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 Sunday 21
|
Field
Trip |
Survey of Inter-tidal Zone at Low Head. Meet at
the viewing platform at 2pm to walk out with the tide on East Beach. |
January Saturday 27 |
Community Volunteering |
Ragwort Raid, meet at Nunamara Memorial Hall at 9am. (Tamar NRM event) |
January Saturday 27 |
Skemps Day |
Meet at the property from 1.30pm to look for Dragonflies & Damselflies with Nigel Forteath (cancelled due to the weather) |
February
Saturday 3 |
Field Trip |
Dragonflies & Damselflies at Four Springs with Professor Forteath, meet in the car park at 10.30am |
February
Tuesday 6
|
General Meeting |
Future Planning for the Club
Supper - Tina McGlynn |
February
Thursday 8
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Dragonflies and birds. Meet at 10am in the carpark under Perth Bridge for a river walk |
February
Sunday 25 |
Skemps Day |
Walk and talk - Insect hunt. Gate open at 10am. |
March
Sunday 3 |
Community Volunteering |
Clean-up Australia Day event on Newnham Creek with members of Litter Free Launnie, from 3.30-5.30pm. Contact Karen Manning for further details. |
March
Tuesday 5 |
General Meeting |
Member Speakers - Dave Allan and Katie Fuller, Travels Around the Sun - looking at the Earth's orbit, declination angle and the Equation of Time, and how these relate to navigation
Supper - Karen Manning |
March
Thursday 7
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Birds in the Gorge - Trevallyn carpark |
March
Sunday 24
|
Skemps Day |
Federation Corridor removal of remaining fence & plant guards |
March Friday 29 to
April Monday 1
|
Field Trip |
Invitation to members from TFNC to join them on one or more of their day exursions at the Mt Cameron Field Study Centre, see email forwarded 20 March |
April
Tuesday 2 |
General Meeting |
Guest Speaker - Simon Fearn an Entomologist from QVMAG speaking on Christmas Beetles
Supper - Andrew Smith |
April
Thursday 4 |
Monthly Short Walk |
Duck Reach Power Station (cancelled due to unavailability of the usual enthusiastic members) |
April Fri 12 & Sat 13 |
Overnight
Field Trip |
An opportunity to see a project monitoring the environmental health of Mt Roland and a visit to Erriba to discuss land under private conservation covenant |
April
Friday 19 |
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
May
Saturday 4 |
Skemps Day |
Macroinvertebrate monitoring on Skemps Creek |
May
Sunday 5 |
Community Event |
Weindorfer Day 2024 - further event details |
May
Tuesday 7 |
General Meeting |
John Skemp Memorial Lecture
Member Speaker - Geoff Shannon from Birdlife Tasmania - How we use our hobby to protect the things we love without spoiling our time with nature
Supper - Kirsten Seaver & Helen Tait
|
May
Wednesday 8
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
May
Thursday 9
|
Event |
Book Launch at Fullers Bookshop in Hobart at 5.30 to 7pm for Professor Forteath - further event details |
May
Thursday 16
|
Event |
Book Launch at Petrarch's Bookshop in Launceston from 6 to 7.30pm for
Professor Forteath- further event details |
May
Thursday 23 |
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
May
Saturday 25 |
Skemps Day |
Visit and review the Conservation Covenant areas on the property |
June
Tuesday 4 |
General Meeting |
Guest Speaker - To be confirmed
Supper - Louise Skabo
|
June
Thursday 6
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Hollybank Forest Reserve |
June
Thursday 20 |
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
June
Sat29/Sun30 |
Skemps Day |
Ferns and Bryophytes |
July
Tuesday 2 |
Meeting |
No meeting this month |
July
Thursday 4 |
Field Trip |
QVMAG Planetarium session |
July TBC
|
Field Trip |
Platypus House at Beauty Point |
July
Thursday 25
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
July
Sat27/Sun28 |
Skemps Day |
National Tree Day - Planting and/or tree maintenance |
August
Tuesday 6 |
Social Evening |
Venue to be confirmed |
August Thursday 8
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Corra Linn Gorge |
August
TBC |
Field Trip |
Lilydale Falls, fungi and ferns |
August
Thursday 22
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
August Sat31/Sep1 |
Skemps Day |
Track clearing on the property |
September
Tuesday 3 |
General Meeting |
Workshop on Technology, List Maps & Nature Apps
Supper - Tom Treloggen
Meeting in the Don Wing Lecture Theatre |
September Thursday 5
|
Monthly Short Walk |
Machens Reserve at Kings Meadows |
September TBC
|
Field Trip |
Birds at Native Point or Kate Reed Reserve |
September
Thursday 19
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
September Sat28/Sun29
|
Skemps Day |
Flowers and Birds - Learning and Education, using Apps from workshop practical |
October
Tuesday 1 |
Annual General Meeting |
Election of Office Bearers, followed by General Meeting
Supper - Sarah Katarzynski
|
October
Thursday 3 |
Monthly Short Walk |
Punchbowl and Queechy Lake Reserves
|
October TBC |
Field Trip |
Tom Gibson Reserve for wildflowers |
October
Thursday 24
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
October Sat26/Sun27
|
Skemps Day |
Macroinvertebrate monitoring on Skemps Creek |
November
|
Community Volunteering |
Tamar NRM's Catch-it-in-the-Catchment
|
November
Tuesday 5 |
General Meeting |
Member Speaker - Jeff Campbell - Native orchids
Supper -
|
November
Thursday 7
|
Monthly Short Walk |
APS Garden at Heritage Forest |
November TBC
(mid)
|
Extended Field Trip |
Based in the North West - Catch up with fellow field naturalists, visit Burnie Penguin Observation Centre, Edible Garden Wynyard, Fossil Bluff, Sisters Beach Banksia Reserve, Kaydale, Leven Canyon, Rocky Cape Rocks |
November
Thursday 21
|
Committee Meeting |
Time and location to be confirmed |
November
Sat23/Sun24
|
Skemps Day |
Spring clean at the John Skemp Field Centre |
December
Tuesday 3 |
General Meeting |
Members night - The Year That Was
Supper - Club members |
December
Thursday 5 |
Monthly Short Walk |
Windsor Garden Precinct |
December
Sunday 8 |
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 |