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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Orchid Walks on Black Mountain [FULLY BOOKED] | Sunday, 5 October 2025 - 9:30am to 12:00pm, Sunday, 5 October 2025 - 1:30pm to 4:00pm |
Choose your time to book and to discover some spring flowering native terrestrial orchids and learn something more of this fascinating group of plants with Matt Mullaney, Shoko Okado and Tobias Hayashi. Meet: at the car park on the mountain side of Caswell Drive. Look for FOBM banners; (from Belconnen Way drive south towards Glenloch Interchange). Book: Limited numbers for each walk. [FULLY BOOKED] |
| Black Mountain Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 4 October 2025 - 9:00am to 12:00pm |
We plan to remove lots of non-local acacia and other woody weeds. Meet: Caswell Drive entry on the mountain side. Bring: more of your friends if you wish, as everyone is welcome. Wear: hat, sunscreen, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, gloves, stout shoes. Please book: if you are planning to come, please let us know by booking using this booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CYPVM |
| Annabel Ellis ‘Bandicoots and the great truffle heist’ | Thursday, 2 October 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Bandicoots usually forage for grubs, roots or fungi. However, the little diggers have developed a taste for expensive French black truffles, costing farmers up to $20k a year. Annabel, a PhD student at the University of Sydney, uses marsupial friendly strategies to discourage their gourmet tastes. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/DDEFM |
| Wake up with the Birds | Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am, Sunday, 21 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am, Saturday, 27 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am, Sunday, 28 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am |
Observe amazing birdlife in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. The walk of 1½ to 2 hours with expert bird guides includes plenty of time to stop and look! |
| Questacon Mangroves Felting Workshop | Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 9:00am to 3:00pm, Friday, 26 September 2025 - 9:00am to 3:00pm, Saturday, 27 September 2025 - 9:00am to 3:00pm |
If you attended the Questacon Mangroves exhibition, you will be excited learn that Questacon is now offering a Questacon Mangroves Felting Workshop with Melanie Tribe! Learn how to make your own needle-felted mudskippers with Questacon! Choose from three six-hour workshops being held Saturday 20th, Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September. Click here for further information. |
| Wake up with the Birds | Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am, Sunday, 21 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am, Saturday, 27 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am, Sunday, 28 September 2025 - 8:30am to 10:30am |
Observe amazing birdlife in the beautiful surrounds of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. In a small group, experience the Gardens early on a spring morning when the birds are nesting and at their most active. The walk of 1½ to 2 hours with expert bird guides includes plenty of time to stop and look! |
| After Dark Walk in the Gardens (SOLD OUT) | Friday, 26 September 2025 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm |
Fun for young and old, explore the Gardens as it gets dark, observe the birds as they go to bed, discover animals that come out at night. Visiting the Gardens by torch and moonlight gives such a different feeling and perspective to visiting during the day. This special family friendly event is for everyone aged 6 and over. Bookings essential: https://www.trybooking.com/DDKAR. Cost: $20 Friends members and their family members; $24 for non members. (SOLD OUT) |
| Friends of ANBG Photographic Group Monthly Meeting | Friday, 26 September 2025 - 10:00am |
The meeting will feature presentations by Cristy Froehlich and Julia Landford from NatureArt Lab. Cristy is a highly respected photographer and artist who shares her love of nature and art through teaching and nature tours. Julia, the Founding Director of NatureArt Lab, is an artist, educator and environmentalist, leading art, citizen science and environmental collaboration in Australia. The meeting will also include our regular show and tell segment in which participants share their photographic works and the stories behind them. |
| Questacon Mangroves Felting Workshop | Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 9:00am to 3:00pm, Friday, 26 September 2025 - 9:00am to 3:00pm, Saturday, 27 September 2025 - 9:00am to 3:00pm |
If you attended the Questacon Mangroves exhibition, you will be excited learn that Questacon is now offering a Questacon Mangroves Felting Workshop with Melanie Tribe! Learn how to make your own needle-felted mudskippers with Questacon! Choose from three six-hour workshops being held Saturday 20th, Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September. Click here for further information. |
| Hannah Gerke ‘Life on the edge: personality and movement behaviour of urban brown snakes in Canberra’ | Thursday, 25 September 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Hannah, a PhD candidate at ANU, will talk about the hundreds of Eastern brown snakes being translocated around the ACT each year. However, recent work has shown that moving reptiles long distances may have harmful impacts on brown snake behaviour and survival. Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. (Tickets are Free but a donation on entry is appreciated.) This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette. Booking Link: https://www.trybooking.com/DDEFK |
