Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 20 March 2023 Eleven members attended this meeting to hear the speaker, KRMB member, Daniel Heald, deliver a slide presentation entitled Ant-Plant Relationships, Myrmecophytes, Myrmechochory, Mutualisms and Modifications. While many see ants as pests, Daniel explained that many plant species had developed beneficial relationships with ants. ...

20 February 2023 Ten members attended our first meeting for 2023. The speaker was KRMB member Desiree Heald, who presented photographs of flora and fauna taken during a recent trip to New Zealand over Christmas in the mid-January period, during which she visited a number of regions. Her photos showed ...

26 February 2023 The February field outing was to Point Peron, on the coast of Rockingham. Point Peron is a reserve that forms part of the Rockingham Lakes Regional Park, and its coastline is within the Shoalwater Marine Park. Nine members met at the car park on a warm, sunny ...

KRM Branch 21 November 2022 A total of 11 members attended the KRMB AGM. Our Chairperson, Chris Punter, opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. He then read the minutes of the 2021 AGM and then gave a summary of the branch’s activities for 2022. The Treasurer, Norman Aitken, then presented ...

KRM Branch, 27 November 2022 The November outing was to Lake Claremont, where Nick Cook from the Friends of Lake Claremont group joined our group of 10 attendees for a walk around the lake. It was great to have Nick along as we learned about the restoration projects undertaken by ...

KRM Branch 23 October 2022 Only a small group of seven members met at the ticket kiosk for our trip over to Penguin Island, with the grey overcast sky and the threat of showers possibly keeping others away. KRMB traditionally schedules a visit to Penguin Island each year in early ...

KRM Branch 17 October 2022 The October General Meeting saw guest speaker Tammy Goad, who stepped in when the scheduled speaker was called away to do a survey and deliver a PowerPoint presentation on Reptiles. Tammy works within the Native Species Breeding Program as part of the Perth Zoo Science ...

The September General Meeting was a Members’ Night attended by a dozen members. There were two presenters on the night. Chris Punter was first up and shared images from a recent trip to Exmouth. Photographs of various aspects of the landscape around Exmouth helped set the scene nicely for what ...

KRM Branch, 24 – 26 September 2022 Ten members participated in the 2022 September long weekend to Boshack Outback Camp, an Eco-friendly resort east of Bolgart, which was our base for the weekend’s activities. The host and assistants were all extremely friendly and helpful. On the first morning, we were ...

KRM Branch 21st August 2022 KRMB branch’s field outing for August was to Oakley Dam at Marrinup on the Darling Scarp above Alcoa’s Pinjarra Alumina Refinery. The dam was established to provide water for steam trains but is no longer used for that purpose. Surrounded by Jarrah Forest, the dam ...