MAY EVENTS
MEETING: Thursday 21st May will be by Jenni Risler on "Demystifying taxonomic nomenclature - the meaning behind plant names."
The venue is the hall within the Knuckey Lagoon Recreation Reserve, see map.
FIELD TRIP: This feld trip will be on Sunday the 24th of May and we will meet in the toll free parking area near the cenotaph on the Esplanade at 8:30 am. From there we wander through the landscaped grounds of Parliament House to the Darwin City Council ofces taking in the sights of many tall, mostly native, shade trees, including the signature Banyan tree there. Then we head to the Chung Wah Temple grounds, viewing 'lithophytic' banyans and ferns growing on the rocky clifs adjoining the temple grounds and then taking in the view of the large temple fg (Ficus religiosa). Finally we head to the magnifcent Banyan between the Supreme Court and Parliament House after skirting the lookout at the escarpment on the way. This stroll will be just over 1 hour during a time when the Government Precinct is at its most quiet.