Autumn morning on Mt Majura. View south from above the old sheep camp (Tristan Armstrong, 08.05.2012)
When: Sunday, 20 May 2012, from 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Where: Meet at the old sheep camp at Mount Majura ridge, an approximately 20 minutes walk from the Hackett water reservoir to where the Casuarina Trail hits the Mt Majura Summit track. [...]
When : Thursday November 10th from 6-7pm
Where : Entrance to the Nature Park at the end of Phillip Avenue. Plenty of parking available off Kellaway Street. Here is a map of parking and entrances.
Meet the local ranger and hear about the project
Learn how to identify active warrens
Adopt a mapping block
Sign up for a GPS training [...]
When: Sunday, 16 October from 9am to 12noon
Where: Meet at the Hackett water reservoir close to the Rivett and French Streets intersection; view this map.
Bring: Sun protection, sturdy shoes, long sleeve and pants and garden gloves if you have them.
Morning tea will be provided.
Enquiries: email admin@majura.org or phone 6247 7515
Give the seedlings planted on National [...]
[ November 12, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Project Information Session
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 6.00 to 7.00pm
Meet at Philip Avenue nature park entrance gate in Hackett, car parking at Kellaway Street
Wear sturdy shoes and bring something to write.
Hear about the project,
Learn to identify active warrens,
Register for a free GPS training session, and
Adopt a mapping site.
For enquiries and to register your interest [...]
The following documents are prepared for volunteers who participate in the mapping of rabbit warrens.
Enquiries: admin@majura.org
Risk Assessment – how to work safely in the field
Line of contact to be followed if there is an emergency or something untoward happens during the mapping. For a medical emergency, Triple 000. Then volunteers should call the Parks [...]
Report Rabbit Warren Mapping 2008-09 (pdf)
RABBIT WARREN MAPPING – A JOINT PROJECT
It’s 7am on a surprisingly chilly morning in late Summer. We’re up on the shoulder of Mount Ainslie, armed with a precious GPS unit, orange tape, folder, thermos (old softies, we are) and ready for a long wait, if necessary.
Yes, it’s a stakeout! [...]
[ May 28, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Talk by Dr. Brian Cooke
Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), University of Canberra
Thursday 28 May 2009, 7.30pm
ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland Street, Hackett
Download this poster for distribution
Enquiries: Ph 6247 7515 or e-mail admin@majura.org
The Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) had a huge impact on one of Australia’s worst pest species. Thirteen years after the release of the [...]
Hackett residents will almost certainly have noticed an alarming increase in rabbits in the area over the last few years. Unfortunately this is not just a local problem with rabbit populations all over Australia increasing as the pests build up resistance to rabbit calici disease and myxomatosis.
Rabbit calici disease virus was introduced in Hackett in [...]
[ December 4, 2008; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Learn a new skill and help protect the environment.
When: Thursday, 4 December 2008, 6.00-7.00pm
Where: Meet at the Majura horse paddocks off Antill St opposite Justice Robert Hope Park; view this map for the meeting point
Bring: Appropriate clothing and a GPS if you have one.
Enquiries: 6241 5553 or admin@majura.org
Download this poster for distribution
Scratch marks, buck-heaps (latrines) [...]
Morning tea
Working the compacted ground
Loosening the soil with
garden forks
Distributing kangaroo grass seeds and straw
Unloading the matting
Placing the matting
Anchoring the matting with pegs and hammer
Planting kangaroo grass
Erosion matting close-up
Carrying the display
