Erosion control and tree planting at the lower Majura dam When: Sunday 18 May, 10.00am to 1.00pm Where: meet at the lower dam off Mackenzie / Grayson Streets park entrance, Hackett Bring and wear: a garden fork or mattock if you have one, a bucket, sturdy boots, and gloves. We…
When: Sunday, 16 March 2008, from 9.00 to noon Where: meet at the lower dam off Mackenzie Street nature park entrance, Hackett Bring & Wear: sun protection, sturdy boots, and body covering clothing; all equipment will be provided What: control of woody weeds and erosion around the Majura dams and…
Join Friends of Mt Majura for a morning tea and a working bee at the Majura dams. When: Sunday, 17 February 2008, from 8.30am onwards Where: meet at the lower dam off Mackenzie Street nature park entrance, Hackett Bring & Wear: sun protection, sturdy boots, and body covering clothing; all…
Join Friends of Mt Majura to celebrate the arrival of 2008 with a working bee When: Sunday, 20 January 2008, from 8.30am onwards Where: meet at the lower dam off Mackenzie Street nature park entrance, Hackett Bring & Wear: sun protection, sturdy boots, and body covering clothing; all equipment will…
Morning tea Working the compacted ground
The Work The Result Erosion control work at the lower Majura dam If you’re walking along the lower dam of Mount Majura, you may notice a large area now covered with hessian matting on the uphill side to prevent further erosion. Following a successful trial in September last year a…
Project Dragonfly: Erosion Control Work Stage 2 On this working bee we will extend the erosion control work in the vicinity of the lower Majura dam conducted on the 20th May this year. The work will include loosening of the soil, placing erosion matting on top of it, anchoring the…
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…
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…
