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SUMMARY:NOTLEY LATE EASTER CAMP 2025
DESCRIPTION:Dates:  Thursday 1 May – Wednesday 7 May \nA deposit of $100 is required to save your place and once the final number of attendees is known (a week before commencement) we will advise you of the remaining amount to pay. \nPay deposit via Humanitix. \nVenue: Wellington Forest and Collie region \nActivities: Wellington Discovery Forest Centre – Potters Gorge – Wyvern Road Nature Reserve – Coalfields Museum – Westralian Conservation Park – Harris Dam – Harris River Winery. Guided Tour of Collie Mural Trail featuring Flora and Fauna\, Wildflowers – Birds – Fungi – Snails – Ring-tailed Possums. \nAccommodation: Our accommodation for the 6 nights will be the Wellington Forest Cottages and Conference Centre\, situated 31 km southwest of Collie. https://wfccc.com.au/cottages/ \nWe have reserved 4 cottages. Three with inside toilet\, one with outside toilet.\nEach cottage has 3 bedrooms:\n– Master bedroom has 1 double and 1 single bed\n– Bedroom 2 has 3 single beds (no bunk beds)\n– Bedroom 3 has 2 single beds \nOptions: stay 6 nights or weekend only (2-3 nights). We will do our best to accommodate your request for a single room but cannot guarantee. Move in from 2pm on Thursday 1 May. Depart by 10am Wednesday 7 May. \nThe final cost per person can only be determined once we know the final number of attendees\, but we estimate $60-$65 per person per night. \nWhat’s included in the cost\n– Accommodation\n– Use of Conference Centre\n– Guided tour of Collie Murals and Arboretum \nWhat’s not included\n– Entry to Collie Coalfields Museum\n– Hire of canoes/kayaks \nNon-members are welcome but will be charged an extra $75 or they can spend the same amount and join the Club. \nBring: your own bedding- sheets\, blankets\, pillow case and towels\, as well as food. We will make a couple of visits to Collie where you will be able to restock. \nContact: Don Poynton for any questions and further information. If you have a medical condition we should be aware of please provide information directly to the organizer at natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/advance-notice-notley-late-easter-camp-2/
LOCATION:Wellington Forest\, Collie\, WA\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250423T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250423T100000
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SUMMARY:BEACHCOMB AND SNORKEL : ILUKA BEACH
DESCRIPTION:NSB’s annual Beachcomb and Snorkel will be a month later than usual due to the re-enactment of our first walk in 1985 taking precedent in March. \nHowever\, given the sea temperature was 2-3 degrees above the norm for summer we should still be able to get into and out of the water without turning into icebergs. \nIf the weather is not conducive to a swim we will take a walk along the coastal path. Either way the coffee van will be waiting for us.
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/beachcomb-and-snorkel/
LOCATION:Iluka Foreshore Park\, Iluka Foreshore Park\, Burns Beach Rd\, Iluka\, Western Australia\, 6028\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250326T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250326T100000
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SUMMARY:NSB's Re-enactment of First Excursion : Lake Joondalup
DESCRIPTION:The Wanneroo and District Branch held its first excursion on 31 March 1985. It was to Neil Hawkins Park. Not long after\, Noelene Goodsell\, wife of the inaugural president\, used her position as a school teacher to involve the Wanneroo Primary School in planning a Nature Trail along the shore of Lake Joondalup. \nOur re-enactment will take us from the park to the Yellagonga Scenic Lookout and beyond. There won’t be too many wildflowers but hopefully lots of birds and maybe a turtle or two. \nPrize for anyone in early 1980s dress. Guys\, how quickly can you grow a mullet! \nComfortable footwear and clothes suitable for the weather. Bring morning tea. \nThere is an added bonus – Neil Hawkins Park is the venue for a special installation during the Joondalup Festival – come along\, listen and learn. \n(Photo: Gary Tate)
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/nsbs-re-enactment-of-first-excursion/
LOCATION:Neil Hawkins Park\, Boas St\, Joondalup\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Excursion
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20241218T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20241218T213000
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SUMMARY:NSB AGM and PHOTO COMPETITION 2024
DESCRIPTION:All members of the Club are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Northern Suburbs Branch of the Western Australian Naturalists’  Club Inc. \n\n\n\nAgenda. \n\n\n\n\nConfirmation of the minutes of the 2023 AGM\n\n\n\nChairman’s Report\n\n\n\nTreasurer’s Report\n\n\n\nElection of Office Bearers and Committee for 2024\n\n\n\nAny Other Business.\n\n\n\n\nThe meeting will be followed by our annual photo competition. \n\n\n\nCategories \n\n\n\n\nFlora\, \n\n\n\nFauna\, \n\n\n\nLand or Marinescape\, \n\n\n\nIn My Backyard\n\n\n\n\nConditions of Entry: \n\n\n\n\nmembers only\n\n\n\nmax 4 photos per member (can be multiple entries in the same category)\n\n\n\nmust have been taken in 2024\n\n\n\nwinner of each category by popular vote\n\n\n\n\nPlease send digital copies to Graham at:  natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com by Monday 16 December. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/nsb-agm-and-photo-competition-2024/
LOCATION:Henderson Environmental Centre\, Henderson Environmental Centre End of Groat St\, North Beach\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Annual General Meeting,General Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:GOLLY WALK: CONTINUING OUR BURNS BEACH TO FREMANTLE RAMBLE
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Muderup Rocks. Town of Cottesloe \nThis year we will depart from the norm and skip the couple of kilometres that would have taken us from Swanbourne to Cottesloe. Instead we will start our walk at Muderup Rocks at the southern end of Cottesloe Beach and walk to the beach opposite the Old Cable Station \nOur guides will be Sue Conlan from Friends of Mosman Park Bushland and Mike Gregson from the Naturalists’ Club. We will start by observing some of the geological features of the rocks and learning the significance of the rocks to the Noongar people. Further along the beach we can explore the beach wrack and look for the osprey and other birds that frequent the area. Mike will also point out the spot on the reef where he has seen a sea horse. Our walk will conclude with a talk about the history of the old cable station.  From there we will organise a shuttle back to our starting point and then drive to the Secret Garden for morning tea. \nOur meeting place will be the lawn opposite the western end of Forrest St\, Cottesloe. \nThe walk will be a mixture of walking on the beach and on made footpaths.  Please note there are no toilets along the way. As this is our last walk of the year please bring a plate to share. \nWe are almost in sight of the finish line! Just a couple of more years and we will be there.
