| Date | Link | Topics / Contents |
| Mar 2025 | Update #49 [  1.1 MB] |
Interpretive signage, Upcoming hazard reduction burn, Watermain corridor revegetation, Flora and Fauna, Working bee with ANU Intrepid, Weed control, Pinnacle events |
| Aug 2024 | Update #48 [ 0.7 MB] |
Launch of fotpin's spring events program; Updates on the Molonglo watermain corridor revegetation and our Interpretive signage; PCS Annual briefing to ParkCare; Website upgrade |
| Jul 2024 | Update #47 [ 0.9 MB] |
The year in review, including updates on: Pinnacle biodiversity; Weed management; Molonglo watermain corridor revegetation; Weetangera paddock revegetation; Interpretive signage |
| Mar 2024 | Update #46 [ 1 MB] |
Interpretative Signage; Weed Management; Pinnacle Biodiversity;Upcoming events |
| Dec 2023 | Update #45 [ 0.7 MB] |
Spring Walks; Interpretative Signage; Molonglo Watermain Corridor Revegetation; PCS Annual Planning Meeting (2); Weed Management; Pinnacle Biodiversity; Other News |
| Aug 2023 | Update #44 [ 0.3 MB] |
Spring Events Program; Environmental Volunteers Conference; Molonglo Watermain Corridor Revegetation; Interpretative Signage Progress; PCS Annual Planning Briefing; Kama Link Plantings; Weed Management |
| Jun 2023 | Update #43 [ 0.9 MB] |
Updates on a range of issues including weed management, the reserve’s flora and fauna, revegetation, interpretive signage as well as a summary of the excellent talk given by Dr Rosie Cooney, head of the new ACT Office of Nature Conservation, at our recent AGM, plus the results of the AGM |
| Apr 2023 | Update #42 [ 0.2 MB] |
Interpretive Signage at The Pinnacle; Pipeline corridor revegetation; Weed Management; Weetangera Primary School Fete Report; Upcoming Events |
| Nov 2022 | Update #41 [ 1.0 MB] |
Pipeline corridor revegetation; Jamison Joint ParkCare Display; Guided Walks; Hawker College Tree Planting; Interpretive Signage at The Pinnacle; Other News |
| Aug 2022 | Update #40 [ 0.9 MB] |
Pinnacle Events; Molonglo Watermain Revegetation; Meeting with the Ranger; Plant diversity on the Reserve; Weetangera Paddock Revegetation; New Pinnacle Brochure; fotpin Not-for-profit Status; Annual Briefing from PCS |
| Jun 2022 | Update #39 [ 0.5 MB] |
Annual Report: Weed management; Pinnacle Events; PCS and ParkCare News; Molonglo Watermain Revegetation; Other Revegetation; Biodiversity on the Reserve; Kama Link Paddock; Grant Applications; Membership; AGM and SGM |
| Feb 2022 | Update #38 [ 0.5 MB] |
January Storm Effects on the Reserve; New Benches at Dungowan St. Entrance; Wonderful Wildflower Season; Molonglo Watermain Revegetation; Weed management; Hawker Community Gardens; Upcoming Events |
| Nov 2021 | Update #37 [ 1.1 MB] |
October bird walk; Vegwatch surveys; Molonglo waterman revegetation; Pinnacle Extension renamed; Weed management; Weetangera paddock revegetation; ParkCare news; New on the website |
| Aug 2021 | Update #36 [ 294 kB] |
Molonglo 3 Watermain Corridor Revegetation; Upcoming events; Weetangera Paddock Revegetation Project; Collaboration with St Francis Xavier College; Top-up Planting in the Bottom Pinnacle; National Landcare Awards |
| May 2021 | Update #35 AGM issue [ 345 kB] |
AGM Edition: Molonglo 3 Watermain Corridor Revegetation; Weetangera Revegetation Project; Collaboration with St Francis Xavier College; Guided walks; Reserve Biodiversity; Pinnacle Extension; Coordinating Committee; Membership; AGM Report |
