The Northern Suburbs Branch held its AGM on the 18th December. Prior to the AGM Don Poynton (Branch Chairperson) donned a Santa Claus hat and conducted a short quiz based on the scientific or common names of WA flora and fauna that were in some way related to Christmas. The ...

October GOLLY Walk ‘Two for the price of one’ Due to a ‘senior’s moment’ I planned our Golly Walk in Thaxter Park, Landsdale a month too early! Consequently, the mass showing of Christmas Morrison (Verticordia nitens) was nowhere to be seen. Nevertheless, our short walk through the park did reveal ...

October NSB Meeting Report Our October meeting gave members an opportunity to learn about three very different places that fellow members had recently visited for very different reasons. Cuba: Johanna Notley The lure of travelling to Cuba was set by a guest speaker Johanna had heard a couple of years ...

GOLLY, thirteen might be unlucky for some, but for the thirteen members and visitors who joined us at Allen Park Bushland, Swanbourne it was just the opposite. We were very fortunate to have passionate and skilful guides, Joan and Rob Sharpe, as our leaders. Both are long time members of ...

September 2019 Presenter Hazel Dempster has made an outstanding contribution to the knowledge of Australian plants, in a voluntary capacity during her membership of the Wildflower Society of WA for over 40 years. She is an Honorary Life Member of that Society. Hazel is also a voluntary associate consultant with ...

August Northern Suburbs Branch The unseasonably hot weather forecast did not stop a very pleasing turnout of 16 members and visitors (at least three of whom had seen it on Meetup, including a recent arrival from Wales) from visiting Marangaroo Conservation Reserve—all of them I think for the first time. ...

August NSB Meeting In the past it would have been called science fiction, today it is referred to as cutting-edge research, tomorrow it will be the norm! This is possibly the best way of summarising the information delivered by our speaker, Dr Olly Berry, leader of CSIRO’s Environomics Future Science ...

JULY Semi-retired geologist Peter Alcock is fascinated by the influence of natural earth processes over long periods of time on landscapes, human history and behaviour. His presentation, illustrated with stunning photos and appropriate musical interludes (of “Rock” music of our youth) took us through a geological journey spanning 4500 Ma ...

June: NS Branch Meeting Report Although our speaker Dr Tony Start was introduced to mistletoes as a child in Kenya, it was his move to the Pilbara in WA as regional superintendent of national parks that rekindled his interest. Knowing the area was prone to wildfires and that mistletoes don’t ...