21 February 2021 The first KRMB outing for the year was to Point Peron, Rockingham. A small group of nine attendees gathered at the car park on a beautiful morning. We commenced our walk along the track on the northern side of the reserve with views out to Garden Island. ...

– Daniel Heald 15 February 2021 Falling on the day after Valentine’s Day, it was apt that KRMB’s first meeting of the year should have a presentation on Insect Courtship and Reproductive Biology delivered by Daniel Heald. Daniel’s PowerPoint presentation outlined the intricacies of both courtship and reproduction in the ...

December 2020 It was good to have a total of 18 members attend the KRMB Xmas BBQ at Naragebup. It was especially pleasing to get together with some members that we do not see very often, as they are no longer able to participate actively in KRMB Meetings or outings. ...

6 December 2020 Our annual outing to Penguin Island during December, peak nesting season for Crested and Bridled Terns, has become a tradition. However, on this occasion, only a small group of five attendees met at the kiosk to get tickets for the first ferry over to the island. We ...

22 NOVEMBER 2020 Our November field trip was to Hamel Eco-Park, a small reserve near Waroona, which attracted an excellent turnout of 19 attendees. Our guide for the day was Heather Adamson. Situated on Burney Road in Hamel, the Hamel Eco-Park was originally known as the Hamel Nursery. Between 1925 ...

KRM Branch 25 Oct 2020 A good turn out of 11 members attended the October field excursion to the Spectacles Nature Reserve, Kwinana. The Spectacles is a 360ha reserve that is part of the Beeliar Regional Park system. Consisting of Banksia woodland and a central wetland fringed with Freshwater Paperbarks ...

The theme for this meeting was a Members’ Night. The first presenter was a new member, Malcolm Roberts, who showed a slide show featuring some photographs of a trip to Karijini NP, on which he was a guide. The photographs highlighted the spectacular scenery to be found in the many ...

Presented at KRMB Meeting – 21 Sept 2020 The speaker for the September meeting was Colin Prickett who delivered a presentation on the results of the December 2019 Shorebird Count for the Peel-Yalgorup System (PYS) which forms Ramsar Site 482. The presentation was kindly provided by Sharon Meredith of the ...

AUGUST 2020 – KRMB FIELD TRIP The August field outing was to Bindoon and the Chittering Valley and our hosts for the weekend were Rosalie and Geoff Barritt who moved into a bush block at Bindoon about a year ago. Eight members made the trip up on the Saturday morning ...