Friends of Mount Majura
 
  • Home
  • Happenings
    News
    Latest News
    Events Calendar
    Newsletters

    Join the FoMM email list for regular updates
    and happenings ...

  • Flora & Fauna
    Flora
    Plants
    Species List
    Your Garden
    Weeding Parties
    Woody Weeds
    Re-seeding
    Fauna
    Wildlife
    Ants
    Cats and Dogs



    Join FoMM as a member and help us help Mount Majura

  • About Mt Majura
    Enjoying
    Walking, Cycling
    Casuarina Trail Map
    Clancy's Track Map
    Walks & Talks
    Photo gallery
     
    Projects
    Explaining Change
    Weeding Parties
    Mt Majura Paddock
    Dragonfly
    Rabbits
    Sheep Camp
    History
    History
    Fire Awareness
    Be bushfire prepared



    Join the FoMM email list for regular updates and happenings ...

  • The Friends
    Members
    Our objectives
    Join FoMM
    Join our email list
    Submissions & Reports
    Hilltop to Backfence
    Annual program
    Action
    Petitions
    Representations
    Activity Sheets
    Individual Sign-on Sheets
    Group Sign-on Sheet

    Join the FoMM email list for regular updates and happenings ...

  • Contact

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – September 2017

Jo Lynch 7 September 2017 7 September 2017News, Newsletters

Dear Friends, Welcome to the September edition of the FoMM newsletter. Did you know that a FoMM Committee meets occasionally to discuss and plan the group’s activities, and what we want to focus on in the year/s ahead? Do you have some ideas and suggestions? Are you interested in contributing…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – August 2017

Jo Lynch 17 August 2017 17 August 2017News, Newsletters

Working Party @ The Fair – Sunday 20 August 2017, 1pm to 4pm Join the Friends of Mount Majura working party at the planting area behind The Fair and give the seedlings planted on National Tree Day a head start for spring. Help direct seeding native grass, spreading wood chip…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – July 2017

Jo Lynch 15 July 2017 15 July 2017News, Newsletters

Dear Friends, Welcome to the July edition of the FoMM newsletter. Thanks again to everyone who voted for the location of the 25th ParkCare Anniversary bench on Mt Majura. See the photo below of the newly installed bench on Majura ridge (the old sheep camp) with Chris Lampert (left) and…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – June 2017

Jo Lynch 13 June 2017 13 June 2017News, Newsletters, Uncategorized

Dear Friends, Welcome to the June edition of the FoMM newsletter. Hope you have all been enjoying the clear and crisp winter weather lately to get out and about on Mt Majura. We had a fantastic work party last month removing around four cubic meters of Japanese honeysuckle and some English Ivy from the…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – May 2017

Jo Lynch 8 May 2017 8 May 2017News, Newsletters

Dear Friends, Welcome to the May edition of the FoMM newsletter. The latest big news is that another new orchid species has been recorded for Mt Majura! A population of Little Dumpies (Diplodium truncatum) was recently found, the first record of this orchid for Mt Majura! See the photos here.…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – April 2017

Jo Lynch 19 April 2017 19 April 2017News, Newsletters

Many thanks to everyone who helped recently to remove the St John’s Wort seed heads at the Fair. Many were in a lovely native regeneration area where there were lots of native flowers and Yellow box seedlings, which now won’t have to compete as much with this aggressive weed. However,…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – March 2017

Jo Lynch 2 March 2017 21 March 2017News, Newsletters

Woody Weeds (Follow-up) Working Party – Sunday 19 March, 9am – 12noon Please give a hand and help remove woody weeds in the nature reserve east of The Fair using the cut & daub method. This working party follows-up extensive work carried out in 2016 to remove English Elm, Briar…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – February 2017

Jo Lynch 14 February 2017 14 February 2017News, Newsletters

Happy new year to you all. Was one of your new year’s resolutions to do more for your local environment? If so, then we would love to see you at one or more of our working parties this year, held on the third Sunday of the month and every week…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – December 2016

