Friends of Mt Majura will be hosting a working party on Sunday, 12 December to remove weeds along the drainage ditch close to the Hackett water tank. Come along, give a hand and gift some of your time to the mountain. When: Sunday 12 December 2021, 9am to 12 noon;…
This month, we will work at the Fair project site in north Watson, starting at 9 am and working until noon. Come early for an introduction and give what time you can spare. When: Sunday, 28 November 9 am – noon. Where: Meet at the volunteer registration point at the…
Lockdown has lifted, ParkCare has resumed In this lovely spring weather, we are delighted that Parkcare has at last resumed. The Mondays at the Fair crew have been tackling St John’s wort for the past three weeks – it is flourishing, although we are pleased to see very little Capeweed…
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…
Due to the Canberra Covid19 Lock-down , the Friends of Mt Majura postpone the work party scheduled for Sunday 15 August until further notice. Come along and help to plant, mulch, and weed at The Fair on Sunday, 15 August. We will plant native Blue Devils and Variable Plantain in…
View this video scan of the transformed Fair taken in March 2021. In 2012, Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) began on-ground work to improve a 10 ha patch of degraded grassy woodland in the Mt Majura nature reserve east of the residential estate The Fair in North Watson. We named…
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…
Celebrate National Tree Day with a tree walk on Sunday, 1st August. Local ecologist Michael Doherty will introduce you to most of the tree species that occur on Mount Majura and Mount Ainslie including Snow Gum, Eucalyptus pauciflora, which grow only at a few sites. On this information-packed walk, you…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) are certainly 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 18…
