World Environment Day 2006 was a celebration of the wonderful resources on our doorstep in the Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie Nature Reserves. On Sunday June 4 about 200 people arrived to take part in the Aboriginal Walk and Talk on Mt Ainslie. This was too many for any one…
Woody Weeds Working Bee: Sunday, 19 February Seed Collection Haiku Walk on Mt Majura Dragonfly Informational Event Good news: Saffron thistles gone Bad news: Scotch thistles at pine plantation threaten FoMM rehabilitation project. Next Steps for FoMM Dear Friends Welcome to the first Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) newsletter in…
During the past year, Mount Majura Nature Reserve was host to a record number of one of Australia’s most threatened parrot species – the beautiful green and red Swift Parrot. An abundance of flowering gums around a drainage zone that the Friends of Mount Majura Parkcare Group (FoMM) has been…
It was a perfect morning to discover some of Mount Majura’s winged and feathered residents. Friends of Mt Majura joined Tom Green of the Canberra Ornithology Group (COG) for a Bird Walk on Sunday, 13 November. We found the large bowl shaped mud nest of White-winged Coughs plastered on a…
Our first planting day was held on the 9th of October. It was a great success and we’d like to thank all of those people who put in many hours to get the plants in. About 9300 plants in total were planted. We were also helped by a group of…
Plant list (excel file) Visitors of Mount Majura Nature Reserve have no doubt that this spring is one of the best in many years. Following the rain after several years of drought wildflowers are putting up a colourful show. Friends of Mount Majura joined local Botanist Michael Doherty on Sunday,…
In this edition Dragonfly moves on – fill-the-gaps planting on Sunday 20th November, 11.30 am Bird Walk for early birders, Sunday 13 November, 7.30 am – 9.00 am Watson Woodlanders celebrate with an Open Day, Sunday 13 November 10.00 am – 2.00 pm Woody Weeds Working Bee, Sunday 20 November,…
The dams are located along a gully in the drainage line between Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie. Overflow from the higher of the two dams flows into the lower dam, overflow from the lower dam flows into the Hackett stormwater system, and eventually into Sullivans creek. Although Mount Majura was…
Results of survey below Macro-invertebrates are animals without backbones that are big enough to see with the naked eye. Because they are widespread and come in a lot of different shapes and sizes, macro-invertebrates are often used as indicators of the health of streams and other water bodies. Known to…
This is the third time that macro-invertebrates have been sampled in the Majura Dams as part of Project Dragonfly. They were first sampled in spring 2005 to provide a benchmark against which future samples could be compared. As well as our first dragonfly nymph, we found quite a variety of…
