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 ...

KRMBranch, 21 July 2024 The KRMB Anniversary breakfast event was again held at the Palm Beach Café on the Rockingham waterfront. A good turnout of 18 members attended and enjoyed the good quality meal choices and service available at the café. It was especially good to have Diana Hitchin (accompanied ...

KRM Branch, 15 July 2024 The July meeting saw a good turnout, a mix of members and visitors. The theme was a Members’ Night, and presentations by Daniel Heald and Colin Prickett were featured. First up was Daniel, who mentioned that while in New Zealand on holiday during the Christmas/New ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 June 2024 The June field excursion was to Paganoni Reserve, primarily focusing on Fungi. An excellent turnout of 34 members and guests met at the power line entrance as a fine drizzle started to fall, but it soon blew over, and the remainder of the ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch meeting, 17 June 2024 Daniel Heald was the speaker for our June meeting. He gave a presentation on fungi, discussing around 30 fungi to describe fungal diversity in the environment. Some estimates put the number of species of fungi in the 2.2 to 3.8 million range, ...