Lockdown advice from Parks & Conservation Service While everyone is relieved at the gradual lifting of lockdown conditions for ACT residents from Friday 15 October the most recent advice from Parks & Conservation Service is that organised ParkCare activities are still not permitted. FoMM will be informed as soon as…
Lockdown means our events are on hold While the ACT continues to be in lockdown it is not possible to organise events for the Friends of Mount Majura, including our regular weekly Mondays at the Fair and Third Sunday working parties. We expect another wonderful display of wildflowers in the…
Third Sunday Working Party Come along to the Fair on Sunday 15 August between 1 and 4pm. Choose your favourite activity – we will plant native seedlings of Blue Devils (Eryngium ovinum) and Variable Plantain (Plantago varia) in two of our seeding nodes, spread mulch at sites where contractors have…
Third Sunday WINTER HOREHOUND BLITZ! Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) are not hibernating during winter. Please join us for a massacre to tackle horehound in the paddock north of the Hackett water tank. Give as much or as little time as you want and be amazed at what you can achieve. When: Sunday…
JUNE WORKING PARTY – PLANTING WILDFLOWER SEEDLINGS AT THE FAIR An exciting continuing FoMM activity has been the establishment of seed nodes – a ‘Noah’s Ark’ project to plant herbaceous wildflowers (forbs) to establish a future seed bank in fenced-off areas which protect young plants from grazing by rabbits and…
FOMM BIRDWALK THIS SUNDAY 9 MAY Join bird enthusiast Peter Miller for a morning stroll through Mt Majura’s woodlands to spot, observe, listen to, and learn about the amazing variety of birds on Mt Majura. When: Sunday 9th May, 8am (sharp) – 10 am Where: Meet at nature reserve entrance Tay St…
THIRD SUNDAY WORKING PARTY 18 April 1-4pm With the coming of autumn, we move our monthly working bees to the afternoons – we hope this will also lead to an increase in participant numbers. This working party will focus on woody weeds in the nature reserve area near Mackenzie street,…
FoMM News Apologies for the late edition of the newsletter this month – the FoMM Secretary has been away. Third Sunday working bee – Sunday 21 March, 9am to noon Our next working bee will be on this Sunday morning 21 March planting and weeding at the Drainage Ditch. Come…
FoMM News Happy lunar New Year to the Friends of Mt Majura! We hope you enjoyed a happy and relaxing summer break. Working Party @ The Fair this Sunday 21 February 2021 FoMM will resume its third Sunday monthly working bees on 21 February, at the Fair site at North…
It’s been a huge year of activity for the Friends in 2020 with La Nina weather bringing lots of rain and sunshine which has been great for wildflowers, but also for weeds. Most of our effort has been at the Fair site. It’s looking good, with many wildflowers flourishing under…
