Black Mountain Weeding Work Party
This is FoBM’s next weeding work party. Wear: HAT, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, gloves, stout shoes. Morning tea will be around 10:30am. Please book so that we have sufficient morning tea.
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55th Black Mountain spring wildflower ramble
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Events
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Caswell Drive entry on the mountain side Caswell Drive, Aranda, ACT, Australia
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Professor Rod Peakall ‘The magic of chemistry in the pollination and evolution of Australian terrestrial orchids’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaRod, from ANU, will discuss how orchids use specific floral volatiles to attract pollinators, highlight new insights on the evolution of Australia terrestrial orchids and outline his ongoing project on the pollination of the mysterious NSW underground orchids.
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Cameras and Cafe Walk
ANBG Bus Stop Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, AustraliaA special Cameras and Café Walk will be held on Saturday 11 July 2026. The Gardens are very kindly allowing us to commence at 7 am, which is just before dawn. This will maximize the chances of capturing fog and/or frost in the early hours of light.
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Dr Phillip Kodela ‘Wattle in Your Pocket, the Bank-notable Wattles – science behind the Next Generation Banknotes of Australia’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaDr Phillip Kodela is Botanist and Executive Editor of the Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Parks Australia Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
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Dr John Turnbull ‘Trees, woods and man’
ANBG Theatrette Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaJohn, formerly with CSIRO, will trace the importance of trees from earliest times to the present day.
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Black Mountain Summit Ramble
Black Mountain Summit Terrace Black Mountain Summit Trail, Black Mountain Drive, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaDr Michael Doherty, a local plant ecologist, and ANBG Guide, will talk about winter colour among the plants down the north-eastern slope from the Summit of Black Mountain to the ANBG Visitor Centre. Michael will talk about the interesting variety of mechanisms through which the local flora copes with fire and drought and he will also be pointing out the characteristics of the different eucalypts found along the way, including some very old veteran scribbly gums with lumpy bumpy ‘elephants feet'!