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…
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…
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…
Pre-Spring Work Party, Sunday, 18 August 2024, from 1pm to 4pm Spring is around the corner and Mt Majura’s early wattles are in full bloom. Join in a working party hosted by the Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) to remove exotic garden escapees including non-local Australian shrubs that grow outside their…
Woody Weeds Working Party – 3rd Take (21 July 2024 1:00pm to 4:00pm) Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) will host a working party to control woody weeds in the endangered grassy woodlands of Mt Majura’s and Mt Ainslie’s west slopes; this will be our third woody weed working party in…
Woody Weeds Working Party on Sunday 16 June, 1 – 4 pm Join in the working party of the Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) in the endangered grassy woodlands of Mt Majura’s west slopes on Sunday,16 June 2024, from 1.00pm to 4.00pm. Meet at the nature park entrance off Kellaway…
Weeding with Friends – Third Sunday Working Bee, 19 May 9am – noon Mount Ainslie and Mount Majura are part of the same ecosystem and in May FoMM will join with the Mount Ainslie Weeders to remove woody weeds from a ‘common’ patch. Meet at the Kellaway Street, Hackett entrance…
Weeding with a view – third Sunday working bee 21 April 1 – 4pm Come and help remove horehound at an old sheep camp on Majura Ridge. Enjoy the view, friendly company, homemade cake for afternoon tea and the satisfaction of having cleaned a patch of horrible horehound which will…
Third Sunday working bee 17 March 9am – noon, Oldfields Lane, North Watson Mount Majura nature park is an important remnant site for endangered Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum woodland, which provides habitat for many plants and animals including rare and endangered species. Early autumn is a good time…
Butterfly walk: Sunday 18 February 1-3 pm Join us for a guided walk with butterfly expert Dr Suzi Bond. Meet at the Antill Street nature park entrance next to the last Hackett houses and a classic Canberra bus stop. Wear sturdy shoes – we’ll be walking on trails on the…
