Please note that the program is subject to alteration at short notice. This webpage will be updated as changes occur, notification will be sent by email and details given at the general meeting. Please contact the Program Co-ordinator if you have any questions about the details provided and to confirm/notify of attendance.
DATE |
|
DETAILS |
January Thursday 16
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
January Wednesday 22 |
Community Volunteering |
Tamar NRM Ragwort Raid at Nunamara, meet at Nunamara Hall at 9am |
February
Tuesday 4
|
General Meeting |
Member presentations ~ Bio Blitz results
Supper - Tina McGlynn |
February
Thursday 6
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Carr Villa Flora Reserve - meet at Opossum Road entrance |
February
Saturday 8 |
Field Trip |
Survey of Inter-tidal Zone at Low Head. Meet at 1.30 to walk out with the tide, at the East Beach carpark. |
February Thursday 27
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
March
Sunday 2 |
Community Volunteering |
Invitation to members to join Litter Free Launnie, in a Clean-up Australia Day event at Newnham Creek from 1.30-3.30pm. Contact Karen Manning for further details. |
March
Tuesday 4 |
General Meeting |
Guest Speaker - Entomologist Justin Cappadonna will speak to members about
The Impact of insects on agriculture
Supper - Karen Manning |
March
Thursday 6
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Tamar Island Wetlands |
March
Saturday 8 |
Community Volunteering |
Invitation to members to join Litter Free Launnie, in a Clean-up Australia Day event at Kings Meadows Rivulet from 10 -12 noon. Contact Karen Manning for further details. |
March
Saturday 8 |
Community Event Westbury |
Invitation to members to attend talks on the Fascinating insights into Eastern Barred Bandicoot behaviour by PhD candidate Joanna Lyall and Creating bandicoot friendly gardens by Steve Izzard. See poster |
March Thursday 20
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
March
Sunday 30
|
Field Trip |
Leader - Dr Ian Thomas - Visiting locations along the Tamar/Kanamaluka Valley of geological, ecological and historical interest. Further details |
April
Tuesday 1 |
General Meeting |
Guest Speaker - Arachnologist John Douglas - Spiders
Supper - Andrew Smith |
April
Thursday 3 |
Monthly Short Walk |
Perth Riverbank Walk to Old Punt Road, meet at corner of William and Frederick Streets |
April Sat 12 & Sun 13
|
Skemps Weekend |
Wood splitting and moving to stack in woodsheds |
April
Thursday 24
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
April
Sat 26/Sun27 |
Skemps Day |
Macroinvertebrate monitoring on Skemps Creek, gate open at 10am |
May
Tuesday 6 |
General Meeting |
John Skemp Memorial Lecture
Guest Speaker - Biologist Dr Lisa Gershwin - Bioluminescence in nature
Supper - Lynne Mockridge
|
May
Thursday 8
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Lilydale Falls |
May
Thursday 22
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
May
Saturday 31 |
Skemps Day |
Fungi hunt on the property |
June
Tuesday 3 |
General Meeting |
Guest Speaker -
Supper - Daphne Longman
|
June
Thursday 5
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Hollybank Forest Reserve |
June
Thursday 26
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
June
Saturday 28 |
Skemps Day |
Ferns and Bryophytes, gate open at 9.30am |
July
Tuesday 1 |
General Meeting |
No meeting this month, activity to be advised |
July
Thursday 3
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Punchbowl and Queechy Lake |
July
Thursday 24
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
July
Sunday 27 |
Skemps Day |
National Tree Day |
August
Tuesday 5 |
General Meeting |
No meeting this month, activity to be advised |
August Thursday 7 |
Monthly Short Walk |
TBA |
August
Thursday 21
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
August Saturday 31 |
Skemps Day |
Track clearing on the property |
September
Tuesday 2 |
General Meeting |
Guest Speaker -
Supper -
Meeting in the Don Wing Lecture Theatre |
September
Thursday 4
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Holwell Gorge |
September
Thursday 25
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
September
Sat27/Sun28
|
Skemps Day |
Walk and talk, exploring the property |
October
Tuesday 7 |
Annual General Meeting |
Election of Office Bearers, followed by General Meeting
Supper - Sarah Katarzynski
|
October
Thursday 9 |
Monthly Short Walk |
North Esk Reserve at Hoblers Bridge
|
October
Thursday 23
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
October Sat25/Sun26
|
Field Trip |
Macro-invertebrate monitoring on Skemps Creek |
November
Tuesday 4 |
General Meeting |
Member Speaker -
Supper -
|
November
Thursday 6
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Notley Fern Gorge |
November
TBA
|
Field Trip |
TBA |
November Thursday 20 |
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
November Saturday 22
|
Skemps Day |
Spring clean at Skemps |
December
Tuesday 2 |
General Meeting |
Members night presentations
Supper - please bring a small plate of food to share |
December
Thursday 4 |
Monthly Short Walk |
Windsor Garden Precinct |
December
Sunday 7 |
Skemps Day |
Members Christmas Get-together, walk and talk day. Bring lunch and a small plate of food to share at afternoon tea, hot drinks available |