| Feb 2021 | Update #34 [ 390 kB] |
Molonglo Watermain Revegetation; Vegwatch Monitoring Project; Pinnacle Extension Update; Gang Gangs at the Pinnacle; Upcoming events |
| Nov 2020 | Update #33 [ 533 kB] |
Joint ParkCare Display at the Jamison Centre; Planning Meetings with PCS; Spring Events Program; Molonglo Watermain update; ParkCare and Politics |
| Aug 2020 | Update #32 [ 275 kB] |
Friends of the Pinnacle turns 10; Molonglo watermain update; Track maintenance; Weetangera paddock revegetation; Meeting with Greens candidate Jo Clay; COG birdwalk; Upcoming events; ParkCare developments |
| May 2020 | Update #31 [ 442 kB] |
Catastrophic summer, Covid-19 and drenching rain; Increased use of the Reserve; First ACT sighting of the Macleay's Grass Yellow butterfly species; Molonglo Watermain update; Weetangera Paddock Revegetation |
| Feb 2020 | Update #30 [ 690 kB] |
Weetangera Primary School fete; Annual Planning Meeting with PCS; Watering Bee in Bottom Pinnacle; ACT Landcare Awards; Weetangera Paddock Revegetation; Upcoming Events |
| Nov 2019 | Update #29 [ 352 kB] |
Joint ParkCare Display at the Jamison Centre; Spring Walks Program; Molonglo Watermain; 30 Years of ParkCare Celebrations; Weetangera Paddock Revegetation; New Fencing; Upcoming Events |
| Aug 2019 | Update #28 [ 226 kB] |
Molonglo Watermain; Weed Control 2018-19; Upcoming Events; Weetangera Paddock Revegetation; Pinnacle Extension Update; Noticeboard Refurbishment; 30 Years of ParkCare Celebrations; Kangaroo Cull |
| Jun 2019 | Update #27 [ 148 kB] |
A wrap-up of the last 10 months: Weed Control; Molonglo Watermain; Displays; Guided Walks; Clean-up Australia Day; May Planting Event; Vegwatch; Pinnacle Extension; Special and Annual General Meetings |
| Mar 2019 | Update #26 [ 261 kB] |
Molonglo Water Main; ParkCare Convenors’ Meeting; Butterfly Walk; Clean Up Australia Day; Upcoming Events; Pinnacle Extension; Weed Control; 2019 AGM May 19th |
| Dec 2018 | Update #25 [ 160 kB] |
Jamison Joint ParkCare Display; Spring Walks Program Wrap; Weetangera Primary School Fete; Vegwatch surveys; Meeting with Minister Gentleman; Proposed Planting for Autumn 2019 |
| Sep 2018 | Update #24 [ 316 kB] |
Annual Planning Meeting with PCS; ParkCare Coordinators’ Meeting; Themeda Rescue; Jamison Joint ParkCare Display; fotpin facebook page |
| Jul 2018 | 2018 Report [ 97 kB] |
Convenor's Report to the 2018 AGM, summarising highlights from the previous 12 months. |
| May 2018 | Update #23 [ 208 kB] |
Hawker Primary School Fete; Autumn walks; Kangaroo Count; Hazard Reduction Burn; Whitlam Pipeline; 2018 AGM; ParkCare Ranger |
| Mar 2018 | Update #22 [ 137 kB] |
Weed Control; ParkCare Coordinators News; Butterfly Walk; Upcoming events; Autumn walk program |
| Nov 2017 | Update #21 [ 398 kB] |
Whitlam Pipeline, ParkCare Display at Jamison Centre; Belconnen High School Interaction; Vegwatch Forum; Noticeboard; Butterflies at the Pinnacle; Spring Walks; Annual Planning Meeting; Aboriginal Heritage Walks; Weetangera Primary School Fete |
| Mar 2017 | Update #20 [ 948 kB] |
Weed Control; ParkCare Coordinators’ News; Belconnen Hills Vegetation Plan; Pinnacle Extension; Upcoming Events |
| Jan 2017 | Update #19 [ 216 kB] |
