Cactus Warriors celebrate with Guest Speaker and Lunch The Cactus Warriors have achieved abundant destruction again this past year. Thanks to many tenacious volunteers and landowners, countless more Wheel Cactus plants are dead. The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group would like to thank and reward all ‘warriors’ for their dedicated work…
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It was a glorious day for killing cactus for our September field day. Thanks to Steve and Julie-anne for asking us to help them out. Steve and Julie-anne have recently purchased their property and soon realised they couldn’t do it by themselves. They have attended every field day so far…
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Through the cooler months of the year the cactus warriors have been busy updating their website. For those that haven’t visited yet, they will find that we have freshened the website to make it easier to navigate. You will find articles on the activities of cactus warriors, information about Wheel…
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Last weekend some of our hardy Cactus Warriors joined forces with our like minded local Landcare Groups to support Landcare Week. Here we were at the Maldon Market braving the cold and inclement weather but still spreading the word. Thanks to Asha from Connecting Country for organising us and thanks…
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Three of our mighty warriors shall be off to Brisbane for the National Landcare Awards and Conference and Geoff Palmer has kindly made a video for them to present. We thought you might all want to take a look at what Geoff has done. Many thanks to Geoff for making…
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Monash Uni Students help fight our Cactus War Last month a group of students from Monash University spent a few days in Maldon to help us wage the war on Wheel Cactus. This very enthusiastic group of students from Monash University Biological Society travelled here during their midyear holidays…
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A visit to the area by Andy Steed of DEDJRT recently alterted him to the size of the infestation of wheel cactus in our area. Andy suggested that the best way to get the department activated to respond to wheel cactus infestation, was to report it to him. The more…
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Our next Community Field Day is on Sunday 24th June, starting at 10:30am. Come and join us for a morning in the fresh air and learn how best to destroy Wheel Cactus. The location this month is in Lakey’s Road, Shelbourne, along the old railway line, about 12 kms north…
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On Sunday the 27th May, the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group (TCCG) launched their season of 'attack' on the noxious weed Wheel Cactus. President Lee Mead gave a brief overview of some the group's activities during the past year, and thanked all the volunteers and property owners who are participating in…
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