Slime Mould Aficionado and Club Member Margaret Brims became known to the Fungi Group of the club in 2004 when she provided much needed expertise on a group of organisms that we came across during our fungi forays. They weren’t exactly fungi, but while looking for new things we found ...
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Our April speaker at the Main Club, filmmaker Leighton de Barros, has his new two-part series going to air as follows: Rottnest Island Kingdom of the Quokka – World Premiere on Nat Geo Wild, Sundays from December 16 at 23 at 8:30pm AEST – Foxtel, Fetch, Sky NZ & the ...
Read more →Congratulations to Kevn Griffiths and Lesley Brooker, who on Friday 9 November received awards for their extensive and invaluable service to natural history. Member for Kalamunda Matthew Hughes MLA and Kevn Griffiths. Photo: Rob Sandri Kevn Griffiths, co-founder of the Darling Range Branch (DRB Nats), is a fungus leader and ...
Read more →Waychinicup Granite and Kingias¦Photo: JoHn On the first day at Cheyne’s we went for a stroll, along the road, towards Tourist Rocks, often stopping, as we spied many interesting plants including Baxter’s Banksia (Banksia baxteri) just finishing flowering and Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea) commencing, showing their brilliant scarlet blooms. The ...
Read more →Young Naturalists, All Branches We were very fortunate to have Daniel Boase-Jelinek, the Convenor of the Friends of Shenton Bushland, to take adult members and Young Nats through this area on Sunday, May 20. This bushland is a Protected Class A Conservation Reserve and was first listed 25 years ago, ...
Read more →CONTENTS NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT MAIN CLUB FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT VALE STAN TELFORD NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT SAVING AND SAVOURING THE HELENA AND AURORA RANGE Our speaker for February was ...
Read more →MARCH 2018 CONTENTS RENEWING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MAIN CLUB MEETING REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH MEETING REPORT NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH MENTORING GROUP KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH EXCURSION REPORT BOOK REVIEWS UNUSUAL ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA SURVEY YUNDERUP RECORDS FOUND! VALE ROB WALLER YOUNG NATURALISTS PROGRAM 2018 BUSSELTON NATURALISTS CLUB 2018 ...
Read more →Anne Bellman is the recipient of the 2017 Western Australian Wildflower Society Award. This award is awarded to a person who has advanced the aims of the Society, promoting the value of our natural bushland. Anne has been a member of the WA Naturalist’s Club for 14 years at the ...
Read more →The recent Queens Birthday Honours list included two Club members: Penny Hussey and Kim Sarti. We offer them both our congratulations. Details as follows: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia Ms Bridgit Mary Hussey For significant service to conservation and land management practices in Western ...
Read more →At Teschen, J Keeble. On Monday, May 8, those of us who arrived at Collie early enough drove to Honeymoon Pool in the afternoon. It lived up to its romantic name with large round stones and floating ducks in the still water, framed by trailing WA Peppermints. There were many ...
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