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/golly-walk-continuing-our-burns-beach-to-fremantle-ramble/
LOCATION:Cottesloe\, opposite Forrest St
CATEGORIES:Excursion,GOlocaLLY,Walk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20241023T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20241023T100000
DTSTAMP:20240916T075949Z
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SUMMARY:GOLLY WALK-JOONDAKAMMER: A CABINET OF CURIOSITY FOR JOONDALUP
DESCRIPTION:Our excursion today will highlight the natural history of the City of Joondalup in a most unusual way. After a short walk from Neil Hawkins Park through the bushland of Lakeside Park and Centennial Park we will visit the Joondalup library for a personal explanation by Dr Perditta (Perdy) Phillips of her Joondakammer. \nPerdy\, the daughter of Club stalwart\, Margaret Larke\, created Joondakammer: A cabinet of curiosity for Joondalup\, after being awarded the City’s major Visual Arts Commission in 2022. \n Her work was inspired by early museums that housed artefact collections in cabinets of curiosity or Wunderkammer\, which inspired the content and name of the new artwork. \nThe artwork consists of a wooden cabinet\, complete with abalone shell inlays and filled with specimens found from the Joondalup region\, including pinecones\, nuts\, feathers\, bones\, soil and other objects including a xylotheque. What’s a xylotheque? Join us to find out. \n“It is a true museum for Joondalup\,” the artist said. “I visited many parks and areas where natural lives still carry on – from beaches and sand dunes to bushland and the swampy shores of Lake Joondalup”. \nWe will have refreshments at a local patisserie before returning to our vehicles.
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/golly-walk-joondakammer-a-cabinet-of-curiosity-for-joondalup/
LOCATION:Neil Hawkins Park\, Boas St\, Joondalup\, Australia
CATEGORIES:GOlocaLLY,Walk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240925T080000
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SUMMARY:UPDATE-GOLLY WALK:  YABEROO-BUDJARA HERITAGE TRAIL\, NEERABUP
DESCRIPTION:AFTER OUR WALK WE WILL DRIVE TO THE BUSH BLOCK OWNED BY THE LATE JOHANNA AND ALAN NOTLEY FOR MORNING TEA.  \nMIA (MIRIAM) WILL SHOW US AROUND THE BLOCKS WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF NATIVES IN FLOWER. MAY ALSO BE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW A SHOW OF ENAMEL ORCHIDS  \nApprox. 3km walk in the Neerabup National Park taking in the 10th Light Horse Heritage Trail and part of the Yaberoo- Budjara Heritage Trail. A different area to the one in the national park we walked last year. \nThe landscape features limestone caprock and a diverse plant life. Jarrah and tuart woodlands stand alongside open banksia\, mallee\, hakea and dryandra heathlands. Flowering plants in the park at this time of year include kangaroo paws\, native buttercups and native wisteria. Should be orchids as we are a month later than last year. \nhttps://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/downloads/file/1079/10th_light_horse_trail_brochure \nMeet at 10th Light Horse Heritage Trail car park. Look for turn off on West side of Wanneroo Rd\, 450m north of Neerabup Rd/ Flynn Drive intersection with Wanneroo Rd.
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/golly-walk-yaberoo-budjara-heritage-trail-neerabup/
LOCATION:Neerabup National Park\, Neerabup
CATEGORIES:GOlocaLLY,Walk
ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240828T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240828T160000
DTSTAMP:20240822T063349Z
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SUMMARY:Gingin all day excursion with NS Branch
DESCRIPTION:We will visit five different locations: \n\nGingin Discovery Centre – bushwalk\nThe Taggart’s property at Gingin – guided walk around planted native garden\nA quick visit to Gingin Chalk to look for Cretaceous fossils\nGingin Brook – Mortimer St Gauging Station – discussion on native fish and crayfish\nBreera Rd Nature Reserve  – Banksia Woodland and birds\n\n Members of the NSB of the Wildflower Society have been invited to join us. \nMeet:  We will meet in the car park between McDonalds and KFC on the west side of Joondalup Shopping Centre. \nCarpooling will be arranged after we meet. Total distance approx. 150km. A detailed map will be provided. \nTime:  9:00 am for 9.15 am departure \nBring: Comfortable footwear and clothes suitable for the weather. \nMorning tea available at the Gingin Discovery Centre or BYO. \nLunch will be in Granville Park in Gingin\, bring a picnic or buy something from the nearby café. \n(Imagine: DWER)
URL:https://www.wanaturalists.org.au/events/nsb-all-day-excursion-to-gingin/
LOCATION:Gingin\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Excursion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Don Poynton":MAILTO:natsnorthernbranch@gmail.com
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