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;…
Coming up Weed Swap: Weekend 2 & 3 November 2019, from 8.30am to 4.45pm Weed Swap is a joint initiative of the Australian Native Plants Society and the ACT Government to encourage residents to remove woody weeds from their gardens, safely dispose them and select free Australian native plants as an…
Join in FoMM’s Spring weed blitz, let your killer instincts flow free and help to pull, dig out, hack, bump off, and massacre horehound. When: Sunday, 20 October from 9am to about 1pm; give as much time as you like. Where: “Sheep camp south” Mt Majura ridge; click on this…
Come for a morning woodland stroll with bird enthusiast Peter Miller to spot, observe, listen to, and learn about the amazing variety of Mt Majura’s birds in Spring. When: Sunday, 13 October, 8 am (sharp) – 10 am Where: Meet at nature reserve entrance gate near Tay St / Ian…
Come along and choose your pet activity at the Friends of Mt Majura working party on Sunday, 15th September: Go on weed patrol and tackle Paterson’s Curse; Spread wood chip mulch across bare ground; Place woody debris around new National Tree Day plantings. When: Sunday, 15 September from 1 pm…
Welcome spring at our special work party on Sunday, 1st September and help to plant Hardenbergia, Native Raspberry and Tussock Sedge in the drain ditch close to the Hackett water tank. When: Sunday 1 September 1-4pm Where: drain ditch close to the Hackett reservoir off Rivett and French Streets intersection,…
See out winter at the Friends of Mt Majura work party on Sunday, 18 August, help to remove English Ivy and make the frogs happy by planting Tall sedge, Carex apressa at the bottom of the drainage ditch. Hopefully, we can remove the last stretch of English Ivy that once…
Canberra Nature Map is a wonderful tool to share Mt Majura’s treasures and learn about our local wildlife. Jenni’s first contribution to CNM is this beautiful picture of an Echidnas gathering which she took recently. Of course, the gathering has a reason and of course, sex is involved. Read Michael’s…
A Big Thank You to more than 75 enthusiastic volunteers for planting, watering and mulching over 100 local trees, shrubs and wildflowers on Sunday 28th July 2019; click on this picture gallery to view Steve’s brilliant photographs of the event. Residents of Watson, many families, the Majura Mountain scouts and…
Join local plant ecologist Michael Doherty as we take a walk through the woodlands of Mount Majura, looking at the characteristics of the common eucalypts and shrubs. Learn how to distinguish between Red Box, Apple Box, Yellow Box, Blakely’s Red Gum, Scribbly Gum and Brittle Gum. We will also see…
The Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) ParkCare group will be hosting a small National Tree Day planting on Sunday 28 July. Join in and help to transform a weedy degraded area next door to The Fair in North Watson into a grassy woodland home for native wildlife. This year we…
