Club member Mish Mann found a few interesting creatures to share with us on Facebook. To see all the photos, go to the Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch – WA Naturalists’ Club new Facebook group. She writes: “The spider is from my backyard. Daniel Heald kindly did an ID and it’s ...

MARCH KRMBranch A small group of seven members met for our March 22 outing. Erskine Lakes, situated in the suburb of Erskine in the City of Mandurah, is a reasonably large area of green open space containing two freshwater lakes. Situated close to the Peel-Harvey Estuary, these lakes are used ...

MARCH GENERAL MEETING –KRM BRANCH The guest speaker for our March meeting was Dr Terry Houston, Research Associate in the Department of Terrestrial Zoology (Entomology) at the WA Museum. Terry started his presentation by saying that many of the classical characterisations of Australia’s native bees have been subject to disruption ...

KRMB Excursion February 2020 A group of 8 members met up on a beautiful morning for our first outing of the year. Arriving at the carpark on Arcadia Drive, Shoalwater, we looked out over the beautiful vista that is Shoalwater Marine Park with Shoalwater Beach beneath us and Penguin and ...

KRMB February 2020 The guest speaker for our February meeting was Alison Dixon who is involved in fauna relocation and rehabilitation. Rather than deliver a standard type presentation to the audience, Alison spread out a number of photographs and other exhibits to show the diverse nature of the work she ...

KRM Branch December Field Trip Report A group of 11 members and guests gathered on a beautiful morning to catch the first ferry from Mersey Point to Penguin Island for KRMB’s last field trip of 2019. Arriving at the Penguin Island jetty we got our first sighting of Bridled Terns. ...

KRM BRANCH November EXCURSION REPORT The November excursion was to AQWA at Hillarys Boat Harbour. We met up at the ticket kiosk at opening time to join a growing line of patrons making their way inside. Once inside we made our way through the exhibits, starting with the stunning Leafy ...

With our regular Chairperson away, Colin Prickett chaired the Annual General Meeting of KRMB. The minutes of the 2018 AGM were read and accepted as correct. Treasurer Rosalie Barritt then presented the financial report. With most members of the committee happy to sit for another year there was only one ...

For a different kind of excursion we booked a houseboat for a weekend to allow us to explore the Murray River and Peel Harvey Estuary. The weather forecast was for a sunny weekend as our group of 10 members arrived at the Ravenswood depot at 9.00am on Saturday October 26 ...

KRMB October Meeting Rockingham Regional Environmental Centre (Naragebup) has recently regained accreditation as a Marine Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre with October’s presenter Pauline Whitehead and a band of volunteers on hand to provide aid to any young turtles washed ashore on local beaches. Her talk provided details of the ...