Welcome to the website of the Friends of Mount Majura. We are a volunteer Park Care Group working to protect and enhance the natural environment on Mount Majura and its surroundings. Explore this website to find out about upcoming events and to learn more about the plants and animals you will encounter on the mountain.
Enjoy a film about the Friends of Mt Majura produced by our guest students from Taiwan during their stay in Canberra in autumn 2022.
Woody Weeds Working Bee (15/10/2023)
22 September 2023
Join the Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) working bee and help tackle woody weeds at the west slope of Mt Majura. This is a follow up to the August working bee in the area south of Oldfields Lane. When: Sunday, 15 October 2023 from 9.00 am to 12 noon. Where: Meet at the nature park entrance Antill Street, North ...Continue reading >
FoMM Newsletter – September 2023
1 September 2023Third Sunday working bee 17 September 1pm For our first spring working bee we will return to the Hackett reservoir tank and nearby watercourse removing privet, ivy and other weeds growing close to the tank, spreading mulch near the watercourse to suppress new weed growth and doing some hand weeding there. No experience is needed, and children ...Continue reading >
Bird walk (17/09/2023)
27 August 2023
Walk through the woodlands with bird enthusiast Peter Miller to spot, observe, listen to, and learn about the amazing variety of Mt Majura’s birds in Spring. When: Sunday, 17th September, 8am (sharp) – 10 am Where: Meet at nature reserve entrance Tay St / Ian Nicol St, in The Fair, North Watson (volunteer registration point on this ...Continue reading >
Spring Working Party (17/09/2023)
22 August 2023
Spring into action and give a hand at the Friends of Mt Majura work party on Sunday, 17 September to remove Privet, Ivy and other weeds around the lower Hacket water tank and to finish off mulching along the water course to suppress new weed growth. FoMM volunteers with the help of new recruits (see the ...Continue reading >
