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.
[one_half]FoMM Newsletter August 2026
3 August 2026
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 Sunday each month at various sites on Mount ...Continue reading >
Mulching @ The Fair (16/08/2026)
28 July 2026
Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) host working parties on the third Sunday each month at various sites on Mount Majura. In August we will hold another mulching session, this time in the nature reserve east of The Fair. Put on your garden gloves and give a hand: When: Sunday 16 August 2026, from 1pm to 4pm. Where: Nature reserve ...Continue reading >
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Celebrate National Tree Day with a Walk (26/07/2026)
27 June 2026
Enjoy an informative walk with local ecologist Michael Doherty on National Tree Day, Sunday 26th July; learn how to identify Mt Majura’s major trees, see where they occur, and hear how they survive fire and drought. The walking route will take in most of the tree species on the mountain including Snow Gum, Eucalyptus pauciflora that ...Continue reading >
Winter Warm-up Mulching 2nd Take (19/07/2026)
27 June 2026
Where the wombat roams….* Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) will host another mulching session around the Hackett water tank. Come along, push a wheelbarrow, or carry buckets and warm up spreading mulch on top of previously treated Chilean Needle Grass. When: Sunday, 19th July, from 1pm to 4 pm Where: Nature reserve behind Rivett Street around the water tank ...Continue reading >
