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…
Friends of Mt Majura will be hosting a work party on Sunday, 19 February at the drainage line close to the Hackett water tank. Please give a hand to dismantle guards that are outgrown by planted native shrubs, remove introduced grasses that smoother the plantings and mulch the plantings to…
Hands needed! Friends of Mt Majura will continue to host twilight weeding sessions in February. Start the New Year with a good deed and help remove St John’s Wort at wildflower patches close to the North Watson project site on Mt Majura at The Fair. Friends of Mt Majura will…
Please give a hand and help remove St John’s Wort from selected wildflower patches in the nature reserve east of The Fair on Sunday,15 January. When: Sunday 15 January 2023, from 9 am to 12 noon Where: meet at the volunteer registration point at the nature park entry Tay Street…
We wish all the friends of Mount Majura a happy new year. In the old year, 2022, some 96 individuals contributed a total 3,393 hours working with us in the nature reserve, mostly weeding. Anyone can join in our activities; no experience is necessary. You don’t need to make a…
Indulge Mount Majura with a working party on Sunday 18 December and help to remove weeds along the drainage ditch close to the Hackett water tank and the close-by paddock. Come along, give a hand and gift some of your time to the mountain. When: Sunday, 18 December 2022, 9…
Take time-out from the end of year rush and the hurly-burly of the festive season to enjoy the nature reserve on our doorstep. And if you have time to spare, give something that costs nothing, a little care to the beautiful environment of Mount Majura. Third Sunday Working Party 18…
Each year we update the plant lists for Mount Majura and Mount Ainslie and publish the latest list on the Friends of Mount Majura website. The newest Flora List contains 566 records from Acacia to Zornia. Over the last two years we added 140 new records, 79 in the first…
Third Sunday Working Party from 9am Many people enjoy walking or running up the Casuarina Track and the panoramic views which can be viewed from the saddle before the track splits to reach the summit of Mt Majura. Near this point is an old sheep camp. Fifteen years ago this…
Please note: Due to the rain forecast we postpone the work party to Sunday 27 November (same time and place) Many people enjoy walking or running up the Casuarina Track and the panoramic views which can be viewed from the saddle before the track splits to reach the summit of…
