The Western Australian Naturalists' Club Main Club

Details of each year's program is published in early February. Monthly meetings are held at The Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre, Clifton Street, UWA Extension, Nedlands on the first Friday of each month unless this precedes a long weekend when it is deferred to the second Friday. Meetings commence at 7.30 pm. If you have Adobe Acrobat, the lecture theatre is located near the centre of the map provided on the UWA web page: http://maps.uwa.edu.au/crawley/display/5. There is adequate car parking off Clifton and Gordon Streets. Meetings usually take the form of an illustrated talk on some aspect of natural history. The talk is usually presented by an enthusiast in a particular field and is pitched at a level which will be understood by a non-specialist audience. The talk is usually followed by a 'Focus' segment where a particular habitat, plant or animal is introduced. Members are encouraged to bring along natural history specimens and other items of interest for discussion. These can usually be viewed after the close of the meeting when there is time to socialise with other members. Workshops on nature subjects are held about twice a year and these are open to non-members. Excursions are held once or twice a month and may be for half or whole day at the weekend, or half a day mid week with longer camping excursions further afield on long weekends. A long range  excursion of about 8 to 12 days is organised each year, usually to a remote part of W.A. Each year a notable speaker is invited to present the Serventy Memorial  Lecture, honouring the Serventy family of prominent conservationists. Other special meetings may be arranged with important guest speakers.  An entrance fee is charged for these special meetings. CONTACT INFORMATION Postal: PO Box 8257, PERTH BUSINESS CENTRE WA 6849 Email: wanats@iinet.net.au Office and Library  (limited opening hours): First floor, 82 Beaufort Street, Perth. (opposite the WA Museum). Office phone: (08) 9228 2495 (if unattended, please leave a message).

PROGRAMME 2008

Visitors are welcome at any meeting or excursion. Final dates, speakers and leaders have yet to be finalised for many of these events. Details will be published in the monthly newsletter and on our website. www.wanats.iinet.com

PROGRAMME YEAR 2008 (For latest details check Coming Events)
February 1	Meeting	Environmental Weeds Speakers: Penny Hussey
March 7	Meeting	Banded Ironstone Flora Speaker: Rachael Meissner
March 21-24	Easter Excursion	Rottnest
March 21-24	Easter Excursion	Ennuin Station
April 4	Meeting	Rise and fall of the Woylie Speaker: Adrian Wayne
April 19	Excursion	Ernest Hodgkin's steps up the river (bus)
May 2	Meeting	Fungi Speaker: TBA
May 19	Workshop	Using digital photography
28 May - 4 June	Excursion	Cheyne's Beach
31 May - 2 June	Excursion	Fungi
June 6	Meeting	Underwater Photography Speaker: Ann Storrie
July 6	Meeting	Wetland Invertebrates Speaker: TBA
July 27	Excursion	Beach Sweep
August 1	Meeting	Frogwatch Speakers: Paul Doughty
August 26-September 4	LRX	Bus to Kennedy Ranges & Mt Augustus
September 5	Meeting	Banksias and Dryandras Speakers: Kevin Thiele
September 22-October 2	LRX	4WD only along Holland track, Hyden
September 6-7	Excursion	BioBlitz
September 27-29	Excursion	TBA
October 3	Meeting	Geology/Paleontology Speaker: Jenny Bevan
November 7	Meeting	Insectivorous Plants Speaker: Neville Marchant
November 15	Workshop	Una Bell on Native Grasses
November 22-23	Excursion	Gravity Centre
December 5	Meeting	Christmas Barbecue
December TBA	Excursion	Kings Park
TBA	Workshop	Brett Glossop on Nature Map
TBA	Serventy Memorial Lecture	Martin Copley (Australian Wildlife Conservancy)