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 ...
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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 ...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →Our GOLLY Walk was planned as a follow up to Bob Dixon’s talk on bushland regeneration after fire and proved Bob knows his stuff. Twelve Nats members and three visitors were guided by members of the Friends of Warwick Bushland (FOWB) around the southwestern part of the reserve before returning ...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →The GOLLY Walk on June 28th was our first in the Star Swamp Bushland, despite our monthly meeting place (the Henderson Environment Centre) being located at its entrance. Star Swamp Bushland is a 96 hectare Class-A reserve comprising four hectares of semi-permanent freshwater lake with paperbark trees and 92 hectares ...
Read more →The recent Queens Birthday Honours list included two Club members: Penny Hussey and Kim Sarti. We offer them both our congratulations. Details as follows: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia Ms Bridgit Mary Hussey For significant service to conservation and land management practices in Western ...
Read more →NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH EXCURSION REPORT GOLLY WALK: I remember visiting the Channel 7 studios for Telethon thirty years ago. How the site has changed! Today the site is being developed as a new housing estate but fortunately, like our GOLLY walkers in May, the residents will be able to explore ...
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