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 ...

September 2019 KRM Branch We had a total of 10 participants for KRMB’s visit to the Dryandra Woodlands, which commenced on Friday 20th due to the cottages only being available on the Friday and Saturday nights. The weather forecast was for fine but cool days and cold nights. A group ...

Three members made presentations at the September meeting. First up was Chris Punter, who showed some photos that he’d taken during a recent trip to Broome. He had seen a nice variety of birdlife, including Great Bowerbird, Nankeen Kestrel, Grey-crowned Babbler, Singing Honeyeater, Brown Booby, Reef Heron, Barred Doves, Masked ...

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 ...