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Dr. Eric Woehler of Birds Tasmania spoke impassionedly at our 4 June meeting about Tasmanian shore birds and their plight: they have been decreasing alarmingly over the last few decades and it is due to human causes. On Saturday 6th we went on an excursion to Poimena Reserve in Hobart's northern suburbs. The weather was quite wet but everyone was cheerful and we had an interesting morning investigating a place none of the party had visited before. Click for photos. |
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| COMING
EVENTS *** Please note that
our meetings now start earlier, at 7.15pm for 7.30. *** |
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| Thu, 2 Jul |
Meeting
7.15pm in Life Sciences building, University of Tas.
Our guest speaker
will be Fred Duncan on 'Tasmania's tree ferns – a truncated
account'. |
| Sun, 5 Jul |
Excursion with Fred Duncan to the tall forests on
Tasman peninsula. Meet at 9.00am outside the Museum in Macquarie St, Hobart. We will drive to Tasman Peninsular and rendezvous 10.15am at Federation Chocolates in Taranna. The plan is to visit a few sites near Taranna on Balts Spur Road and Pirates Road and investigate relict rainforest (including tree ferns), and the relationships between vegetation types and environment: the effects of altitude, substrate, topography, land use and rainfall on local changes in forest structure and composition. |
| Thu, 6 Aug |
Meeting
7.15pm in Life Sciences building, University of Tas. Josh Griffiths will be our guest speaker on The Health Status of Platypus in Tasmania. Josh is from the Platypus Team run by DPIW. |
| 8 or 9 Aug | Excursion, yet to be decided. |
| Thu, 3 Sep |
Meeting
7.15pm in Life Sciences building, University of Tas. Simon Grove will speak on 'Tasmanian Seashells'. |
| Sun, 6 Sep | Excursion to Taroona and Hinsby beaches, led by Simon Grove. If the weather is inclement, we will adjourn to Simon's house to look at his collection. |
| Thu, 1 Oct |
Meeting
7.15pm in Life Sciences building, University of Tas. Richard Schahinger will present Threatened Flora in Tasmania - case studies. |
| Sun, 4 Oct | Excursion, probably to Snug Tiers. |