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Monthly meeting
program
2020
| Date |
Presenter |
Presenter Topic |
Theme Shell Topic |
| 25 Jan |
Any and all |
Mini Talks - by as many members
as possible |
Ugliest shell you just cant part
with |
| 22 Feb |
NA |
National Shell Show 2021 Planning meeting.
Finalise competition categories |
Cowrie - Single species big and small pair |
| 28 Mar |
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Cancelled |
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| 18 Apr |
Zoom |
Mini shell show in a single category:
Volutes that can be found in NSW. Plus how to judge
workshop, using the competition exhibits as examples. |
A skinny (spindle like) volute WW |
| 9 May |
Zoom |
Cones, plus mini-talks, several on C.
ammiralis |
Black shell (Paint or mud stains not
allowed). |
| 23 May |
Zoom |
Strombs |
Sinistral Shells = spiral anticlockwise |
| 6 June |
Zoom |
Murex |
Shells that are not Molluscs, but still
produced by living creatures |
| 20 June |
Zoom |
Olives |
Xenophoridae |
| 4 July |
Zoom
Angus Hawke |
Australian shells through the Ages, fossils
to current. |
Shell species that naturally look dirty even
once cleaned. Excluding fossils. |
| 18 July |
NA |
BBQ at Ashley's House. BYO
everything. Starts at Midday. Also our AGM |
NA |
| 22 Aug |
TBA |
Bayview Hall |
Favourite Shell |
| 26 Sep |
TBA |
Bayview Hall |
Shell that is large for the species |
| 24 Oct |
NA |
40th Annual Shell Show Bayview |
NA |
| 28 Nov |
TBA |
Bayview Hall |
Favourite Tiger cowrie |
| TBA Dec |
|
Xmas lunch at Ryde Eastwood Club |
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Monthly meeting
program 2021
| Date
|
Location |
Presenter |
Presenter Topic |
Theme Shell Topic |
| 23 Jan |
Ashley's Museum |
|
Visit to Ashleys shell museum and BBQ.
BYO everything. 10.30am onwards. 1.30pm Meeting |
NA |
| 20 Feb |
Ashley's Museum |
Phil Colman |
Early history of the Royal Zoological Society, our
shell club as a branch, then when we created the MSA and set
ourselves up as a branch of it instead. BYO everything. 11.30am
onwards. 1.30pm Meeting |
Shells made into something else |
| 27 Mar |
Bayview Scout Hall |
Ian Mattiske and Ashley Miskelly |
Show and Tell Shell Show
Presentation: Turning shell shows upside down.
Arrive from 12.30 for 2pm start |
A shell that helped inspire you to start your collection |
| 24 Apr |
Bayview Scout Hall |
Ron Moylan |
Zoila rosselli variations. (Bring your rosselli
to be identified)
Arrive from 12.30 for 1.30pm start
(Note - Anzac long weekend is 24-26 Apr) |
Favourite Cone |
| 22 May |
Bayview Scout Hall |
Phil Colman |
Early history of Australian quarantine as it relates to
shells. . Arrive from 12.30 for 1.30pm start |
Shell purchase accidents and disasters |
| 26 June |
Bayview Scout Hall |
NA |
Display of Historical Scuba equipment. Shell
displays. Special shell birthday cakes |
NA |
| 24 July |
Via Zoom |
NA |
Flexible Categories Shell Show
Presentation: AGM and Mini-Talks
2pm start. |
Continuation of - something else we also collect (IE other than
shells) |
| 28 Aug |
Via Zoom |
NA |
Flexible Categories Shell Show
2pm start. |
NA |
| 25 Sep |
Via Zoom |
NA |
Flexible Categories Shell Show
2pm start. |
Star shaped shell, or pattern |
| 23 Oct |
Bayview Scout Hall and Zoom for the unvaccinated |
? |
2pm start |
3 favourite bivalves (Not spondylus or
pectens) |
| 27 Nov |
Bayview Scout Hall or Ryde Eastwood 20
Nov |
NA |
41st Annual Shell Show
And COA
10.30am-3.30pm.
Public viewing 12.30pm to 2.30pm |
NA |
| 18 Dec |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
NA |
Shell club xmas lunch
Arrive 11-11.30am continue through afternoon |
NA |
Monthly meeting
Presentation Program 2022
(Subject to change or shuffling to
suit presenters)
| Date
|
Location |
Presenter |
Presenter Topic |
Theme Shell Topic |
| 22 Jan |
Ashley's House |
NA |
Summer Picnic BBQ at Ashley's. 12.30pm |
Strange marine thing that looks like a shell but
isn't |
| 26 Feb |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ian Mattiske |
Shells from Balut Island, Philippines |
Favourite shell from anywhere in the
Philippines |
| 26 Mar |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ashely Miskelly |
Shells from North Bruny Island, Tasmania MIni
talk - recent trip to Philippines, |
A shell from your collection that has significance
and a story behind it or
Something other than shells that you have found on the beach
while looking for shells |
| 23 Apr |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Joe Schiavello |
Presentation: Jet Propulsion Plus
optional mini talks
1pm start |
Favourite indo-pacific cones |
| 28 May |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
All |
Discussion - The changing world of shell
Collecting |
Unusual bivalve, excluding spondylus and pecten |
| 25 June |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
All |
Discussion Continued - The changing world of shell
Collecting |
Knobbed Shell |
| 23 July |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
All |
Final Preparations for the National Shell Show.
