The NSB conducted its Annual General Meeting in place of a speaker for the last meeting of the year and then held a digital photo competition. Chairperson, Don Poynton reported: Attendance at meetings had fluctuated throughout the year between 13 and 27 with an aggregate of 235 compared with 302 ...

For most participants it was a first-time visit, for a few a return visit and for one, his second home! Seventeen members had the privilege of being conducted by Dr Lisa Kirkendale, Curator (Mollusca), on a guided tour through the wet and dry storage areas, laboratories and the Preparators’ workshop ...

Our speaker—club member Kirsten Tullis—commenced work at the WA Museum as a volunteer preparing bird specimens in 1981. Today, as the Museum’s Senior Preparator (Exhibition and Design Department), her job embraces not only taxidermy, but moulding, casting and biological model-making as well as assisting with the preparation and installation of ...

Shepherds Bush Reserve is a 16.5ha Bush Forever heritage reserve in Kingsley, which the City of Joondalup has recently upgraded with new paths and signage. We were fortunate to have the co-ordinator of the recently formed Friends of Shepherds Bush, Elizabeth Griffin, lead 12 members, three visitors and three children ...

Bec Wellard listening to orcas – music to her ears! No write-up can capture the exuberance of the multi-media presentation given by Project ORCA (Orca Research & Conservation Australia) member and Curtin PhD candidate, Bec Wellard. Her talk on Killer Whales (Orcinus orca), originally known as whale killers apparently, was ...

Our August excursion was planned around the monthly activity day of the Friends of Brixton Street Wetlands (FBSW). This enabled Nats members to meet people who are very familiar with the wetlands and for some of us to lend a hand in its maintenance before our walk. After morning tea ...

Highly respected club member Jolanda Keeble gained plenty of experience while writing theses for her three degrees but as we learnt, researching, writing and publishing a book provided many new and different challenges. Jolanda admitted she was hooked on the flora of the northern Kwongan area from her first field ...

Our speaker, Bob Dixon (ex-BGPA), chose a clever but very apt title for his talk. As Bob remarked, ‘Prescribed burning is a contentious issue, you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t.’ He also commented that ‘…the general public have no idea what effect burning has on ...

The Branch Chairperson filled in for a missing speaker by showing members how microfossils can be used to determine: The age of a rock Where it came from If it could produce oil and gas, and most importantly Has it produced oil or gas? Microfossils are the remains of microscopic ...