NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH JULY MEETING REPORT. The term “snake charmer” took on a new meaning when long-time Club member, Gane Doyle Jnr. entertained his audience with stories and slithering exhibits at our July meeting. Gane and his father, Gane Snr. have had a long association with the Club and were ...

Northen Suburbs Branch, July 2018 It was very pleasing to have four new faces on our walk, including two who saw the event on Meetup. Due to the possibility of a storm in the late morning/early afternoon we adjusted the walk to include an option of a one-way, downhill excursion ...

GOLLY! The Baigup Wetlands lived up to its name midway through our planned walk! The forecast of up to 30mm of rain deterred most of our regulars but first-time walkers, Terri and Kim Richardson, joined Alex Saar and myself as we started our expedition in fine weather. I was surprised ...

Kit Prendergast’s great talk underlined the evolution of the bee and the mutual relationship (win-win) that drove the diversification of the most successful plant group (Angiosperms: flowering plants) over the past 125 million years. Kit is a PhD student at Curtin University where her study involves looking at European Honeybee ...

Northern Suburbs Branch Lake Goollelal is the southernmost water body of a chain of lakes and swamps that make up the wetlands in the Yellagonga Regional Park. It is surrounded by remnants of fringing paperbark woodland, Jarrah-Marri-Banksia open woodland and scattered Tuart. The lake, although shallow by world standards, is ...

Northern Suburbs Branch As most of us are aware, animal and plant biodiversity and the associated ecological processes underpin the health of our environment and therefore its ability to support human needs. Species diversity is changing globally and locally, but the complexity of ecological communities hampers a general understanding of ...

Northern Suburbs Branch Due to health issues it had been eight months since Brice Wells (OAM) had made a presentation but from the beginning it was obvious he had not lost his passion for birds, nor lost his communication skills. Brice opened with his only slide containing words: “On the ...

Northern Suburbs Branch Dr Mark Brundrett asked to delay his presentation until March so that he could utilise material from a very recent paper he co-authored entitled, Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity1. Mark split his presentation into four parts, commencing with an overview of Australia’s ...

Five members and a visitor who had travelled all the way from Beaconsfield spent the morning exploring the beach and cliffs north of Trigg Island. Unfortunately, by the time we returned from this foray the wind had swung to the southwest. So despite the shelter of the island the sea ...