Give a hand at the last work party for this year hosted by the Friends of Mt Majura on Sunday, 15th December; help to remove Japanese Honeysuckle, Privets and other woody weeds from the drainage line close to the Hackett water tank; and see how planted local shrubs and wildflowers…
Winter and now spring have been low rainfall seasons, and this has had an impact on the vegetation and wildlife in the reserve, with small dams drying out, and new plantings needing to be watered. As always there are still weeds thriving and FoMM is active in tackling the worst…
Each year in Spring we review the plants sightings on Canberra NatureMapr (CNM) for the previous year. The collated data let us modify the Flora List which is available on the FoMM website to add in species which have been discovered since the last review. Also, we check for things…
Please give a hand and help remove Sweet Briar Rose and Hawthorn at the northwest corner of the Mt Majura nature reserve. When: Sunday, 17 November, 9am – 12noon, give as much of your time as you want. Where: Nature park east of The Fair, North Watson; access nature park…
Spring has sprung! The grass is (not very) riz! Because of the lack of rain lately… None-the-less a good crop of colourful corflutes has sprung up along edges of our main roads. Do remember the environment when you cast your vote on 19 October or in the two weeks before…
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…
Celebrate the arrival of spring by enjoying time on Mount Majura! Join the Friends of Mount Majura in activities to improve the reserve and learn about the flora and fauna who call Mount Majura home. Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris visiting the purple flowering vine Hardenbergia violacea twining through the branches of a Drooping Sheoak Allocasuarina…
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…
