Wheel Cactus killing season has begun and the army of Wheel Cactus Warriors is on the war path again. These volunteers, landowners and Parks Victoria have all helped to remove many large infestations of wheel cactus plants over the past few years. This is the first step towards breaking the…
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Hello everyone Oogy Wawa Productions has produced 3 videos for the Wheel Cactus Warriors and the first two are now uploaded to the website under the Photos & Videos Tab. In the first our President, Ian Grenda, explains "Who we Are" and in the second he talks about "Talking the…
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The launch of our very own website is exciting news from the Tarrangower Wheel Cactus Group. This long desired wish has been realised thanks to Max Schlachter from Connecting Country, who very kindly provided funds for the creation of the website. Our website was officially launched in July by a…
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Cactus warrior Ian Grenda (president of the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group) will be interviewed on the Maldon Radio Show this Friday 2nd August. The show runs from 9-11am and Ian will be entertaining us from 10-11am. So tune into 94.9FM.
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The Field Trip headed off towards Mannum at 8.30 and the first stop was at Reedy Creek to demonstrate the effectiveness of mechanical removal of cactus in the area. Other short stops occurred to look at examples of different invasive cactus and methods of control, for example Opuntia ficus-indica, the…
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The first speaker, Mike Chuck (Australian Invasive Cactus Network), spoke about the Australian Invasive Cacti Initiative and the recognition now that cacti are a national rather than local issue. He concentrated on the threat cacti pose to the rangelands of SA. The first National Rangelands Audit was conducted in 2009,…
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A presentation organised by Connecting Country was held at the Maldon Community Centre on 13th March 2013. http://connectingcountry.org.au/03/dont-take-a-shotgun-to-the-cactus-even-if-it-is-annoying-you. The informative and entertaining event featured two speakers. The first was ecologist Geoff Carr, who gave a very passionate and informative talk about how many different plants are categorised as weeds in…
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