Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27–29 September 2025 The KRMB field excursion for September was a long weekend exploration of the Narrogin region. There were twelve members of the Nat’s Club and two visitors from Queensland, Glen and Judy Burns, who are members of the Chinchilla Field Nat’s. We all met ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22 September2025 The presentation for the September Meeting was on the Protozoa, and speaker Daniel Heald provided this summary report. Guest Speaker and member Daniel Heald discussed creatures quite a bit smaller (most of the time) than his usual insects, including their phenomenal diversity, intricate structure, ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22 June 2025 The KRMB field outing for June was to Sullivan Rock. After a wet week that lasted well into Saturday, it was great to see 13 members turn up for the walk on an overcast Sunday morning with some rain clouds threatening to provide ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 19 May 2025 KRMB member Daniel Heald was the speaker for the May general meeting. He delivered a talk on Insects and Medicine, as outlined in the following summary provided by Daniel. Insects in Medicine The use of insects as medical treatments goes back to before ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 25 May 2025 Initially planned for a walk at Lake Claremont, a late change saw us visit the Alcoa Wellard Wetlands instead due to advice that Lake Claremont was almost dry with few wetland birds present. A group of nine members attended the walk on an ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27 April 2025 Our April outing to Goegrup Lake was attended by 18 members and visitors on a beautiful morning. Two Nankeen Night Herons, settling into the canopy of the tree next to the car park after a night’s foraging, captured everyone’s’ attention as we signed ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 March 2025 Our March outing to Lake Mealup was well attended, and it was a beautiful morning. For many in our group, this was their first visit to the property owned and cared for by the Lake Mealup Preservation Society. Thankfully, Heather Adamson was available ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 17 March 2025 Sophie Xiang was the speaker for our March General Meeting. Her topic was Wildflower Photography using smartphones. Sophie has built up quite a following on social media for her wildflower photographs, and she is regularly asked to deliver workshops on the topic at ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 February 2025 The February excursion was to Penguin Island. It was a pleasant morning, and twelve people took the ferry ride to Penguin Island. We found some construction work going on there, including decking around the picnic area and a few new seats. KRMB Committee ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 17 February 2025 A good turnout of members attended the February general meeting with a Members’ night theme. There were three presenters and new member Wayne Rigoll was the first up. He shared macro images of a fly, an Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, a Mantis, a Feather-horned ...