Winter Warm-up Mulching Take 2 on Sunday 19 July 1:00 – 4:00 pm What the work site used to look like – a monoculture of the evil grass Chilean Needlegrass Nassella neesiana, before spraying with herbicide. Photo by W. Pix. Join the Friends of Mt Majura for a warm-up mulching session…
Mulch, Mulch glorious Mulch – Where? At The Fair! Sun 16 August 1 pm Mulching group enjoy an afternoon cake break under the watchful eyes of a magpie, in July near the lower Hackett reservoir. Picture by Jenni Marsh. Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) host working parties on the third…
Winter Solstice Working Party Sunday 21 June Majura Mountain Scouts spread mulch on top of dead Chilean Needle Grass treated with herbicide. Photo by W. Pix. Join the Friends of Mt Majura for a warm-up mulching session near the Hackett water tank at winter solstice on Sunday, 21 June; bring garden gloves…
Community Planting Day Sunday 24 May at 9:30 am Yellow box, Eucalyptus melliodora, is one of the species we will plant. Photo by W. Pix. Join us at Mount Majura Nature Reserve for a community planting day and help to restore the critically endangered Box–Gum Grassy Woodland. When: Sunday, 24 May 2026, 9:30 am…
Woody Weed Working Bee Sunday 19 April 1 pm – 4 pm Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica one of the garden escapees spreading in the area of the reserve adjacent to the Hackett houses. It sometimes has lobed young leaves, but older leaves are not lobed, as shown in this photo. It is a…
Best photo yet of our resident white wallaby! From March of last year there have been reports of sightings of a white wallaby on Mt Majura – see April 2025 newsletter, and since then its fame has spread on to Facebook, with a video of it there and comments comparing it…
Woody Weed Working Bee Sunday15 February 9am until noon A thicket of Nettle Trees Celtis australis growing out-of-control on the Acton Peninsula. At working bees, we aim to tackle woody weeds like these to prevent such thickets crowding out native plants in the Mount Majura Nature Reserve. Photo by Jenni Marsh. Friends…
Clustered Everlasting flowers. Photo courtesy of Canberra NatureMapr. Friends of Mount Majura wish you Happy New Year for 2026! So far, the summer has been quite dry, but some species don’t mind and are thriving. The Clustered Everlastings Chrysocephalum semipapposum are a golden delight and the Cicadas are providing a background chorus, seeming to…
A friend of Mount Majura on a nighttime ramble not far from the Hackett Tank. Our resident Wombat Vombatus ursinus not often seen because of his/her nocturnal habits. Thanks to Steve Bittinger for this photo, courtesy of Canberra NatureMapr. Interesting Plans for the Future In the last little while FoMM has been…
Working Party along the Drainage Line – 16 November Majura Mountain Scouts spreading mulch in the reserve at the drainage line site to help in the Chilean Needle Grass control project. Hackett houses are in the background. Photo by W. Pix. Join the Friends of Mt Majura at this working…