Jo Lynch 15 December 2016 15 December 2016News, Newsletters

Many thanks to everyone who has helped recently with the weeding at The Fair site. We have now made some headway with the hand weeding of flowering and seeding Paterson’s Curse, however there are still scattered plants particularly in the northern parts of the planting site and a few other…

Continue reading

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – November 2016

Jo Lynch 6 December 2016 6 December 2016News, Newsletters

FOMM Late Spring Working party @ the Fair – Sunday 20 November, 9am – 12pm. Help with removing protective guards that have been outgrown by their plant inhabitants or go on weed patrol to tackle Paterson’s Curse, Saffron Thistle and other weeds. Give as much time as you can spare.…

Continue reading

‹12345›»
  • Search

  • facebook logo
    Join email list

  • Categories


  • 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.
  • Making a difference

    • Majura Paddock
    • Sheep Camp Rehabilitation
    • Hill top to Backfence
  • Upcoming Events

    Dec
    20
    Fri
    9:30 am Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Dec 20 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
    Fridays @ The Fair @  Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson | Watson | Australian Capital Territory | Australia
    Tackling woody weeds We are a small band of volunteers who meet every Friday, except on holidays, for varies conservation activities in the nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson. If you are free on a Friday morning, why not join our friendly group to help improve the endangered…
    Dec
    27
    Fri
    9:30 am Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Dec 27 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
    Fridays @ The Fair @  Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson | Watson | Australian Capital Territory | Australia
    Tackling woody weeds We are a small band of volunteers who meet every Friday, except on holidays, for varies conservation activities in the nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson. If you are free on a Friday morning, why not join our friendly group to help improve the endangered…
    Jan
    3
    Fri
    9:30 am Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Jan 3 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
    Fridays @ The Fair @  Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson | Watson | Australian Capital Territory | Australia
    Tackling woody weeds We are a small band of volunteers who meet every Friday, except on holidays, for varies conservation activities in the nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson. If you are free on a Friday morning, why not join our friendly group to help improve the endangered…
    Jan
    10
    Fri
    9:30 am Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Fridays @ The Fair @ Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson
    Jan 10 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
    Fridays @ The Fair @  Nature park access Tay Street, The Fair, North Watson | Watson | Australian Capital Territory | Australia
    Tackling woody weeds We are a small band of volunteers who meet every Friday, except on holidays, for varies conservation activities in the nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson. If you are free on a Friday morning, why not join our friendly group to help improve the endangered…
    View Calendar
    Add
    • Add to Timely Calendar
    • Add to Google
    • Add to Outlook
    • Add to Apple Calendar
    • Add to other calendar
    • Export to XML
  • Join Our e-mail List


  • A few of our Flickr Images

    English Ivy removal drain ditch 20190425_153705 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/33842861798/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    English Ivy removal drain ditch 20190425_153705

    English Ivy partial removal fromdrain ditch 20190428_160126 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/47666995412/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    English Ivy partial removal fromdrain ditch 20190428_160126

    wood chip pile <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/47264707181/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    wood chip pile

    Handweeding horehound at the stock camp 20190120 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/47212857332/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    Handweeding horehound at the stock camp 20190120

    Handweeding horehound 20190120 weeding team <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/46350153075/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    Handweeding horehound 20190120 weeding team

    Mulching gang 20190120 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/32322787417/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    Mulching gang 20190120

    Storm approching The Fair 11 January 2019 20190111_142141 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/32992795598/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    Storm approching The Fair 11 January 2019 20190111_142141

    Clustered Everlasting 20190125_114333 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/32992794328/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    Clustered Everlasting 20190125_114333

    4_20181226_121206 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/31717348477/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    4_20181226_121206

    3_20181226_120903 <a style="margin-left:10px; font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/61627737@N03/46606276822/" target="_blank">@flickr</a>

    3_20181226_120903


  • 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.
© Friends of Mount Majura | Terms of Use  Creative Commons License |     Site developed by Gaffer Designs