Advance Notice, 23-29 August The Club has been invited to visit the property of Bush Blocks Guardians in Westonia adjacent to Chiddarcooping Nature Reserve (western side) (https://bushblocksguardians.org.au/). There are a wide variety of landscapes: large granite outcrops and slabs with shallow gnammas, large tors and a very unique and extensive mini ...
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The Club’s goal is to support and engage in the study and conservation of the biodiversity of Western Australia and the wider natural environment. In the past, and still our main mode of operation is to write excursion reports and submit species lists with them for the Club’s archives. However, ...
Read more →Main Club, 2 May 2025 Tonight’s talk was by Dr Sue Graham-Taylor AM, a professional historian and researcher, and previously Curator of History and Sustainability at the WA Museum. She has curated exhibitions such as the Changes gallery at the WA Museum (Boola Bardip), that examines environmental changes in WA. ...
Read more →Main Club, 30 March 2025 It was a blustery morning after a hot spell in Perth. Overnight, we had around 3 mm of rain, but with a strong wind from the east, it was pleasant weather, although not good for bird watching or taking photos of plants or animals. The ...
Read more →Main Club, 4 April 2025 Peta Kelsey was our guest speaker. Peta has worked in the Antarctic and Fiji as a geophysicist. She has also worked at Curtin University and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) in WA, where she modelled groundwater, catchments and estuaries. On retirement, Peta ...
Read more →Main Club, 7 March 2025 Our speaker was Lauren Hawkins, a research scientist with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). Lauren’s speciality is ecoacoustics, which is the study of environmental sounds. It involves using these sounds to monitor ecosystem function and health, such as biodiversity, species distribution, fauna ...
Read more →Main Club, 7 February 2025 Our speaker was botanist Dr Mark Brundrett, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and a research associate at the WA Herbarium. He talked about the relationships between the shapes and colours of our wildflowers and the animals that pollinate them. This talk ...
Read more →Main Club, 15 February 2025 I arrived at Coogee Beach around 8 am to find so many activities going on, such as yoga on the lawn, running, and a group of divers getting ready for their underwater instruction. I got a nearby spot for my car and noticed a building ...
Read more →Main Club , 1 November 2024 Our speaker was Dr Sarah Comer, The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) Regional Ecologist for the South Coast Region. For over twenty years, Sarah has been involved in fire management, feral cat ecology, and feral predator control and has coordinated several threatened ...
Read more →Main Club, 4 October 2024 Greg Keighery was our speaker, a botanist and well-known Club member. Since 2003, Greg has been a Senior Principal Research Scientist with The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). He talked about the genus Verticordia, which means “turner of hearts” and refers to Venus ...
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