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;…
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…
Working party @ The Fair – Sunday 21 July 2019, 1pm – 4pm Join our working party to help with preparations for the National Tree Day planting event on the following Sunday. Give as much time as you like. Many hands make light work! Where: Nature reserve east of The…
Join our working party on Sunday 21 July to help with preparations for the National Tree Day planting event on the following Sunday. We need muscles to carry water and help with pre-watering the planting holes already dug for the National Tree Day planting event on the following Sunday. When:…
Working party @ The Fair – Sunday 16 June 2019, 10am – 3pm Join in this working party at The Fair and help spread mulch around the plantings. Give as much time as you like. Where: Nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson; access and volunteer registration at park…
Peter Miller led sixteen other bird enthusiasts through bush land uphill from ‘The Fair’ on an interesting and productive bird walk. The group included Robyn (with a group of friends), whose wish was to spot a Robin on her birthday bird walk, and a five-year-old budding naturalist who was interested…
Join in the working party at The Fair on Sunday 16 June and help spreading mulch around plantings. When: Sunday 16 June from 10 am to 3 pm; give as much time as you like. Where: Nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson; access and volunteer registration at park…
