August: KRM Branch The August 24-25 field excursion was to Goodale Sanctuary, where we were kindly hosted by Bob and Lynette Goodale. On the Saturday morning five members plus two guests turned up in fine weather, perfect for exploring this marvellous property to see what plants were in flower and ...

August KRM Branch meeting With spring just a couple of weeks away the topic for the August meeting was orchids, and the speaker was Colin Prickett. This topic was scheduled to provide extra motivation for audience members to get out and about in reserves throughout the South-west in search of ...

JULY 2019 KRMB Numbers were down for our July meeting with several members away. After the formal aspects of the meeting were completed, Colin Prickett presented a selection of photographs of recent sightings. The first group of images was taken on recent walks through the Don Shepherd Nature Reserve in ...

There were three presenters for the members’ night. First was Heather Adamson, who presented a series of photographs taken while crossing the Nullarbor that she entitled “Hope you like Saltbush”. The title was the response she received while mentioning that she was about to drive across to Adelaide. However, her ...

June KRM Branch Report Heavy rainfall during the preceding few days led to several members pulling out of this walk—and more overnight rain persuaded others to do the same, resulting in only three of us (Daniel Heald, Debbie James and myself) meeting at the car park off Albany Highway. The ...

The May 26 excursion to the Armadale Reptile Centre attracted a good turnout of 11 members and two visitors (the latter via the Meetup site) to attend on a pleasant, sunny morning. We made our way inside where we met one of the owners, Klaas Gaikhorst, who kindly took the ...

The speaker was member Desiree Heald, who presented photographs from a recent trip to Japan. Her trip was to the northern regions of Honshu, and she visited areas hardest hit by the earthquake and tsunami of 2011. The trip got off to a good start with a clear view of ...

Our April 28 outing was to the Alcoa Wellard Wetlands, near the intersection of Kwinana Freeway and Mundijong Road. A small group of seven members was boosted by the attendance of five visitors who had learned of the walk on Meetup; it was a beautiful autumn morning. The Wellard Wetlands ...

The topic was, in full: “Mobile Sand Dunes – Migration of Lime-sand Dunes on the Midwest Coast and their Impacts on the Infrastructure” and the speaker was Mike Freeman, a geologist with the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum. Mike provided details and results of a study into the migration ...

KRM Branch March Excursion Our March outing to Lake McLarty was a good follow-up to the presentation at our general meeting. A good turnout of 14 members and visitors met at the southern gate, which had kindly been opened by Bob Paterson (of the Friends of Lake McLarty) allowing us ...