Rica Erickson was an Australian naturalist, member of our Club, a botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. As a schoolteacher living north of Toodyay, she spent her time studying the wonders of the bush. The Rica Erickson Nature Reserve, located north-east of Bindoon, about 100 kilometres from Perth, is named ...
Charles Darwin’s birthday, which falls on 12 February, is generally used to highlight Darwin’s contributions to science and to promote science in general. To commemorate his achievements, the Club will head to Coogee this year, to go snorkelling around the Omeo wreck and the maritime trail, and discover and learn ...
Where: Ellis Brook Valley Reserve is located along Rushton Road in the suburb of Martin. The reserve straddles the Darling Scarp and is known for its wildflowers, Sixty Foot Falls and blue wrens. When: 9.30 am we will meet at Honeyeater Hollow picnic area (carpark and toilet) and walk one ...
Do you want to add to the stock of knowledge of our wonderful local environment? Join the ‘citizen scientist’ movement and learn to use iNaturalist! In this digital era, we know that there are now better ways to share our nature observations than writing them down and filing the lists ...
The Club has been invited to visit the property of Bush Blocks Guardians in Westonia adjacent to Chiddarcooping Nature Reserve (western side). There are a wide variety of landscapes: large granite outcrops and slabs with shallow gnammas, large tors and a very unique and extensive mini mogote field; a long ...
Charles Darwin’s birthday, which falls on 12 February, is generally used to highlight Darwin’s contributions to science and to promote science in general. To commemorate his achievements, the Club will head to Mettams Pool for a snorkelling event. You can expect to see marine fishes, see anemones, crabs and sea ...
Join us for a walk at Ellis Brook Valley, located on Rushton Road in the suburb of Martin, as part of our Clean Up Australia Day event. The site is recognised as one of the the richest wild flower locations in the Perth Metropolitan Area with over 500 species of ...
Join us for a walk at Ellis Brook Valley, located on Rushton Road in the suburb of Martin, as part of our Clean Up Australia Day event. The site is recognised as one of the the richest wild flower locations in the Perth Metropolitan Area with over 500 species of ...
Kailah is the WA Museum Collections Manager for Herpetology and crawls through Western Australian caves searching for recently extinct reptiles. She specialises in Australian reptile fossils that are less than 66 million years old (from the Cenozoic) and has described Australia’s oldest skink (Proegernia mikebulli), deciphered when the first true ...