 members and visitors to enjoy a leisurely walk along the slope of the Darling Scarp above Lesmurdie Falls. Many people were surprised to see how many of the shrubs in the heath land were already in ...
Read more →Karakamia Sanctuary is a 275ha piece of land, fenced off against cats and foxes, near Chidlow in the Jarrah forest east of Perth. It is owned and run by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. With the lack of predators, and the introduction of some native animals from elsewhere in the south-west, ...
Read more →They’re shy, secretive, seductive, endangered and very well camouflaged. That is the picture painted by Brenda Newby of the Western Ground Parrot. Numbers of this little, largely mottled green and yellow, ground parrot are estimated at around a mere 140 at present and being endemic to WA’s south eastern coast ...
Read more →Seventeen Naturalists settled themselves comfortably in two cottages at Governor’s Circle Kingstown on the Friday. We organized ourselves into a fairly relaxed program. We started each day with a bird walk and then a snorkeling session and mostly in the afternoon we had a botany walk which tended to double ...
Read more →Vicky Laurie’s passion for the Kimberley became very evident as she introduced our audience to aspects of remote areas that a very few would get the chance to view – with the aid of a light plane and a helicopter! So much easier to spot new and rare flora and ...
Read more →First we walked down to the lake and saw a great many waterbirds. There were Black Ducks, Shelducks and Wood Ducks, Swamphens and Coots, White Ibis and a Black Swan on an island nest. A Kestrel was hovering over the lake and Swallows were flying around after insects. We then ...
Read more →On the bush walk at star swamp we spotted and learned about some native plants. It was interesting especially tapping the puff balls to see if the spores came out. We liked the bird and frog noises on the tape and enjoyed guessing them. The show and tell was fun ...
Read more →On a fine, winter’s day in July 30 people met at Tomato Lake Kewdale. This included members of Kate’s regular Nature Walking Group. Although it is less than 2 km around the lake, the walk took us 2 hours because there was so much of interest. Originally this lake was ...
Read more →Very important news! … We are very proud to announce that our esteemed past President, Journal Editor of many many years, club member and friend John Dell has been awarded the Public Service Medal of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday 2011 Australian Honours List for his service and contribution to ...
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