Welcome to the February 2016 edition of the FoMM newsletter. For your information, the ACT Parks and Conservation Service is planning two prescribed burns in the coming months in Mt Majura reserve, to limit the potential spread of bushfire. Prescribed burns are of low intensity and conducted by experienced fire…
The Friends of Mount Majura will be hosting a Clean-up Australia Day event. Join us and give a hand When: Sunday, 6 March 2016 from 10.00am to 12.00noon Where: Volunteer registration at the nature park entrance at Kellaway Street, Hackett; click here to view a map. Bring: your friends and…
Join ant specialist Ajay Narendra to learn amazing things about jack-jumpers and other ants that live on Mount Majura. Ants are fascinating, beautiful and fun to watch. Some ants have a painful sting, and others only bite. Some ants are coloured, or scented, or hairy. Some pretend to be spiders,…
When: Sunday, 21 February 9am – 12noon Where: Nature park east of The Fair, North Watson; access nature park entrance Tay / Ian Nicol Sts; click on this map to view the work area. What: Control of woody weeds using the cut & dab method and hand removing herbaceous weeds…
When: Sunday, 24 January, 9am – 12noon Where: Nature park east of The Fair, North Watson; access park entrance Tay / Ian Nicol Sts What: Cut-off and bag seed heads of St John’s Wort. Bring: Sun protection, sturdy shoes, body-covering clothing, secateurs or scissors. Bags and some tools and will…
Happy new year everyone. Hope you are enjoying some refreshing summer walks on the mountain this week after all the rain. Following our report in the last FoMM newsletter regarding Peacock Spiders on Mt Majura, and in anticipation of the upcoming spider walk this Friday, I thought I would share…
This fascinating evening spider walk is with Ian Gordon, a knowledgeable macro photographer with infectious enthusiasm. Ian has lead two very successful walks recently, and is able to lead another nocturnal spider walk in early January. Where: Mt Majura nature reserve in Hackett When: Friday 8th January at 8:30pm. The walk…
Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the FoMM newsletter. On behalf of the FoMM management committee I would like to thank you all for your continued interest and participation over the past year and hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2016. See…
Gift an hour of your time to Mt Majura on Sunday 20 December at the Friends of Mt Majura Working Party and help remove privets and other environmental weeds that escaped nearby gardens. Residents backing nature reserve are particularly invited to check out and help tackling the most cumbersome garden…
As a macro photographer, I find the world of invertebrates (animals with no backbone) particularly fascinating. While macro photography is challenging but rewarding, it also allows the photographer to truly grasp the intricate detail and endless variety of these tiny creatures. For me living in Canberra’s inner north, the nature…
