Welcome to the website of the Friends of Mount Majura. We are a volunteer Park Care Group working to protect and enhance the natural environment on Mount Majura and its surroundings. Explore this website to find out about upcoming events and to learn more about the plants and animals you will encounter on the mountain.
Enjoy a film about the Friends of Mt Majura produced by our guest students from Taiwan during their stay in Canberra in autumn 2022.
End-of-the-Year Working Party (15/12/2024)
20 November 2024
Give a hand at the last work party for this year hosted by the Friends of Mt Majura on Sunday, 15th December; help to remove Japanese Honeysuckle, Privets and other woody weeds from the drainage line close to the Hackett water tank; and see how planted local shrubs and wildflowers are slowly taking over. When: Sunday ...Continue reading >
FoMM Newsletter – November 2024
1 November 2024
Winter and now spring have been low rainfall seasons, and this has had an impact on the vegetation and wildlife in the reserve, with small dams drying out, and new plantings needing to be watered. As always there are still weeds thriving and FoMM is active in tackling the worst invasive species in our endangered ...Continue reading >
Flora of Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie – A New Update (01/10/2024)
29 October 2024
Each year in Spring we review the plants sightings on Canberra NatureMapr (CNM) for the previous year. The collated data let us modify the Flora List which is available on the FoMM website to add in species which have been discovered since the last review. Also, we check for things like changes in naming, or ...Continue reading >
Woody Weeds Working Party (17/11/2024)
27 October 2024
Please give a hand and help remove Sweet Briar Rose and Hawthorn at the northwest corner of the Mt Majura nature reserve. When: Sunday, 17 November, 9am – 12noon, give as much of your time as you want. Where: Nature park east of The Fair, North Watson; access nature park entrance Tay / Ian Nicol Streets; click ...Continue reading >
