Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) is a Park Care Group, working in the Mount Majura section of Canberra Nature Park. Some of our activities are
- Monthly weeding parties: removing non-native species by hand
- Re-seeding and re-planting: giving local plant species a head start
- Conducting walks and talks: sharing our enjoyment of the Nature Park
FoMM is supported by the Molonglo Catchment Group, an umbrella organisation for Landcare and other natural resource management groups within the catchment. Subscribe to the FoMM mailing list to stay informed on FoMM events.
Events
Autumn morning on Mount Majura. View south from above the old sheep camp, Mount Majura ridge. Photograph by Tristan Armstrong, 08.05.2012
Friends of Mount Majura will host a working party on Sunday 20 May to plant Drooping she-oaks at the old sheep camp; click here for more details.
Swift Parrot, Lathamus discolor. Photograph taken on Mt Majura by Geoffrey Dabb.
Report sightings of endangered parrots. Swift Parrots visited Mt Majura in previous years from end of March to begin of May. Most observations were from around the Hackett reservoir and the Majura paddock east of Rivett Street where they fed on nectar of Bundy - currenly in flower - and lerps of Yellow Box.
If you observe Swift Parrots please contact FoMM with information on the date of observation, the time of the day, the location and the number of birds.
Click here to learn more about Swift Parrots and their visits to Mt Majura.
Projects
FoMM Flickr. What’s up on the mountain
Kookaburra. Photograph by Steve Bittinger.
Are you a keen photographer, interested in wildlife and happy to share Mount Majura’s highlights with the wider public? Then join the Friends of Mount Majura Flickr Groups of orchids, wildflowers, trees, grasses, lizards, birds and mammals (including the Friends of Mount Majura). Click on FoMM Flickr to join current available Groups and to view Mount Majura’s treasures.
Since 2008 volunteers of the Friends of Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Weeders, the Watson Woodland Working Group and members of the wider public assisted Parks and Conservation Service with the control of rabbits in the Mt Ainslie and Mt Majura nature reserves. For three years in a row volunteers recorded rabbit warrens using GPS. In 2011/12 fiftyfive volunteers spent over 750 hours monitoring warrens of more than 1300 heactares bushland and recorded 1167 rabbit warrens. Click here to learn more about the rabbit project.
View the above map in original size (1.58MB): click here
Download the map as a pdf (616KB): click here
News
(from left) Richard Larson, Watson Woodland Working Group, Waltraud Pix, Friends of Mount Majura, Liese Baker, Friends of Mount Majura and Jeanette Ruxton, Mount Ainslie Weeders, present the certificates at the ACT Landcare Awards 2011 celebration on 8.9.2011.
FoMM wins ACT Landcare Award 2011
Friends of Mount Majura together with neighbour ParkCare groups, the Mount Ainslie Weeders and the Watson Woodland Working Group received the ACT Landcare Award 2011 in the Urban Landcare category. The Award recognises the combined effort of the groups to engage the public in protecting and enhancing the natural environment at the doorstep of established suburbs. The three groups will represent the ACT at the National Landcare Awards 2012.
On behalf of FoMM I thank Andy Westcott, the coordinator of the Molonglo Catchment Group for the nomination. And a big THANK YOU and congratulations to all our volunteers!
Waltraud Pix
Friends of Mount Majura coordinator
8 September 2011
Reports and Submissions
Friends of Mt Majura 2010/2011 Report (pdf)
Comments on the Proposed Centenary Trail
Click here to view FoMM Reports and Submissions
Thank you
We gratefully acknowledge the support and contributions from the Molonglo Catchment Group; North Canberra Community Council; Hackett Community Association; Hackett Neighbourhood Watch; Greening Australia; ACT Parks and Conservation Service; Federal Government Natural Heritage Trust; Australian Defence Force Academy; Conservation Volunteers Australia; Caroline Chisholm School; Blue Gum Community School; Majura Primary School; Marist College; Fiona of DesignEdge; Robert Prideaux of Ailean OnLine; Screenmakers; Planet Arc; Clean-Up Australia; the Majura Mountain Scouts; the Rotary Club Canberra North; FAW Mitchell; BlueScope Distribution Fyshwick; Queanbeyan Rural Supply; and many anonymous contributors.