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.

Calendar

Summary of upcoming FOG Events

Sat 3 October 2.00 – 4.30 pm: Monitoring ecosystem response to management: learn about this in a visit to a Murrumbateman property. Should be valuable for anyone doing or planning restoration activities (courtesy of Murrumbateman Landcare Group).  More info, and registration (essential) https://linc.landcarensw.org.au/events/42/view

Mon 12 October 10.00 am (at Boorowa) – 3.00 pm: Visit grassland at Tarengo Travelling stock reserve and another TSR after two cool burns earlier this year. We may see Tarengo Leek Orchids in flower! Led by Rainer Rehwinkel and an LLS colleague. Lunch in town. To register and for more information: margaret.ning@fog.org.au

Sun 18 October 8.30 am (at Bungendore) – 3.30 pm: Visit four (more if time) outstanding grassy woodland and grassland sites near Bungendore, jointly with Canberra Birds, led by Rainer Rehwinkel. Meet for lunch at 12.30 at Bungendore Park. Be prepared for snakes and to climb gates if necessary. (More information below.) To register: margaret.ning@fog.org.au 

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

Wed 21 October 9 am – 11.30 am: Meet at the end of Kambah Pool Rd for FOG's first visit to the grassy woodland there, led by Rainer Rehwinkel. To register and for more information: margaret.ning@fog.org.au 

Sun 8 November 9 am – 2 pm: Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon fundraiser at Hall village, at Daughters of Hall (cafe), 'to support the conservation of Canberra's unique and threatened earless dragon'. See flier. 

Summary of upcoming FOG Work parties

Hall Cemetery woodland (Wallaroo Rd). Register: john.fitzgerald@fog.org.au

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

Gurubang Dhawura (Yarralumla, National Lands). Register: jamie.pittock@fog.org.au

Yarramundi Reach grassland (National Lands). Register: john.fitzgerald@fog.org.au 

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

Summary of Notices

Nothing to report here.

Details of FOG Events

Sunday 18 October visit to Bungendore – extra information: Three of the sites are Travelling Stock Reserves, and one is a vacant Crown land site. If there’s time, the group will also visit one nature reserve and one Crown reserve. All the sites have outstanding grassy woodland and grassland and offer opportunities to see floristically diverse grassy ground-layers, and woodland and grassland birds.

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

About work parties

Register 1–2 days before the work party so you can be told where to meet, likely weather and potential for cancellation, etc. Work can include weeding, planting, collecting rubbish, and spraying with herbicides (only by qualified people) making these work parties unsuitable for young children. Wear gardening clothes, hat and boots suitable for rough ground and hazards. Bring your own drinking water. Tools are usually provided. 

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

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 to 11.30 am on the first and fourth Wednesdays of the month.

Hall Cemetery: FOG has held regular work parties in the woodlands around Hall Cemetery since 2009, aiming to remove weeds and restore the native grasses and wildflowers that were once present. Work parties run from 9 to 11.30 am. You need to bring your own working tool, and dress sensibly.

Top Hut TSR, near Cooma, NSW: FOG has been working at Top Hut Travelling Stock Reserve a few times each year since 2020. While there are very few ‘major’ weed species on the site, there are ample weed species we would like to control simply because they detract from the quality and beauty of the site! 

‘Scottsdale’ monitoring: This project was started in 2008, and FOG has continued to conduct yearly grassland monitoring to assess the impact of differing regimes on the growth and abundance of African lovegrass and native species.  Inquiries & contact: linda@xamax.com.au

Details of Notices

Nothing to report here.

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