At our AGM for 2017, Honorary Life Memberships were presented to Roz Hart, Rob and Maureen Skeet and also Mike Gregson, in recognition of their great service to the organisation. Mike Gregson stepped down from the Council and from his role as Young Nats coordinator. Joan Sharpe joined the Council ...
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VASCULAR PLANTS Plant Species list from excursion to Neaves Road Asteraceae * Hypochaeris glabra Dasypogonaceae Dasypogon brommeliifolious Fabaceae Aotus cordifolia Gastrolobium ebracteolatum Jacksonia furcellata Droseraceae Drosera macrantha Drosera pulchella Thelypteridaceae Cyclosorus interruptus * Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus todtiana Eucalyptus rudis Melaleuca preissiana Astartea fascicularis Kunzea glabrescens Taxandria linearifolia Dilleniaceae Hibbertia perfoliata Proteaceae ...
Read more →It was a long drive from Perth and we arrived at the Coalmine Beach Caravan Park in the early afternoon of Monday April 4th. Those who had arrived earlier were off on a drive around the nearby Knoll, so we followed. At the beach car park we saw a Western ...
Read more →Places are now closed on the ANN as well as the pre and post-ANN excursions. Go to page link ANN 2016 Excursions for further information.
Read more →Expressions of Interest Required The club is proposing to conduct a six day excursion to the Abrolhos Islands in late September 2016 as one of the pre ANN2016 Get-together excursions. The number of participants will be limited to 30. Priority will be given to people who register for the Get-together. ...
Read more →The Serventy Memorial Lecture is held every year by the WA Naturalists’ Club in honour of the outstanding contribution made by the Serventy family to Natural History in Australia and to our Club. The aim of the Serventy Memorial fund is to encourage young people to study natural history. Before ...
Read more →Darwin Day, the birthday anniversary of Charles Darwin, is celebrated around the world on or around the 12th of February. The WA Naturalists’ Club has decided to begin our own tradition of celebrating Darwin Day and this year naturalists of all ages met, to learn a little about Darwin’s life, about evolution and ...
Read more →In October 2012, the Australian Naturalists’ Network (ANN) was held in Canberra – the seventh time since the first gathering in Alice Springs in 2000. 61 naturalists came from Chinchilla to Launceston, from King Island to Sale, Timboon to Geelong and including 14 from WANats, some of whom have attended ...
Read more →Searching for fungi near log at Nanga Bushcamp Twenty one Naturalists converged on the area on Friday 15 June. The weather had been fairly wet for the previous week. Our journey down to Nanga through a swathe of toppled branches and damaged forest trees showed us just how severe the previous ...
Read more →Fungi group is organising a Fungi weekend at Dwellingup -15-17 June 2012 at Nanga Bushcamp. Neale Bougher and the Fungi leaders from the Perth Urban Bushland fungi project will be conducting a Fungi weekend at Nanga bushcamp near Dwellingup. Activities will include morning forays searching for fungi in the area ...
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