Possible working bee |
NA |
| 19-21 Aug |
Balgowlah RSL |
NA |
Australian International Shell Show - 2022 |
NA |
| 24 Oct |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Steve Dean |
Talk about shell dealers in
Philippines and about carved shells from Bali |
Flat shell |
| 22 Nov |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
NA |
42nd Annual Shell Show
12.30-4pm
Guest speaker - collecting around Sydney area. Jack Hannan |
NA |
| 10 Dec |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
NA |
Shell club Xmas lunch
Arrive 11-11.30am continue through afternoon, and possibly
evening |
NA |
Monthly meeting
Presentation Program 2023
| Date
|
Location |
Presenter |
Presenter Topic |
Shell of the meeting topic |
| 28 Jan |
Ashley's House |
NA |
Summer Picnic BBQ at Ashley's. 12.30pm |
|
| 25 Feb |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ron Moylan |
Amoria hunteri, variations and range |
Shell where the aperture is
excessively closed in |
| 25 Mar |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ian Mattiske |
Some interesting shells and some
interesting topics we have not discussed a lot, including
albanistic and end of geographic range. |
Interesting shell from the end of its geographic
range |
| 22 Apr |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Several |
Report on the National Shell Show in
Brisbane |
Fake or doctored shell |
| 27 May |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Mini Talks |
Short talks by multiple members: Jack Hannon -
Port Stephens trip – showing underwater photos of live
‘allied cowries’ and their host corals
Alan Austin - My shell
collecting journey, how it commenced and where I'm up to now
Other members mini talks |
The actual specimen that was photographed for a
shell publication |
| 24 June |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
All experienced collectors |
Discussion on collecting shells to aid our newer
members.
Including some of the following: Where to collect. What
equipment to take. How to clean the animal out. How to clean
periostracum and worm tubes barnacles and coral off shells. How
to clean stains. How to ID each species. How to store shells.
How to display shells. Ongoing maintenance of collection. |
A pair of shells of one species that were equally
in a bad way when collected. Both with animal removed, but one
with the outside cleaned for display and the other left as
found. |
| 22 July |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ian, Ian, Steve, Jack |
AGM, and annual memberships due $60. Four talks
on shells from overseas |
Best FAT shell. Can be big or small species. |
| 26 Aug |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ashley |
Holopmeustes - Endemic Australian Sea
Urchins. Sample Iris's NSW volute soups. Cymbiloa magnifica,
and Ericusa sowerbyi
Discuss annual show categories. |
Shell, at least in part, the colour
yellow |
| 23 Sep |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Jack, Ian L, Iris |
Talk - September collecting in
Northern WA. |
WA shell |
| 28 Oct |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
|
43rd Annual Shell Show
12.30-4pm |
NA |
| 25 Nov |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ron Moylan.
Anders Hallan
|
Melanistic and Rostrated Cowries New DNA
techniques and work underway re fossil evolution in volutes,
hence updated genus ID for extant volutidate |
NSW found shell |
| 16 Dec |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
NA |
Shell club Xmas lunch
Arrive 11-11.30am continue through afternoon, and possibly
evening |
NA |
Monthly meeting
Presentation Program 2023
| Date
|
Location |
Presenter |
Presenter Topic |
Shell of the meeting topic |
| 27 Jan |
Ashley's House |
NA |
Summer Picnic BBQ at Ashley's. 12.30pm.
Regular members only. |
|
| 24 Feb |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Various |
Presentations about the National in Perth, and the
Port Stephens Trip |
Shells from South Australia |
| 23 Mar |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Various |
Short Talks by Members |
Queensland Shells |
| 27 Apr |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Various |
Buy Swap and Sell |
NA |
| 25 May |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ashley Miskelly |
1. Tropical species of shells and urchins found
further and further south in NSW
2. CostellariidaeAlso a talk by Kornel |
Chevrons, tents and triangles. (Chevrons are arrow
heads, note if joined they create a zig zag) |
| 22June |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ashley Miskelly |
Unusual Fresh Water Molluscs |
Orange/Red shells |
| 27 July |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ashley Miskelly |
AGM, and annual memberships due $60.
Endangered exploding land snails |
White shell |
| 24 Aug |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Iris Lau |
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| 28 Sep |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
Ian Lumsden Steve Dean |
Ashley interviews a member (Ian L)
about members shelling history. Short talk on Psammobiidae |
Light Brown and dark brown shell |
| 26 Oct |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
|
44th Annual Shell Show
Upstairs
Public entry
1.00-3.30pm Guest speaker 1.30 - Ron Moylan pictures of
living shells in situ. |
NA |
| 23 Nov |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
|
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| 14 Dec |
Ryde Eastwood Leagues |
NA |
Shell club Xmas lunch, in the Downstairs Bistro.
Arrive 11-11.30am continue through afternoon, and possibly
evening |
NA |
Results from recent past NSW annual
shows:
Click Here |
