NEWS

Thursday 3 December was Members Night with short presentations by various Club members:

The following Sunday we finished-off our year's activities with a walk along the Alum Cliffs Track to the mouth of Browns River at Kingston Beach where we had a barbeque. Two notable finds were a large Blue-tongue lizard (470mm long) and a splendid example of a Christmas beetle. Look in our latest Bulletin for the excursion report; photos will be posted on this site during Feb.

Meeting 7.15pm in Life Sciences building, University of Tasmania.

Guest speaker Elizabeth Daley will present 'Pest or Guest: Learning from Nature.'
Dr Daley is a Research Associate with the School of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Tasmania, and best known to field nats as the author of the excellent Tasmanian insect book ‘Wings’.

Excursion to Elizabeth Daley’s farm at Buckland, southern Tasmania.
We will spend a couple of hours searching for insects within the 50 acres of bush on the farm (wetland, grassy forest, grassland, heath and riparian).

We will meet at 9.00am outside the Museum in Macquarie St, Hobart and car-pool to Buckland, regrouping outside the shop about 10.00. The Daleys' farm is 4km further.
Bring a jar for temporarily holding insects, and if you wish, bring something to put on the barby for lunch afterwards.

AGM and Meeting at 7.15pm in Life Sciences building, University of Tasmania (click for map).

Before the AGM it is customary to have a President's address;  this year Michael Driessen will present  'Fauna of Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area'.

The AGM will include some short reports on the past year, plus election of office bearers for this year.

Fieldwork at Peter Murrell Reserve.

Please see article in our latest Bulletin outlining this interesting club project.

Our guest speaker will be Lisa Cawthen, who will present ‘The secret world of Tassie’s bats’.
Lisa is a PhD student at the university studying Tasmanian bats: developing a bat sound identification key, and assessing the effectiveness of forestry remnant-retention measures on bats.  You can check progress at  tassiebatproject.jimdo.com

Easter camp at Blandfordia, near Dove Lake in the Cradle Mountain national park.

Blandfordia hut can accommodate about 30 people, and there are tent sites. There is a 6-burner stove with oven, kitchen & dining utensils, but no fridge.  People should bring their own food, though some communal soup etc will probably be organised. There is solar-powered general lighting, but head torches are recommended.
Note that cars cannot get right to the hut; you need to carry everything the last 400m.
Rates per night in the hut are: Adult $15, Family $25, Student $10; for those in tents, a small donation would be appreciated.