The September field trip was a return to “Wandoo Ridge”, a 450acre bush block owned by Dave Daniels and Libby Burgess. Libby and young son Andrew were our hosts as Dave was working away and unfortunately unable to join us. A total of 5 members made the trip. Driving west ...

Numbers for the Kwinana / Rockingham / Mandurah Branch September meeting were down due to many members being away on holidays. For those of us at the meeting Andrew Motherwell came prepared with a large number of plant specimens from his garden and nearby dunes (Andrew’s home is near Warnbro beach ...

  As is the tradition at this time of year, KRMB members held our annual get together to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the branch. This year we met for breakfast at the Bodrum Bay Café in Safety Bay. A total of fourteen of us enjoyed a very ...

The format of the July meeting was a Members’ night. The first presenter was Colin Prickett and his theme was Fungi. Colin told the meeting that just because it is winter we should not put our cameras and macro lenses into hibernation, as there are lots of wonderful fungi to ...

.. The venue for the June field trip was Goodale Sanctuary. This was a combined trip with the Main Branch and so this report will not go into detail. However, there were a few points worth mentioning. Although June had been a bit dry up until this particular weekend, and ...

Our speaker for the June meeting was Bob Goodale who delivered a presentation on Goodale Sanctuary. Bob spoke on the same topic to the Main Branch in May and it was written up in the June newsletter. Consequently this report will not go into detail. Most of the audience was ...

Gooralong Park in Jarrahdale.  Four KRMB members made the trip to Jarrahdale for a walk in Gooralong Park. On a very pleasant morning we parked the car and set out through Jarrah Forest towards an area that had previously been open for camping. The camp facilities have now been closed ...

  KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH The format for the May general meeting was a Members’ Night. The first presentation was by Rosalie and Geoff Barritt who showed a series of photographs taken on their recent trip to China. The photos featured many of the better-known landmarks, such as the Great Wall, the ...