Western Australia is designated as having one of the most diverse flora communities in the world. This makes it a very fascinating place to visit. But also of interest is why Western Australia’s plants are so different from those we are used to here. Perhaps these very different plants will help us see our native ones in a different light and will garner them more appreciation.

Guest speaker Ed Addison has been a member of the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists, the Richmond Hill Field Naturalists and is now, with his wife Rose, a member of the Peterborough Field Naturalists. Ed holds a Ph.D. from the University of Guelph. He worked for the OMNRF in the area of wildlife health. For the last twenty years, these responsibilities took him throughout Ontario on a wide variety of wildlife and ecosystem health matters.