Discover some spring flowering native terrestrial orchids and learn something more of this fascinating group of plants with Matt Mullaney, Ciaran Ernst-Russell, Shoko Okada, Tobias Hayashi and Rob Gibbon. DATE Sunday 4 October 9:30am-12 noon & repeated 1:30 pm to 4:00pm Yes, daylight saving starts that very day. MEET at the car park on the mountain side of Caswell Drive. Look for FOBM banners; (from Belconnen Way drive south towards Glenloch

Saturday 10 October 2026 9.30am sharp to 12noon or later. Celebrate the spring flowering on beautiful Black Mountain with a social ramble appreciating wildflowers in the tradition established by Nancy Burbidge, continued by George Chippendale, and then Jean Geue. Discover the surprising diversity of tiny orchids, bush peas, wattles and billy buttons on easy bush tracks with experienced guides and good company. All springs are not the same. The pattern remains but timing and