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 – March 2025
1 March 2025This month Jenni Marsh reports on the butterfly walk held at the start of February, see pictures of progress in our projects, and look forward to more events on Mt Majura. Do you have yellow Sticky Everlasting daisies in your garden? They attract butterflies, like the Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi, Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea or this Meadow Argus Junonia ...Continue reading >
Bird Walk (23/03/2025)
28 February 2025
Join bird enthusiast Peter Miller for an early stroll to spot, listen to, and learn about Mt Majura’s feathered residents and migrants. When: Sunday, 23 March, 8 am (sharp) – 10 am. Where: Meet at the gate at the end of the carpark near Ian Nicol St and Tay St, The Fair, North Watson (at the volunteer ...Continue reading >
Woody Weeds Working Party (16/03/2025)
28 February 2025
Come along and give a hand at the Friends of Mt Majura working party to remove woody weeds in the critically endangered grassy woodland of Mt Majura’s north slope. When: Sunday, 16 March 2025 from 9am to 12 noon; please be on time at the meeting point to join us on the walk to the target ...Continue reading >
FoMM Newsletter – February 2025
1 February 2025Working Party @ Drainage Ditch on Sunday 16 February 9 am – noon Where: Along the drainage ditch which runs from near the Hackett tank to the suburban back fences in Rivett St. Meet near the Hackett tank. What: Removal of Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica, Ivy Hedera spp. and Privets Ligustrum spp.from the ditch; spreading wood chip mulch on the adjacent ...Continue reading >
