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Monthly Weeding Parties – removing non-native species by hand

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Re-seeding and Replanting – giving local species a head start

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.

  • FoMM Newsletter – October 2024

    1 October 2024
    Spring has sprung! The grass is (not very) riz!  Because of the lack of rain lately…  None-the-less a good crop of colourful corflutes has sprung up along edges of our main roads.  Do remember the environment when you cast your vote on 19 October or in the two weeks before then.  If you would like ...
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  • Woody Weeds Working Party (20/10/2024)

    22 September 2024Woody Weeds Working Party (20/10/2024)
    Friends of Mt Majura will host a working party to tackle woody weeds on Sunday, 20 October and warmly welcomes new and experienced weeders. When: Sunday, 20th Oct: 9am-12pm, please arrive 9am to meet workmates & weeds. Meet: Nature reserve gate car park, Mackenzie Street roughly opposite Grayson Street, Hackett; click this map to see the meeting ...
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  • Wildflower Walk (13/10/2024)

    16 September 2024Wildflower Walk (13/10/2024)
    Enjoy Mount Majura’s Floriade on a stroll with local plant ecologist Michael Doherty and see what is in bloom on the mountain this spring. When: Sunday, 13th October 2024, from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Where: Meet at the car park nature park entrance Mackenzie Street roughly opposite Grayson Street in Hackett, click on this map to ...
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  • St John’s Wort Under Fire

    7 September 2024St John's Wort Under Fire
    St John’s Wort spread like wildfire across the Canberra region over the past years, wreaking havoc on native plant species in grasslands and grassy woodlands. St John’s Wort (SJW) is listed as one of the four most serious grassland weeds in the ACT Government’s Natural Temperate Grassland Endangered Ecological Community Action Plan, emphasising the gravity ...
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