Spring Walks Program; Annual PCS Planning Meeting; Other Recent Events; Weed Control; Vegwatch; Grassland Slashing Trials; ParkCare Coordinators' News; Collaboration with Belconnen High School |
| Mar 2016 | Update #18 [ 994 kB] |
Weed Control; Pinnacle Extension; Clean Up Australia Day; Upcoming Events |
| Dec 2015 | Update #17 [ 304 kB] |
Spring Events Program; Other Events; Weed Control; Vegwatch Program (Biodiversity Monitoring); Future Planning |
| Jun 2015 | Newsletter #7 [ 1.1 MB] |
Autumn Bird Walk Report - Elizabeth Smith and John Brannan Plantings along the Valley Track - John Brannan, Alison Milton and Elizabeth Smith fotpin’s Fifth Annual Kangaroo Count - Warren Bond and Elizabeth Smith State of the Pinnacle Walk - Changes and Challenges - Warren Bond |
| Jun 2015 | Update #16 [ 63 kB] |
Autumn Events wrap; Planting in the Central and Dam paddocks; 5th Kangaroo Count; Launch of Landcare ACT |
| Mar 2015 | Update #15 [ 148 kB] |
Weed Control; Proposed addition to The Pinnacle Nature Reserve; ParkCare Coordinators' News; Hazard Reduction Burns; Successful Clean Up Australia Day at The Pinnacle |
| Jan 2015 | Update #14 [ 122 kB] |
Weed Control; Review of Spring Events; Proposed Autumn Panting |
| Aug 2014 |
Newsletter #6 [ 1.4 MB] |
Autumn at the Pinnacle - Alison Milton April Bird Walk Report - John Brannan and Alison Milton Indigenous Heritage Walk Report - Elizabeth Smith European Heritage Walk Report - Craig Wainwright |
| Jun 2014 | Update #13 [ 69 kB] |
Review of Autumn Events and walks (including Indigenous Heritage Walk, European Heritage Walk, Briar Replacement Planting in Bottom Pinnacle and Kangaroo Count); Weed Control |
| Mar 2014 | Update #12 [ 66 kB] |
Proposed Briar Replacement Planting; Weed Control; Proposed Hazard Reduction Burns; Proposed Autumn Walks Program |
| Dec 2013 | Update #11 [ 243 kB] |
Expenditure review for the Parks and Conservation Service; Spring Walks Program Review; Joint ParkCare Display at Jamison Centre; Small Planting adjacent to the Forest block; Vegwatch (Biodiversity Monitoring) Program; Walking Track Upgrades; Rare Plant Survey of the Pinnacle; Postponement of Hazard Reduction Burns; Weed Control |
| Nov 2012 | Update #10 [ 129 kB] |
September Planting/Woodland Restoration Strategy; Erosion control works in the Bottom Pinnacle; 2012 Kangaroo Survey; Rabbit Warren Treatments; Spring Walks Program; Bushfire Operation Plan Meeting; Briar Rose Replacement Program; Tree-cutting & Firewood Gathering in the Reserve; the 2012-13 Weeding Season |
| Jun 2012 | Update #9 [ 91 kB] |
The 2011-12 Weeding Season; the Belconnen Hills Woodlands Strategy; Re mediation of ripped rabbit warrens (and planned mapping in August); Proposed Kangaroo Survey; Erosion control activities in Bottom Pinnacle; our July AGM |
| Mar 2012 | Update #8 [ 110 kB] |
Erosion control; Presentation at the ACT Weed Forum; Next kangaroo count; Autumn Walks program; July AGM . |
| Feb 2012 | Update #7 [ 85 kB] |
Belconnen Hills Woodlands Strategy; Erosion control; Fotpin Grass Project; Biodiversity monitoring |
| Dec 2012 | Christmas Message [ 22 kB] |
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| Jul 2011 | Update #6 [ 67 kB] |
Committee meetings; Native grass restoration project; Fotpin website; Weed control, effort tracking and monitoring; Pilot revegetation project; Advocacy; ACT Woodlands Strategy; Bird monitoring; Interaction with Canberra Institute of Technology; Community Service Order workers; Kangaroos and rabbits; Training; Our Guided Walks and Spring Program; Erosion mapping and assessment; Promoting our projects; Newsletters and updates; Equestrians |
