KRM Branch, 24TH July 2022 As is the tradition, KRMB members got together for a breakfast gathering to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of KRMB. The venue was the Palm Beach Café on the Rockingham foreshore looking out onto Cockburn Sound and Garden Island, and we were treated to ...

26 June 2022 For our field outing to Goodale Sanctuary, a great turnout of 14 joined our hosts, Bob and Lynnette Goodale, on a beautiful winter morning.  Goodale Sanctuary is a private conservation property of roughly 100 acres adjacent to Nine Mile Nature Reserve in West Coolup, southwest of Pinjarra. ...

20TH June 2022 The guest speaker for the June meeting was Jake Cherry, and his presentation was entitled Naragebup and the Intertidal Communities of Point Peron. Jake is a marine biologist who recently volunteered at Naragebup, the Rockingham Regional Environmental Centre. Jake started his presentation with a description of the ...

Kwinana, Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22nd May 2022 A group of eight members attended our Field Outing at the Alcoa Wellard Wetlands. The weather gods were kind to us, providing a pleasant morning and holding off on the rainfall until later in the afternoon. The Wellard Wetlands are a series of ...

A report on three presentations by Ailsa, Daniel and Colin at the KRM Branch meeting in May.

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27 March 2022 Ten members attended our Lake Richmond walk on a grey, windy morning. We commenced the walk near Lake St and Safety Bay Road intersection, walking around the Anne Mueller walk track. Even before we left the lawn area to get on the walking ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 21st March 2022 Our guest speaker for the March meeting was Paul Irvine, who delivered a presentation entitled ‘All the small things – Arachnids and Insects of the local Kwinana, Rockingham, Mandurah and Peel area’. Paul has lived in the Rockingham area for 45 years and ...

KRMB 20 February 2022 We had a fine morning for our outing to Woodman Point, and we welcomed Joan and Rob Sharpe, who joined the small group of KRMB members for our first outing of the year. We made our way along the beach from the car park towards the ...

KRMB 21 February 2022 Our first meeting for 2022 featured a presentation entitled ‘Kleptoparasites’ by KRMB member Daniel Heald. Kleptoparasites are animals that steal food or prey from another animal, thereby saving themselves the effort of finding or capturing the food or prey item. Daniel opened his presentation with examples ...

KRM Branch Excursion 5 Dec 2021 A small group met at the ticket kiosk for our outing at Penguin Island on a fine, warm morning. The first ferry of the day was only about two thirds full which seemed down on previous occasions that we have caught it. Once on ...