Canberra Tree Week ends on 7 May – FoMM Tree Walk This dedicated week showcases Canberra’s beautiful, unique and exceptional trees and forests in a program including guided walks, talks, exhibitions and film screenings. Link to the full program here Unfortunately, we have had to cancel FoMM’s guided tree walk scheduled…
Many people enjoy walking or running up the Casuarina Track and the views from the ridge where Casuarina Track joins the summit track. Wooden benches and fallen logs invite rests and picnics are popular with families. Twenty years ago the saddle was a treeless expanse covered with horehounds, thistles and…
FoMM is offering special events for nature lovers in autumn as well as our regular working bees. Third Sunday working bee 16 April, from 1pm We will work near the twin dams close to the Blue Metal Road to tackle woody weeds and Fleabane This area is one of Mt…
Swift parrots have been reported regularly visiting Mt Majura nature reserve in autumn from the end of March to the beginning of May. Most of the reports are from around the watercourse close to the lower Hackett water tank. If you spot this critically endangered species please contact Friends of…
Due to the wet weather on Sunday, 16th April, we postponed the working bee to Sunday, 23rd April which will be a brilliant Canberra autumn day. Same time – same place – same work… Join the Friends of Mt Majura to tackle woody weeds and Fleabane along the ephemeral creek…
ACT residents love nature parks The latest Visitor Experience survey by ACT Parks & Conservation Service shows 89% of park visitors live in the ACT. The top three activities in parks are walking, nature appreciation and hiking. The top two motivations are to spend time in nature and exercise. A…
Tree Walk Cancelled Our local expert tree ecologist and walk leader has unfortunately had an accident. He regrets that he is unable to lead this walk. On Canberra Tree Day, get to know the local trees and shrubs of Mt Majura’s woodlands on this informative walk with plant ecologist Michael…
In February we held a successful working bee on the southern side of the tank watercourse. In March we will be working on the northern side: Come and help to free the planted Blackthorns and other native shrubs of their outgrown guards and the smothering weeds. The area provides a…
Join bird enthusiast Peter Miller for an early morning stroll through Mt Majura’s woods to spot, listen to and learn about Mt Majura’s birds. Meet on Sunday 26 February at 8 am sharp – at the nature reserve entrance off Mackenzie St near Grayson St, Hackett (view this map for…
Birdwalk 26 February 8am – 10am Mount Majura is home to more than one hundred species of birds, some of them rare or vulnerable like the Glossy Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) and Gang-Gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum); a few of them pests, like the Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis). If you’d love…
