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;…
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…
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…
Join bird enthusiast Peter Miller for a morning stroll to spot, observe, listen to, and learn about the amazing variety of birds living on and visiting Mt Majura. We plan to walk on rough foot tracks, and off track on uneven ground. Some rare and uncommon feathery visitors have been…
Come and help remove horehound and other herbaceous weeds at the old stock camp on Mt Majura Ridge. Enjoy the views, friendly company, a cake and the satisfaction of having cleaned a patch of weeds which will encourage native plants to thrive. When: Sunday, 15 September, from 1 pm to…
Spring is around the corner and Mt Majura’s early wattles are in full bloom. Join in a working party hosted by the Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) to remove exotic garden escapes including non-local Australian shrubs that grow outside their natural range and threaten to out-compete local natives of the…
Friends of Mount Majura have been successful in 2024/25 round of ACT Environment Grants. The project supports a Landscape Restoration Weed Management Plan (the Management Plan) which will be worked out by the Office of Nature Conservation (ONC) to control St John’s Wort and the invasive grasses African Lovegrass, Chilean…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) will host a working party to control woody weeds in the endangered grassy woodlands of Mt Majura’s and Mt Ainslie’s west slopes; this will be our third woody weed working party in a row. When: Sunday, 21 July 2024, from 1.00pm to 4.00pm. Please come…
How to distinguish between a box from a gum? What are the key features of Mt Majura’s main eucalypts? Why grow some trees at a certain place? How do they cope with fire and drought? Join ecologist Michael Doherty for an informative walk to learn about trees and shrubs of…
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. We plan to walk on rough foot tracks, and off track on uneven ground. Insectivorous birds of different species often join…
