Main Club May 2017 Our speaker for May, Julianne Waldock, is a technical officer at the WA Museum, working with spiders and myriapods (centipedes, millipedes etc.). The majority of her research has been on spider taxonomy, as well as some centipede taxonomy. Julianne began with four uncommon and unusual spiders ...
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Main Club MARCH Meeting Report The speaker at the March meeting was Dr Jane Chambers, Academic Chair for Environmental Science and Environmental Management and Sustainability at Murdoch University. With over 30 years of experience in wetland research, management and restoration in WA and internationally, Jane has also served as Deputy ...
Read more →APRIL Meeting 2017 Dr Ben Miller, fire ecologist and Director of Science at Kings Park, has worked in areas such as fire ecology, restoration ecology, rare plant conservation and ecosystem management. Ben’s talk looked into the role that fire ecology plays in the management of bushland in Kings Park. Most ...
Read more →All details for this event are now in the calendar. Click on the following link. Fungi Survey at Cypress Farm
Read more →This year we will be camping at the Collie River Tourist Park. Proposed activities include walking on parts of the Bibbulmun Track and spending a day on a property which our president Mandy is very familiar with. We will gather for pre-dinner drinks and nibbles in the evenings at the ...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →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. ...
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