A very good turn out of 16 members attended our first field trip of 2015 which took in both beach and nature reserve at Woodman Point. While waiting for others to arrive I was pleased to see a Quenda cross the road and disappear into the dune vegetation near ...
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The February meeting was a Members’ night. Colin Prickett showed some photographs taken during spring and summer. Some of the photographs were taken at Goodale Sanctuary in early spring and showed Moaning Frogs, Huntsman Spiders, Quenda and Brush-tailed Possums spotted during the evening of a KRMB camp out. There ...
Read more →The December field trip was to Penguin Island. A good turn out of ten members caught the early ferry across to Penguin Island. We were keen to learn if the island’s resident fauna had bounced back after the serious decline that was evident at this time in 2013 due ...
Read more →The November meeting was also the occasion of the Annual General Meeting. Acting Chairperson Colin Prickett gave a brief summary of the events for the year, recalling the many enjoyable field trips. There was no election of office bearers; the committee for 2015 will be the same as for 2014. ...
Read more →The October KRMB excursion was to the Spectacles Nature Reserve. Despite the weather forecast being unfavourable, a total of 10 members turned out for our walk through the Spectacles Nature Reserve. As we set off the sky was overcast and it soon turned to rain with a few heavy showers. ...
Read more →The October KRMB general meeting was a members’ night. First up was a presentation from Colin Prickett and Chris Punter who shared photographs from a trip they made in mid September that took them along the Holland Track from Hyden to Coolgardie, then up to Cue and Walga Rock before ...
Read more →The nature of this event was that members dropped in at various times through the weekend so there was no coordinated activity. By the time this writer arrived mid way through Saturday afternoon the weather conditions were light rain and gusty wind. Nevertheless, we went for a walk to see ...
Read more →The September meeting was a Members’ night and featured photographic presentations by Colin Prickett and Daniel Heald. The first presentation was from Colin Prickett who showed a number of photographs taken during the recent KRMB outing to Sullivan Rock together with photographs of orchids, fungi and hairy caterpillars found in ...
Read more →The KRMB anniversary breakfast was held at the Rockingham Golf Club. Numbers were a bit down on recent years due to several members being away on vacation. We were delighted to be joined by foundation members Ann and Otto Mueller plus Peter Wilmott and ?? It was good to catch ...
Read more →The August outing was to Sullivan Rock, which is located south east of Jarrahdale in the Monadnocks National Park. Six members plus one visitor met at the picnic area on a beautiful winter morning and made our way across the Albany Highway to commence the walk up Sullivan Rock, one ...
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