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…
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.…
Welcome to the October 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. Great news: new Canberra Spider Orchid populations have been found on Mt Majura this spring! This species is listed as critically endangered so the findings are very important. In addition, hundreds of Wax Lip Orchids and several other orchid species…
Welcome to the September 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. Spring has sprung, unfortunately so have the weeds! If you have time please join FoMM at the Spring Working Party @ Majura Paddock on Sunday 18 September for some weeding and removing of tree guards. Thanks to the 10 participants…
Welcome to the August 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. This month we thought we would share with you a couple of fabulous photos of the snowfall on Mount Majura which occurred on Wednesday 13 July 2016. A very rare treat indeed. See you on the mountain. Jo Lynch FoMM…
Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. National Tree Day is on this month! To celebrate, FoMM will be holding two special events: a tree walk on the 24th where you can learn more about the trees on Mt Majura, and a planting party at The Fair…
Welcome to the June 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. Ten enthusiastic volunteers turned out on 24 April for a delightful late afternoon stroll up Hancocks Road from Kellaway St to collect a large bag of Cassinia quinquefaria seeds. These were then delivered to Greening Australia to be used for…
Welcome to the May 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. FoMM would like to extend a big thank you to ACT Parks & Conservation Service rangers Bethany, Anthony, Patrick, and Craig for their terrific work at our April working bee helping to remove a grove of large African olives, Firethorn…
Welcome to the April 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. Exciting news! Swift Parrots were spotted by two locals on March 31 around 9am at the Hackett Tank on Mt Majura. There were at least 3 birds, possibly more. Thank you very much to everyone who attended our Woody Weeds…
Welcome to the March 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. We had a great turn out for our Ant Walk on 14 February. Thank you to ant specialist Ajay Narendra for another fascinating talk on some of the ant species that can be found on Mt Majura. The ant fauna…
