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Fireweed photographed at The Fair project site (W.Pix) During a recent pleasant weeding session at The Fair project site I spotted a flowering plant that I haven’t seen before. I took photographs and uploaded them on Canberra Nature Map; see this sighting. The ACT Weed Officer Steve Taylor confirmed the…
Sticky Weeds Rampage (14/11/2020)
Please come and help remove the rampant Cleavers (Sticky weeds) at a lovely site with old-growth Yellow Box trees. Members of the Australian Conservation Foundation joined FoMM volunteers last Sunday and together we cleaned up two-thirds of the Cleavers as well as many Slender thistles, Sowthistles, Indian Hedge Mustard and…
Clean-up Australia Day (01/03/2020)
Give a hand at a bush cleanup on Clean-up Australia Day Sunday, 1st March from 10 am to 12 noon. Meet at the volunteer registration point, nature park entrance Ian Nicol Street / Tay street east of The Fair, North Watson; click on this map. Bring gloves if you have…
Gift your time: Pre-Christmas Work Party (15/12/2019)
Come along to the last work party in 2019 hosted by Friends of Mt Majura on Sunday 15th December; gift an hour or more to Mt Majura and help to mulch, water, and place debris at our project site in the nature reserve east of The Fair. Morning tea and…
Echidna Train on Mt Majura
Canberra Nature Map is a wonderful tool to share Mt Majura’s treasures and learn about our local wildlife. Jenni’s first contribution to CNM is this beautiful picture of an Echidnas gathering which she took recently. Of course, the gathering has a reason and of course, sex is involved. Read Michael’s…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – June 2019
Working party @ The Fair – Sunday 16 June 2019, 10am – 3pm Join in this working party at The Fair and help spread mulch around the plantings. Give as much time as you like. Where: Nature reserve east of The Fair, North Watson; access and volunteer registration at park…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – December 2018
End-of-the-Year Working Party – Sunday 16 December 2018 Join us to help remove English Ivy, Japanese Honeysuckle and a few other woody weeds that grow in and around the drainage line close to the Hackett reservoir. Come early for an introduction and give as much time as you want.You need…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter – June 2018
Weeding With a View. Horehound Blitz – 17 June 2018, 1pm to approx. 4pm Please give a hand and help remove pesky horehound at an old sheep camp with a view. Give as much time as you like. Horehound is a common perennial weed often found at old stock camps…
High risk invasive weeds found at garden dumping sites
A week ago volunteers of Friends of Mt Majura found Rambling dock, Actetosa sagittata and Bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, at garden refuse dumping sites in the nature reserve east of Mackenzie Street, Hackett. The finding of Rambling dock alerted ACT weed officers and triggered a fast response of the ACT…
