Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 February 2025 The February excursion was to Penguin Island. It was a pleasant morning, and twelve people took the ferry ride to Penguin Island. We found some construction work going on there, including decking around the picnic area and a few new seats. KRMB Committee ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 17 February 2025 A good turnout of members attended the February general meeting with a Members’ night theme. There were three presenters and new member Wayne Rigoll was the first up. He shared macro images of a fly, an Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, a Mantis, a Feather-horned ...

KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH, 24 November 2024 The November field excursion was to Yeedong Nature Reserve in Falcon, Mandurah, and we had a good group of members attend on a nice, fine morning. Yeedong Nature Reserve is a coastal reserve in the dunes close to the beach. It was a new location ...

The KRMB 2024 AGM was held on Monday, 18th November 2024. Chair Colin Prickett opened the meeting, listed apologies, and read the minutes of the 2023 AGM. Treasurer Norm Aitken then reported the financial details for the year. Colin then gave a brief rundown of the branch activities for the ...

Kwinana Rockingham Branch, 27 October 2024 For our October excursion, we visited Sullivan Rock. Fifteen (15) people attended on that beautiful morning. After signing in, we made our way from the carpark, crossing the road to get onto the large granite outcrop that is Sullivan Rock. Our first impressions were ...

Kwinana Rockingam Mandurah Branch, 21 October 2024 At the October meeting, Daniel Heald and Chris Punter presented images of sightings from recent months. First up was Daniel, who showed a selection of photos from the many posts he made to iNaturalist during the Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) 2024. The GSB ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 21- 23 September 2024 The September excursion was a long weekend visit to the Wongan Hills area to explore several local nature reserves. The visit coincided with the Great Southern Bioblitz 2024, which provided an opportunity to record the biodiversity of the Wongan Hills Region in ...

KRM Branch, 16 September 2024 Jolanda Keeble was the guest speaker for the September general meeting on the biodiversity of Wongan Hills. This presentation was timely, given the KRMB excursion to Wongan Hills scheduled for the following weekend. Jolanda started her talk with a summary of the history of Wongan ...

A total of nine members plus three visitors attended the excursion at Goodale Sanctuary where our hosts Bob and Lynette Goodale greeted us. We arrived under grey skies, but the clouds would soon break up and deliver fine conditions. As we signed in, we were treated to the distinctive call ...

– The August meeting saw a good turnout of a mix between members and visitors. The theme for the meeting was a members’ night and featured presentations by Daniel Heald and Colin Prickett. First up was Daniel, who delivered a presentation on the Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB). The 2024 GSB ...