Category Archives: News

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter May 2012 (pdf)

Planting Party Old Sheep Camp – Sunday 20 May
Centenary Trail News
Report recent events

Dear Friends
We are now heading into the planting season as temperatures move south. For a start we will be planting a small number of hardened-off Drooping she-oak and Native boxthorn at the old sheep camp [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter April 2012 (pdf)

Report sightings of Swift Parrots
Fungi Walk – Saturday 14 April
April working party – Sunday 15 April
Other news

Dear Friends
It is the time of the year to watch out for highly endangered Swift Parrots. The parrots have been observed in a number of years from end of March [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter March 2012 (pdf)

Screams on Mount Majura
Ant Walk Sunday 4 March postponed to Sunday, 11 March
Final Rabbit Mapping Session on Mount Ainslie – Saturday, 10 March
March Working Party –  Sunday, 18 March
Rabbit control update

Dear Friends
I had a recent request to place the most important item on top of the [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter February 2012 pdf

Screams crime slaughter on Mount Majura?
FoMM meeting – Saturday, 12 February
Working party –  Sunday, 19 February
Ant Walk – Sunday 4 March
More up-coming activities with the Mount Ainslie Weeders and Greening Australia
Two free workshops to extend your skills and knowledge: advanced grant writing & managing native ground-cover

Dear [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter January 2012 (pdf)

Working party – this Sunday, 22 January
Chemical training course
Centenary Trail update
Rabbit program update
Wildlife poaching on Mt Majura
FoMM report for the financial year 2010/11

Dear Friends
Welcome to the January 2012 edition of the FoMM newsletter. I hope you enjoyed a great break and will start the year with recharged [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter December 2011 (pdf)
Pre-Christmas working party – Sunday 18 December
Trail & Tracks – Centenary Trail meetings and submissions
Fire alert
Wood piles along Casuarina Trail
FoMM 2012 plans
Rabbit mappers wanted
FoMM website in the PANDORA Archive of the National Library of Australia
2012-2013 bird survey
Dear Friends
All of a sudden it’s December and Christmas approaches fast. [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter November 2011 (link to pdf)

Rabbit Mapping Volunteer Information Meeting – Tuesday 8th November
Bird Walk – Sunday 13th November
Working Party – Sunday, 20th November

Dear Friends
Meetings were held with the rangers during October and the exciting news is that the rabbit control contractors should [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter November 2011  pdf link

Rabbit Mapping Volunteer Information Meeting – Tuesday 8th November
Bird Walk – Sunday 13th November
Working Party – Sunday, 20th November

Dear Friends
I hope you all will be patient with this November FoMM Newsletter.  In Waltraud’s absence, I am standing in for her to bring you all up to [...]

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) October 2011 Newsletter (pdf)

Spring Working Party – Sunday 16 October
Wildflower Walk – Sunday 30 October
Bird Walk – Sunday 13 November
Woody Weeds Working Party – Sunday 20 November
Native Plant Sale – Saturday 22 October
Weed Swap – Weekend 5/6 November
Review of National Capital Open Space System – closes Friday 28 October

Dear [...]