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BirdLife Western Australia - Walk - Thomsons Lake
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BirdLife Western Australia - Walk - Thomsons Lake
Thomsons Lake, CockburnMeet at 7:30 am in the car park on Russell Road. From the Kwinana Freeway turn west into Russell Road, continue approximately 3 km to the car park on the right. If you reach Pearse Road you have gone too far. There is a good variety of bush birds, waterbirds and perhaps a few waders. Over 120 bird species have been recorded here. Bring your telescope (if you have one) and rubber boots or old sneakers as it will be muddy.
Leader: Robyn Pickering
Note: If you feel at all unwell - PLEASE STAY HOME. Please bring hand sanitizer with you, and supply your own pen to fill the attendance record. This will minimise unnecessary interpersonal contact.
We will still need to try to maintain the 1.5 m distancing.Digging into Soil Biodiversity - World Soil Day @ Muresk–
Digging into Soil Biodiversity - World Soil Day @ Muresk
Muresk InstituteMuresk RdNortham,Join us for a farmer-specific, family friendly celebration of World Soil Day at the Muresk Institute in Northam. We are anticipating some important announcements about improving soil health in our growing regions, and we’ll be hearing from working farmers about initiatives they’re already implementing. There will be field walks in the Muresk paddocks and the opportunity to examine your BYO soils under the microscope with specialists in soil biology on hand to discuss your findings.
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Bird Walk - Penguin Island
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Bird Walk - Penguin Island
Penguin IslandMeet at Mersey Point Jetty, off Arcadia Drive, Shoalwater at 8:15 am at the ticket office for Penguin Island. The ferries travel hourly between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm and cost $18 (with concession $16) return. We will catch the 9:00 am ferry.
The group will walk to the various places of interest on the island and, if participants wish, can attend the penguin feeding in the DCBA facility housing injured or orphaned penguins (additional cost). Bridled Tern, Little Penguin and Buff-banded Rail are often seen here and it is a haven for nesting sea birds.
There is a nice picnic area on the island but no shop so please bring all food and drink requirements. Also there are nice beaches and it is a good swimming area.
Leader: Pauline Woolley
Note: If you feel at all unwell - PLEASE STAY HOME. Please bring hand sanitizer with you, and supply your own pen to fill the attendance record. This will minimise unnecessary interpersonal contact.
We will still need to try to maintain the 1.5 m distancing.Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets–
Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets
Perth City Farm1 City Farm PlaceEast Perth,The Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets are on this December for four exciting nights!
There will be something for everyone, from finding the perfect gift from one of the local sustainable market stalls, enjoying delicious food from one of the food trucks, participating in one of the workshops and learn a new skill, or sitting back with a drink and listening to live music and carols.
The Festive Twilight Markets are also just off the Claisebrook light trail, so why not start your night here before checking out the Christmas lights?Entry is only a gold coin donation, with all proceeds going back to Perth City Farm.
The Festive Twilight Markets runs for four nights only: December 9, 10, 16 and 17, 4:00-8:00pmWorkshops for a Sustainable Christmas:
We will be having a series of hands-on express workshops where you will learn techniques to make your Christmas more sustainable, from gift making to healthy cooking techniques.
Cost: $9.00 each workshop4:15 - 4:45 pm
Gift making: candle and soaps Participants can create 1 soap and 1 candle using melt and pour technics.5:00 - 5:30 pm
Cooking: Christmas Bliss Balls Participants will create a gift bag of bliss balls which they can give away (or keep for themselves)5:45 - 6:15 pm
Cooking with PCF produce: Making Christmas salads
Participants will prepare a Christmas salad using fresh garden produce.6:30 - 7:00 pm
Gift making: macramé hanging succulent holder
Participants will create a hanging plant holder for a PCF succulent.7:15 - 7:45 pm
Gift making: Christmas collection - Mono printing
Participants will create a set of 3-5 Christmas cards using basic print-making techniques.Interested in having a stall? please send an email to markets@perthcityfarm.org.au
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What the Bird Told Us
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What the Bird Told Us
City West Lotteries House2 Delhi StWest Perth,Using bush-bird communities to monitor ecosystem development in restoration, regeneration and carbon sequestration treatments.
Since 2017 the CCWA Citizen Science Program has been road testing using bush-bird communities to assess ecosystem development in a variety of revegetation projects, assisted by funding from the State NRM office. Over the 2019 season data collection involved 78 observers providing over 6,000 volunteer hours. Nic Dunlop will provide an overview of the results from the 2019 surveys for our volunteer observers, land-owners and managers.
RSVPs are essential. Register to alison.goundrey@ccwa.org.au by 27 November for catering purposes.
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Bird Walk - Alfred Cove
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Bird Walk - Alfred Cove
Troy ParkMeet at 7:30 am in the car park in Troy Park next to the Oval, off Burke Drive, Attadale. There should be migratory waders and waterbirds around the river, and there are always bush birds in the Park. More than 110 bird species have been recorded here. Bring your telescope if you have one.
