Calendar

The Current Calendar (below) includes FoG and related activities. To be kept fully up to date with FoG activities, become a member, get the newsletter and if you have email access you'll also get the FoG E-bulletin with all the latest news and information. If you have queries about any of the activities below, contact the person nominated, or Contact Us.

FoG visits many private or public properties during the year to assist in plant identification and management issues. These visits usually do not appear in the FoG program because we may not know what to expect at such sites and because they are usually arranged at short notice. If you are interested in participating in property visits, Contact Us.

Please advertise this information amongst your friends and networks and support our activities.

Non FoG members are welcome to participate in FoG events.

For any FoG activity you should register with the indicated contact, who can assist with directions and possibly car pooling. By registering you assist us to organise any catering and provide you with any other information that you may need, including late changes. For all FoG activities please supply your emergency contact person's details when registering.

Summary of upcoming FOG Events

Sun 18 Oct, 8:30am (Bungendore)-3:30pm Visiting three TSRs. A vacant Crown land site, and if there is time, one nature reserve and one Crown reserve. Register:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Mon 19 Oct, 1.30 pm Plant recognition field workshop. Blue Devil Grassland (Umbagong District Park, Latham) and Dawn Crescent Grassland (Lawson). Invitation to join the Friends of the ANBG Plant Recognition group on a plant recognition field workshop led by Margaret Ning, Andrew Zelnik, John Fitz Gerald and Rainer Rehwinkel. Contact:rainer.rehwinkel@fog.org.au

Wed 21 Oct, 9am - 11.30am Kambah Pool Rd grassland and grassy woodland wildflowers. Never visited before by FOG, join Rainer Rehwinkel for a wander around this gem. Register:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Sat 24 Oct, 1-3:30pm Mount Taylor grassland and grassy woodland wildflowers. This is an area of quality grassy woodland with very few weeds, and has a small patch of Swainsona recta. Register:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Summary of upcoming FOG Work parties

National Lands Group. Register:jamie.pittock@fog.org.au

Gurubang Dhawura

Sat 17 Oct, 9am-12:30pm

Budjan Galindji Grasslands Nature Reserve (Franklin). Register:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Wed 28 Oct, 9-11:30am
Wed 4 Nov, 9-11:30am

Hall Cemetery. Register:john.fitzgerald@fog.org.au

Sat 7 Nov, 9-11am

Top Hut TSR, near Cooma, NSW. Contact:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Sun 25 Oct, 9:30am-3:30pm

Scottsdale Monitoring. Inquiries & contact:linda.spinaze@fog.org.au

Wed 11 Nov, normally an early start

Summary of Notices

Details of FOG Events

Sun 18 Oct 8:30am (Bungendore)-3:30pm Visiting three TSRs. The first is a vacant Crown land site, and if there’s time, a nature reserve and a Crown reserve, all with outstanding grassy woodland, with opportunities to see floristically diverse grassy groundlayers and woodland and grasslands birds. Lunch at Bungendore at 12:30pm. Register:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Wed 21 Oct, 9am - 11.30am Kambah Pool Rd grassland and grassy woodland wildflowers. Never visited before by FOG, join Rainer Rehwinkel for a wander around this gem. The Early Nancies have flowered and there will be a steady procession of grassland favourites over the next one to two months, and a couple of different eucalypts too. Register to discover this delightful site: Register:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Sat 24 Oct, 1-3:30pm Mount Taylor grassland and grassy woodland wildflowers. This is an area of quality grassy woodland and is known to have the threatened species Swainsona recta. Mt Taylor was one of Dave Mallinson’s favourite places and it was he who showed us to the small patch of Swainsona recta way back in about 2002. We are unlikely to find the Swainsona on this walk but you will see a nice patch of grassy woodland with very few weeds. Register:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Early warning of FOG future events

Nothing to report here.

Events and dates are indicative and may be subject to change. Details will be advised as more information is available.

Details of FOG work parties

Registration

Participants need to register for these events at least two days before the event, to confirm details of the starting locations or any last-minute changes. Note: work includes weeding, planting and rubbish removal. Herbicides are often used so these events are not suitable for young children. Tools are provided. You need to wear gardening clothes (including hat) and solid footwear appropriate for the work and the weather, and bring your own drinking water. The work party convener may provide morning tea, making these pleasant social occasions. Events will be cancelled if the weather is unsuitable: a) the forecast is 35 deg C+, b) it is a total fire ban day, c) there is lightning, d) air quality is hazardous, or e) heavy rain.

National Lands Group Register:jamie.pittock@fog.org.au

FOG’s National Lands Group is responsible for work on National Lands (Gurubang Dhawura /Stirling Park, Scrivener’s Hut, State Circle, Yarramundi Grassland) managed by the National Capital Authority and Blue Gum Point: managed by ACT Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS).

Gurubang Dhawura

Sat 17 Oct, 9am-12:30pm. The end is nigh at Blue Gum Point. Last month we planted a record 580 tubestock. We have a final 180 tubestock to plant next weekend, which should complete our replanting efforts for the formerly weed infested lands along the lake edge. There will be many tasks. Recent plantings will be mulched. Older plantings need guards and stakes removed, and recent plantings need guards repaired. And there will be rubbish to collect. There are jobs for those who need to sit (guard assembly) and require less exertion (e.g. rubbish collection). Holes will be augured so most work is actually planting. We will also do some maintenance work at Attunga Point on past plantings, rubbish collection and weed control. We will meet at the management gate on Alexandrina Drive, Yarralumla, midway between Mariner Place west and the rusty ‘DNA’ sculpture (on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PWCQrCwoypopG9hp9).

Budjan Galindji Grasslands Nature Reserve (Franklin) - Inquiries and registration: margaret.ning@fog.org.au

The Budjan Galindji Grasslands Nature Reserve Parkcare Group is organised by FOG and ACT Parkcare. Work parties have largely focused on plant identification and removing weeds, and some planting of grasses and forbs is planned. We are working closely with the Rangers. This is a great opportunity for participants in the group to learn about grassland plants and weeds and their management, and more generally how to restore our precious grasslands, including selecting, growing, and reintroducing plants. Work parties are from 9-11.30am on the first and fourth Wednesday of the month.

Wed 28 Oct, 9-11:30am
Wed 4 Nov, 9-11:30am

Hall Cemetery - Inquiries and registration:john.fitzgerald@fog.org.au

FOG has held regular work parties at Hall Cemetery since 2009, aiming to remove weeds and restore the native grasses and wild flowers that were once present. Work parties are held from 9-11am. You need to bring your own working tool, and dress sensibly.

Sat 7 Nov, 9-11am

Top Hut TSR, near Cooma, NSW. Contact:margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Sun 25 Oct, 9:30am-3:30pm

Scottsdale Monitoring. Inquiries & contact:linda@xamax.com.au

11 Nov, normally an early start

Details of Notices

Sun 8 Nov, 9 am-2 pm Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon fundraiser. To be held at Daughters of Hall (cafe), Hall Village to support the conservation of Canberra's unique and threatened earless dragon. Donations will help fund habitation restoration, on ground conservation, research & monitoring, and community education.

Please advertise these events among your friends and networks. Non Non FoG members are welcome to FoG events. For inquiries or if you have an item to include, please Contact Us