Join the Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) ParkCare group to celebrate National Tree Day 2018 on Sunday 29 July and help to transform a weedy degraded area next door to The Fair in North Watson into a grassy woodland home for native wildlife. Planting holes will be dug prior to…
On a freezing cold, windy Sunday afternoon, a small group of five brave and cheerful volunteers followed the Blue Metal Road past the dams and reservoir, up to the old sheep camp on the ridge to the south. They aimed to spend the afternoon hand weeding a large patch of…
Weeding With a View. Horehound Blitz – 17 June 2018, 1pm to approx. 4pm Please give a hand and help remove pesky horehound at an old sheep camp with a view. Give as much time as you like. Horehound is a common perennial weed often found at old stock camps…
Enjoy a gentle and informative walk with local ecologist Michael Doherty on National Tree Day, Sunday 8th July. Learn how to identify Mount Majura’s woodland and forest trees, see where they occur and hear how they survive fire and drought. When: Sunday, 8 July 2018, 2.00 – 4.00pm Where: Nature…
Warm up at the Friends of Mt Majura Mulch Marathon on Sunday, 1st July at The Fair. Help spreading wood chip mulch across bare sites; meet the ANU Intrepid Landcare crew who will be joining in the morning; learn about FoMM methods to improve degraded sites and enjoy hot drinks…
Give a hand and help removing pesky horehound at an old sheep camp with a view. When: Sunday, 17 June from 1pm to about 4pm; give as much time as you like. Where: “Sheep camp south” Mt Majura ridge; click on this map to view the location of the sheep…
Little Planting Working Party – Sunday 20 May 2018, 1-4pm Come and help plant some Native boxthorns (Bursaria lasiophylla) along the gully off the lower Hackett reservoir. We will be planting a number of Native boxthorns which are important habitat plants for native insects, little spiders and local woodland birds.…
On the 10 April Friends of Mt Majura volunteer Waltraud Pix found a dead European brown hare in the nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson (Canberra Nature Map at https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3394564). The animal had no external injuries and showed the stretched limbs and head typical of animals killed by…
Come and help to plant some Native boxthorns along the gully off the lower Hackett reservoir. When: Sunday, 20 May 2018, from 1.00pm to 4.00pm Where: Meet at the ParkCare notice board opposite the Hackett reservoir off the Rivett/French streets intersection; view this map. Bring & wear: Sun protection, sturdy…
Join our Friends of Mt Majura working party on Sunday, 15th April at The Fair, North Watson and help to spread wood chip mulch around plantings and across bare sites. The mulching party was originally scheduled for the 18th March and had to be cancelled due to a total Fireban…