Leader: Toni Webster
Note: If you feel at all unwell - PLEASE STAY HOME. Please bring hand sanitizer with you, and supply your own pen to fill the attendance record. This will minimise unnecessary interpersonal contact.
We will still need to try to maintain the 1.5 m distancing. - -
Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets
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Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets
Perth City Farm1 City Farm PlaceEast Perth,The Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets are on this December for four exciting nights!
There will be something for everyone, from finding the perfect gift from one of the local sustainable market stalls, enjoying delicious food from one of the food trucks, participating in one of the workshops and learn a new skill, or sitting back with a drink and listening to live music and carols.
The Festive Twilight Markets are also just off the Claisebrook light trail, so why not start your night here before checking out the Christmas lights?Entry is only a gold coin donation, with all proceeds going back to Perth City Farm.
The Festive Twilight Markets runs for four nights only: December 9, 10, 16 and 17, 4:00-8:00pmWorkshops for a Sustainable Christmas:
We will be having a series of hands-on express workshops where you will learn techniques to make your Christmas more sustainable, from gift making to healthy cooking techniques.
Cost: $9.00 each workshop4:15 - 4:45 pm
Gift making: candle and soaps Participants can create 1 soap and 1 candle using melt and pour technics.5:00 - 5:30 pm
Cooking: Christmas Bliss Balls Participants will create a gift bag of bliss balls which they can give away (or keep for themselves)5:45 - 6:15 pm
Cooking with PCF produce: Making Christmas salads
Participants will prepare a Christmas salad using fresh garden produce.6:30 - 7:00 pm
Gift making: macramé hanging succulent holder
Participants will create a hanging plant holder for a PCF succulent.7:15 - 7:45 pm
Gift making: Christmas collection - Mono printing
Participants will create a set of 3-5 Christmas cards using basic print-making techniques.Interested in having a stall? please send an email to markets@perthcityfarm.org.au
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Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets
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Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets
Perth City Farm1 City Farm PlaceEast Perth,The Perth City Farm Festive Twilight Markets are on this December for four exciting nights!
There will be something for everyone, from finding the perfect gift from one of the local sustainable market stalls, enjoying delicious food from one of the food trucks, participating in one of the workshops and learn a new skill, or sitting back with a drink and listening to live music and carols.
The Festive Twilight Markets are also just off the Claisebrook light trail, so why not start your night here before checking out the Christmas lights?Entry is only a gold coin donation, with all proceeds going back to Perth City Farm.
The Festive Twilight Markets runs for four nights only: December 9, 10, 16 and 17, 4:00-8:00pmWorkshops for a Sustainable Christmas:
We will be having a series of hands-on express workshops where you will learn techniques to make your Christmas more sustainable, from gift making to healthy cooking techniques.
Cost: $9.00 each workshop4:15 - 4:45 pm
Gift making: candle and soaps Participants can create 1 soap and 1 candle using melt and pour technics.5:00 - 5:30 pm
Cooking: Christmas Bliss Balls Participants will create a gift bag of bliss balls which they can give away (or keep for themselves)5:45 - 6:15 pm
Cooking with PCF produce: Making Christmas salads
Participants will prepare a Christmas salad using fresh garden produce.6:30 - 7:00 pm
Gift making: macramé hanging succulent holder
Participants will create a hanging plant holder for a PCF succulent.7:15 - 7:45 pm
Gift making: Christmas collection - Mono printing
Participants will create a set of 3-5 Christmas cards using basic print-making techniques.Interested in having a stall? please send an email to markets@perthcityfarm.org.au
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BirdLife WA Walk - Carine
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BirdLife WA Walk - Carine
Carine Open SpaceCarpark off Beach RoadCarine,Meet at 7:30 am in the car park off Beach Road, Carine. Carine Open Space is part of the Northern Swan Coastal Plain KBA for Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo. Over 90 species have been recorded at this lake, including the three ibis, Buff-banded Rail, several duck species and various raptors.
Bring your telescope if you have one.
Leader: Clive Nealon
Note: If you feel at all unwell - PLEASE STAY HOME. Please bring hand sanitizer with you, and supply your own pen to fill the attendance record. This will minimise unnecessary interpersonal contact.
We will still need to try to maintain the 1.5 m distancing.Festive Fauna Shelters Workshop–
Festive Fauna Shelters Workshop
Perth City Farm1 City Farm PlaceEast Perth,Learn how to create habitat for native pollinators and pest controllers such as native bees, wasps, skinks and geckoes using recycled and natural materials. After a short presentation about the importance of urban wildlife, let your imagination go wild as you help create shelters to support creatures at City Farm (part of our 'Nature in the City' project) and also make one to take home. Fauna shelters make great holiday projects and useful, sustainable gifts.
This is a workshop designed for adults, but children over the age of 12 are welcome to buy a ticket and join their parents.
Tickets $15