KRMB GENERAL MEETING Unfortunately, during the week before the October meeting, the scheduled guest speaker advised us that he would be unable to attend. To fill the gap, Colin Prickett presented some photos. He started with a series of images taken at Lark Hill, which was to be the venue ...

KRMB October Excursion The outing to the Lark Hill Reserve, between Port Kennedy and Secret Harbour, was on October 21. The reserve is located in an area known as the Becher Plain, which has been formed through the accumulation of Holocene sediments over a period of around 7000 years. The ...

KRM Branch September Meeting The format for our September meeting was a Members’ night, which saw three presenters show photos. First up was Bob Goodale, who showed a series of his recent photos. The first were taken at Goodale Sanctuary and showed some of the orchids that have been in ...

a KRM Branch Excursion: September 2018 The September outing was to the Perth Zoo on a beautiful spring day. There were only four attendees due to many members being away on trips. The zoo was quite busy which was good to see, with the added attraction of the dinosaur exhibits proving ...

KRM Branch August Excursion The August 26 field trip was to the Don Shepherd Nature Reserve, a small reserve located on the corner of Baldivis Road and Karnup Road, Karnup in the City of Rockingham. The reserve is a mixed woodland, consisting of Banksia, Tuart, Jarrah and Casuarinas with an ...

KRM Branch August Meeting Report At our August meeting Colin Prickett presented a selection of photographs he had taken over the past few months. The presentation commenced with the KRMB visit to Dryandra Woodland in May this year and included photographs of marsupials at the Barna Mia sanctuary, bird life ...

July KRM Branch Report. The speaker for our July meeting was Bob Goodale, who presented a slideshow of flora and fauna encountered on a Coates Wildlife Tour of Costa Rica in late 2017. Bob commenced by explaining that he has had a long-time fascination with tropical birds. He showed us ...

KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH REPORT. The KRMB anniversary breakfast was well attended with 15 members meeting at the Rockingham Golf Club on July 22, a cool but otherwise fine morning. It was especially good to catch up with Anne and Otto Mueller again. A hearty breakfast was enjoyed together with a steady ...

On a very pleasant morning on June 24 a good turnout of nine members plus three visitors attended a Fungi Walk in Paganoni Reserve, the southern-most reserve in the chain that make up the Rockingham Lakes Regional Park. Good rains throughout June, including heavy falls during the preceding week, meant ...

‘small is beautiful’ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ The speaker for June was Otto Mueller. Otto’s presentation ‘Small is beautiful’ was broken into two sub-topics. He started with some photographs and a discussion on Water Striders (Gerridae sp.). As the name suggests, these are aquatic insects that are found on the surface of ponds, ...