| Jun 2011 | Newsletter #5
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The First fotpin Kangaroo Count - Warren Bond The Grass Project (Defeating the Weed Menace Update) - Don Driscoll What's on the Horizon for fotpin - Pax Where the Birds are - John Brannan |
| Apr 2011 | Update #5 [ 82 kB] |
Monthly and seasonal guided walks; Our kangaroo survey; Pinnacle planting project; Leadership on the scything front; Progress with the Weed Plan; Fotpin’s grass project; CIT student program; Proposed fotpin CSO program; Rabbit monitoring and control; North Kama and Bottom Pinnacle; The land and water conservation project; Management rules; Fotpin’s website; NRM Chair’s visit |
| Mar 2011 | Newsletter #4 [ 659 kB] |
The Australia Day Weed-off and BBQ - Heather Burness Weed Management - Warren Bond Initial Weed Menace Survey Report - Don Driscoll The Fences - Don Driscoll fotpin Kangaroo Rescue - Don Driscoll A Tale of Frogmouths - John Brannan |
| Jan 2011 | Update #4 [ 30 kB] |
The Native Grass Restoration Project; Committee meetings, our Rules, and the 2011 AGM; Pinnacle Environment Education Program; Extending the Pinnacle Nature Reserve; Tracks, trails and horses; Fotpin Australia Day BBQ; Working with Parks; The Weetangera Primary School Fete and future fetes; What has the wet spring/summer meant to us?; Fotpin data and mapping; The Chief Minister’s Woodland Restoration plan; Community service orders; Guided walks – monthly and seasonal; Brochures and interpretive materials; Recording weeding effort |
| Dec 2010 | Newsletter #3 [ 613 kB] |
Defeating the Weed Menace - Don Driscoll Introducing the fotpin Website - Warren Bond Recording What's Happened Before - fotpin Archives - Mark Hallam The Pinnacle: Nature Park or Theme Park - Pax |
| Sep 2010 | Newsletter #2 [ 412 kB] |
Friends of Grasslands Kama Woodlands Tour - Don Driscoll Preparing for Spring - Rosemary Blemings Spring Bird Report - John Brannan Saving our Soils - Pax Monitoring Rabbit Activity - Pax |
| Aug 2010 | Update #3 [ 73 kB]
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Committee meetings and outcomes; the Weed Plan; Land and water conservation; Rabbits; Membership and OH&S issues; Review of our management rules and our future first AGM; Our field activities; FOTPIN priorities for spring, and how you would like to be involved? |
| Jun 2010 | Newsletter #1> [ 361 kB] |
Launch of the fotpin Weed Plan - Pax Bird Monitoring on The Pinnacle - John Brannan Kangaroos and Soil Erosion - David Tongway Rabbit Warren Mapping - Gilbert Hughes |
| Apr 2010 | Update #2 [ 34 kB] |
Launch of our draft Community Weed Management Plan; Mapping of potential Pink Tail Worm Lizard habitat; the Case for a fotpin Committee; Natural Temperate Grassland on The Pinnacle; the Rabbit plan; ChemCert requirements; liaising with the Belconnen Community Council |
| Mar 2010 | Update #1 [ 61 kB] |
The need for regular newsletters; ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment; Weeding group schedules; draft Weed Plan; Rabbit warren mapping; Pinnacle photography; Weed spraying; surveying the Pinnacle for Pink Tailed Worm Lizards and their habitat |