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Join us for our monthly branch meeting to hear our latest news, listen to our guest speaker presentation, and mingle with other attendees over a cuppa and snacks afterwards.*This month, our guest speaker is Professor Ken McNamara.*
Rocks are keepers of some of the secrets of Earth’s long history – past environments, changing climates and the pulse of life over billions of years. Even the most seemingly insignificant rock can tell us much about the history of this planet, opening vistas of ancient worlds of ice, raging floods, strange unbreathable atmospheres, and prehistoric worlds teeming with life.
Remarkably, many types of rocks owe their existence to living organisms – from the bodies of dead animals, to those formed from the remains of plants or even created by the activity of fungi, bacteria and viruses.
In his talk, Professor McNamara will concentrate on such rocks in Western Australia, made from or created by once living organisms – from pea-gravels to Pinnacles; from banded ironstone to the Bunda Cliff limestones of the Nullarbor Plain – and much more. There might even be some photos of the plants that grow on the rocks!
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When: 7:30pm, 2nd Thursday of February - November
Where: Armadale Settlers’ Common Environmental Centre
8 Triton Crescent, Bedfordale, WA, 6112
Who: Members and non-members welcome!
How much: $3 donation at the door, includes raffle and supper
https://www.wildflowersocietywa.org.au/branches/armadale-branch/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
8 Triton Cres, Bedfordale WA 6112, Australia, 8 Triton Cres, Bedfordale WA 6112, Australia,Bedfordale, Western Australia, Australia, Armadale