Welcome to the new year and FoMM’s first working party in 2019. We will continue removing horehound at the old sheep camp and mulching previously weeded sites. View various stages of the stock camp improvement at the bottom of this blog. When: Sunday, 20 January, from 9am to about 12noon;…
Friends of Mt Majura will be hosting a work party in the nature reserve east of The Fair on Sunday, 24th February. Come along if you have a couple of hours and help with one of the following tasks *remove and replace protective plant guards; *collect and spread wood chips;…
End-of-the-Year Working Party – Sunday 16 December 2018 Join us to help remove English Ivy, Japanese Honeysuckle and a few other woody weeds that grow in and around the drainage line close to the Hackett reservoir. Come early for an introduction and give as much time as you want.You need…
Visitors of the Mt Majura nature reserve report dead Shinglebacks Tiliqua rugosa in increasing numbers. Harmless and gentle, Shingleback skinks also known as Sleepy lizards or Stumpy tails are slow moving lizards that have no defence against dogs and cats. Please keep your dog on the leash all the time…
It is with sadness to report ongoing vandalism of Friends of Mt Majura work and Parks Service infrastructure around the Hackett Reservoir drain line. The ParkCare notice board and signs have been vandalized with graffiti, shrubs planted by volunteers were broken and erosion control measures destroyed. If anyone has an…
Join FoMM’s End-of-the-Year work party on Sunday, 16 December and help remove English Ivy, Japanese Honeysuckle and a few other woody weeds that grow in and around the drainage line close to the Hackett reservoir. Come early for an introduction and give as much time as you want. When: Sunday…
A small group of ANU Intrepid Landcare students joined forces with a handful of Friends of Mount Majura volunteers on Sunday 18 November at the old stock camp on the ridge between Mount Majura and Mount Ainslie to clear approximately 1200 square meters of horehound and to spread wood chip…
Come along and help to remove pesky weeds particularly horehound at an old sheep camp with a view and magnificent Yellow box trees. When: Sunday, 18 November from 9am to about 12noon; give as much time as you like. Where: “Sheep camp south” Mt Majura ridge; click on this map…
Watering Party @ The Fair – Sunday 21 October 2018, 9am – 1pm Make a splash at The Fair and help to water the trees, shrubs and Everlasting daisies planted on National Tree Day! Come when it suits you and give as much time as you like. Where: Nature reserve…
Explore Mount Majura’s wildflowers that are blooming this season on a stroll with local ecologist Michael Doherty on Sunday, 4th November 2018 from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Where: Meet at the nature park entrance at the Kellaway Street car park, click on this map to view the meeting point.…
