The Ant walk 4 March is postponed to Sunday, 11 March 2012. Sorry for any inconvenience. Due to the rain forecast for Sunday 4 March we postpone the walk to the following weekend: Sunday, 11 March 3-4.30pm Meet at Helms Place off Rivett Street, Hackett; click here to view a…
When: Sunday, 19 February 2012, 9 am – 1 pm Where: Meet at the nature park entrance at Mackenzie Street opposite Grayson Street, Hackett; click on map to view the meeting point. Wear: Sun protection, sturdy shoes, long sleeves and pants. What: Control of woody weeds along the creek line…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter January 2012 (pdf) Working party – this Sunday, 22 January Chemical training course Centenary Trail update Rabbit program update Wildlife poaching on Mt Majura FoMM report for the financial year 2010/11 Dear Friends Welcome to the January 2012 edition of the FoMM newsletter. I…
The below FoMM 2010/2011 Report has been published in Scribbly Gum, the annual journal of the ACT parkCare groups (pdf) During the 2010/2011 financial year volunteers contributed over 4000 hours towards the enhancement of Mount Majura nature reserve (3380 hours per year in the past five financial years). On average,…
Centenary Trail Proposal Parks and Conservation Service proposes a 100km long shared walk and bike track, with a large part of the route planned through nature parks including the Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie reserves. Under the current plan, 19km or roughly 20% of the Trail would be new; a large…
Join the Friends of Mount Majura for a working party to remove the bad and protect the good guys. When: Sunday, 22 January 2012, 9 am to 1 pm Where: Meet at the Hackett reservoir off Rivett / French Streets, Hackett (click this map to view the meeting point) Wear…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter December 2011 (pdf) Pre-Christmas working party – Sunday 18 December Trail & Tracks – Centenary Trail meetings and submissions Fire alert Wood piles along Casuarina Trail FoMM 2012 plans Rabbit mappers wanted FoMM website in the PANDORA Archive of the National Library of Australia…
Join us for a Pre-Christmas working party to hunt woody weeds at the northwest slope of Mount Majura. When: Sunday, 18 December 2011, 9.00 am – 12.00 noon Where: Mt Majura nature park off Antill Street south of “The Fair” construction site, north Watson Meet: Access and car parking opposite…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter November 2011 (link to pdf) Rabbit Mapping Volunteer Information Meeting – Tuesday 8th November Bird Walk – Sunday 13th November Working Party – Sunday, 20th November Dear Friends Meetings were held with the rangers during October and the exciting news is that the rabbit control…
Madagascan Fireweed, Senecio madagascariensis is a serious weed of grasslands and grassy woodlands (grazed and un-grazed). It has been recently found on the Monaro Highway close to the ACT border and on a paddock abutting Antill Street in Watson. It was most likely introduced with fodder. Click Fireweed alert flyer…
