Monthly Archives: June 2010

FoMM meeting (27.06.2010)

[ June 27, 2010; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] When: Sunday 27 June, 11am to 1pm

Where: 9 Selwyn Street, Hackett

Draft Agenda

(1) Preparation of the National Tree Day 2010 community planting event – identification and distribution of tasks.

The plan for the NTD community planting on the 1 August is a smaller event compared to 2008 and 2009, mainly to extend the shrub corridor at [...]

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Working Bee (18.07.2010)

[ July 18, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Conserving and enhancing our beloved bushland is the continuous theme of Friends of Mount Majura work parties on the third Sunday each month.

In July we will continue removing horehound from the paddock adjacent to the lower Hackett reservoir and prepare planting holes for the National Tree Day 2010 community planting event (Sunday 1 August).

When: Sunday, [...]

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Update on the 2010 Majura / Ainslie Rabbit Control Program

Rabbits are an environmental pest. Their grazing destroys vegetation and habitat and their warrens and digging cause soil erosion. In 2008/09 and 2009/10 Parks, Conservation and Lands with the help of volunteers carried out a rabbit control program on the Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Nature Reserves, the Watson Woodland and adjacent lands. Here [...]

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Weed Blitz

[ June 20, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) will conduct a working bee to remove weeds and prepare planting sites for the National Tree Day 2010 community planting in August. Come along and give a hand. You can make a difference even if you have only half an hour to spare.

Sunday, 20 June, 12 noon – 4pm

Meet at [...]

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Celebrate World Environment Day 2010

[ June 6, 2010; 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Sunday 6 June, from 1.00 pm to 3.30 pm

[caption id="attachment_2692" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A growing wildlife corridor will be featured at the World Envirnment Day event."][/caption]

Join your local ParkCare groups in celebrating World Environment Day 2010. The Friends of Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Weeders and the Watson Woodland Working Group will host a bush walk, [...]

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