Amazingly it was quite a horrible day, with clouds, murky water and blustery conditions. But we still had a very profitable morning and it just became a summer beach sweep. We were very lucky again to have Dr Anne Brearley volunteer her time again, and she started the children off ...
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After the AGM, Anne Brearley gave us an interesting talk about Norfolk Island, which she visited in 2011. The tall pines planted at Cottesloe are our connection with this small Pacific island. The first Norfolk Island Pines in Cottesloe were probably the ones planted in John Street in 1917 by ...
Read more →The 2012 programme of events for the Main Club has now been published. Some dates and speakers have yet to be finalised. See what's on in 2012 …
Read more →DEC Volunteer of the Year 2011 was awarded to the specimen mounting team at the WA Herbarium. This team included 3 Western Australian Naturalists; Kate Creed, Patricia Gurry and Ruby Johnson. For part of the year the team had to work at Kings Park during the Herbarium shift their work ...
Read more →In 2010 former WA Naturalist Club councillor Cate Tauss found a new species of Ptilotus (Mulla Mulla). The new plant species has been unearthed in suburban Kenwick of all places. Western Australian Environment Minister Bill Marmion said the discovery was the most significant botanical find in the Perth metropolitan area ...
Read more →The November General Meeting of the Naturalists’ Club has endorsed the Council decision to increase the membership fees to the following: $90 for family membership $70 for single membership $40 for junior membership Our last increase was in 2005. This increase in fees matches the increase in the Reserve Bank ...
Read more →Karakamia Sanctuary is a 275ha piece of land, fenced off against cats and foxes, near Chidlow in the Jarrah forest east of Perth. It is owned and run by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. With the lack of predators, and the introduction of some native animals from elsewhere in the south-west, ...
Read more →Seventeen Naturalists settled themselves comfortably in two cottages at Governor’s Circle Kingstown on the Friday. We organized ourselves into a fairly relaxed program. We started each day with a bird walk and then a snorkeling session and mostly in the afternoon we had a botany walk which tended to double ...
Read more →Conditions were perfect for snorkelling – a sunny day with an easterly wind making the sea calm and clear. A good number of Young Nats and their families came along, as well as Main Club members. The only problem was that with so many people in the water, including other ...
Read more →On 4 September 2006, twenty members of the Naturalists’ Club boarded a boat in thick mist from the beach at Gantheume Point in Broome, for one of the most exciting destinations in Australia – the Kimberley Coast. The previous night over dinner at the Continental Hotel, members had a final ...
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