National Tree Day

Filed under Calendar Event, Event Dates
Aug
1
1:00 pm

What is Happening:

Friends of Mt Majura ParkCare group invite the public to join a tree and shrub planting party. We will extend our National Tree Day 2009 plantings with shrubs and trees raised from locally collected seeds. The planting site is located along a major drainage line within endangered ecological community yellow box - red gum grassy woodland close to a high conservation area that provides habitat for ringtail possums, sugar gliders, Gang-Gang Cockatoos and rare and endangered visitors to the mountain, the Swift parrots.

Organisation: Friends of Mt Majura
Site Address: Majura Paddocks
Hackett ACT 2602

Nearest Cross Street: Rivett St Hackett 2602 ACT

Directions: Majura paddock close to the Hackett water reservoir east of Rivett and French Streets intersection in Hackett.
Car parking and access: Mt Majura nature park entrance Antill Street, or Helms Place off Rivett Street.

Suitable for Children: Yes
Accessible for disabled: Yes

Notes about the day for Volunteers:
Please wear appropriate clothing: Hat, enclosed shoes, long sleeved shirt and long pants.
Please bring gloves, a bucket and a digging tool such as a garden trowel or mattock if you have one. Some tools and buckets will be provided.

The following will be provided: Drinking water, Refreshments

Activities that will take place on the day:

  • Tree Planting
  • Bush Regeneration

Categories

  • Wildlife corridors
  • Native animal habitat

Website: www.majura.org

Volunteer RSVP

RSVP to: Waltraud Pix
Phone: 02 - 6247 7515

 

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