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…
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…
Habitat for Swift Parrots Swift parrots regularly visit the drainage line, particularly the lower part, where they would feed on the nectar of autumn flowering Bundy, Eucalyptus goniocalyx and take a bath (in which they indulge excessively preferably…
View this video scan of the transformed Fair project taken in March 2021 and see images of plants and plant communities taken in summer 2020/21 at various sites: lower slope, deep soil upper slope, shallow soil & rocky outcrops mid slope around conifer photo points mid slope open woodland …
Horehound, Marrubium vulgare was the most prevalent herbaceous weed in the southern part of the Majura paddock, a 7 ha area of originally grassy woodland that had been heavily degraded by horse holding. Growing in a monoculture and excluding native herbs, the perennial horehound covered an area of approximately 2…
Watch the Seeding Nodes in the News Watch this Movie on Seeding Node Soil Preparation The Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) newest and exiting project aims to reintroduce native forbs (herbaceous species other than grass) including rare, endangered, and native food species to the grassy woodlands of the Mt Majura…
A Big Thank You to more than 75 enthusiastic volunteers for planting, watering and mulching over 100 local trees, shrubs and wildflowers on Sunday 28th July 2019; click on this picture gallery to view Steve’s brilliant photographs of the event. Residents of Watson, many families, the Majura Mountain scouts and…
The Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) ParkCare group will be hosting a small National Tree Day planting on Sunday 28 July. Join in and help to transform a weedy degraded area next door to The Fair in North Watson into a grassy woodland home for native wildlife. This year we…
Join in the working party at The Fair on Sunday 16 June and help spreading mulch around plantings. When: Sunday 16 June from 10 am to 3 pm; give as much time as you like. Where: Nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson; access and volunteer registration at park…
A big thank you to the team of the Majura Pines Trail Alliance MPTA and the ANU Intrepid Landcare crew who joined two members of the Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) on Sunday 20 January 2019 to continue work at the old stock camp on Mt Majura ridge north of…
