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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.
Callery Pear, Pyrus calleryana, the darling of horticulturists and landscapers, is on the march to invade our nature reserves and local bush land.

Improving critically endangered grassy woodland.

A critical assessment.

A FoMM presentation at the EcoForum 2026.

Find the pdf here

 

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 September 2026

    3 September 2026FoMM Newsletter September 2026
    Click here to view this email in your browser FOMM website at http://www.majura.org  Weeding with a View Sunday 20 September 1-4pm View from the track along the ridge line at the weeding site. The land east of the fence on the right of the photo is leased land, not reserve. Note the many large old gum trees. Photo by ...
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  • Bird Walk (13/09/2026)

    28 August 2026Bird Walk (13/09/2026)
    When: Sunday 13th September,  8am – 10am Meet: 8am sharp at Mt Majura nature reserve gate near junction of Tay & Ian Nicol St, North Watson; view this map. What: Walk with bird enthusiast Peter Miller to spot, listen to, and learn about birds in Mt Majura’s lower woodlands.  Bring: Sturdy shoes, binoculars, camera, a Bird ID app ...
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  • Weeding with a View (20/09/2026)

    26 August 2026Weeding with a View (20/09/2026)
    When: Sunday 20th September 1-4pm Where: Meet at 1pm at Mount Majura Nature reserve gate car park, Mackenzie St near Grayson St, Hackett. What: At the gate, we will distribute small mattocks to each of you to carry. Walk together for about 30 minutes, along Blue Metal Road then veer right at a large water tank and continue ...
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  • The Effects of Overgrazing of Grassy Woodland – The Fair Example

    5 June 2026The Effects of Overgrazing of Grassy Woodland – The Fair Example
    In 2013, Friends of Mount Majura began work to rehabilitate the 10ha degraded  grassy woodland remnant in the Mount Majura nature reserve east of The Fair, a medium dense residential estate in North Watson. Volunteers replaced woody weeds with local native trees and shrubs, carried out work to improve soil conditions such as compaction and erosion, ...
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