Northern Suburbs Branch, 28 September 2022 After the “Peregrination” excursion five days earlier, a much smaller group attended the Dinosaurs of Patagonia Exhibition at the WA Museum. This time we were left to wander on our own, watch the videos and read about the herbivores and carnivores from the Cretaceous, ...

Northern Suburbs Branch Golly Walk: 27th July 2022 If every school had adjacent bushland and dedicated teachers like Coolbinia Primary School, we probably wouldn’t have to be so concerned about finding our next generation of Nats members. School Ambassadors Hudson and Luke greeted the eight members who came along. They ...

Northern Suburbs Branch 22ndJune 2022 The chilly 8:00 am start the morning after the winter solstice did not stop eleven members and a WA Natural History Lovers visitor from joining Friends of Koondoola Bushland convenor, Jennie Villiers, and City of Wanneroo Conservation Officer, Sasha Poli, for a very interesting walk ...

Northern Suburbs Branch 15th June 2022 When our scheduled speaker for June was unavailable, we invited Jennie Villiers, Convenor- Friends of Koondoola Bushland, to speak to us about the history and biodiversity of Koondoola Regional Bushland. This proved to be a very fortunate choice as Jennie offered to take us ...

By the time we turned around at the Woodbridge boat ramp, seven kilometres upstream from Guilderton, we had passed probably the best stands of Tuart in the State, large expanses of Swamp Paperbark, a hillside of Allocasuarina sp., possibly cumulus and closer to the river, three species of banksia, B. menziesii, B. littoralis and B. attenuata.

In late 2016, Naturalists club member Wayne Merritt was one of 50 passengers on board Heritage Expedition's excursion to New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands and Australia's Macquarie Island.

GOLLY WALK: Northern Suburbs Branch 26th March 2022 The NSB followed up its talk on the Nearshore Environment by Angela Rossen with a Beachcombing and Snorkelling excursion at Iluka Beach on Saturday 26th March. The event was held in conjunction with the Friends of North Ocean Reef-Iluka Foreshore’s Beach and ...

Northern Suburbs Branch 16th March 2022 The theme for this year’s mini-series is All Things Marine. Out first speaker was Angela Rossen. Angela is an artist who works with scientists. The following institutions currently recognise her work: Honorary Research Associate School of the Biological Sciences UWA Adjunct Lecturer Oceans Institute ...

Northern Suburbs 16 Feb 2022 Stuart Halse, of Bennelongia Environmental Consultants, shared a very informative presentation that provided new insight into the habitat and diversity of subterranean fauna. From a historical perspective, Stuart pointed out that we often associated stygofauna with caves and speleologists who became pseudo-biologists. Today we know ...

Northern Suburbs Branch 22 Jan 2022 Despite it being the fifth day of over 40oC, twelve of our regular members turned up for our annual January BBQ and Social event. By the time we started around 5 pm, the temperature had dropped, and wafts of sea breeze occasionally found their ...