Are you concerned about the spread of noxious weeds in our local natural environment? Do you think enough weed management is carried out by our local Shire? Would you like...
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Wheel Cactus plant compromised by Cochineal insects. During 2019 our committee members completed a project with the goal of improving control of Wheel Cactus infestations. The project was titled 'A...
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Cactus warrior volunteers working at a community field day on a local private property. Have you recently escaped the city and bought yourself a piece of paradise in the Maldon...
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Our final Wheel Cactus Community Field Day for this year will be held on Sunday 27th October, at a property in Treloar’s Rd., around the corner from Waterson’s Rd. and...
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A rope cactus species growing on ANZAC Hill could become another major cactus problem. No cacti plants are native to Australia; all are introduced species from the American continents. Not...
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Our next Wheel Cactus Community Field Day will be held on Sunday 29th September, at a property on the corner of Waterson’s and Treloar’s Rds., and will be well signposted...
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Sign at Maldon Transfer Station Thanks to renewed funding from Mount Alexander Shire Council, Wheel Cactus plants can again be disposed of FREE at the Maldon Transfer Station. This is...
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For the past 5 years the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group (TCCG) has received funding from the Mt. Alexander Shire Council to provide free disposal of Wheel Cactus plants at the...
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Lee and Costa at Vic Weed Conference in Echuca Cactus warriors Ian and Lee have just returned home after attending the Victorian Weed Society conference, held in Echuca. Both thought...
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Cochineal insects growing on a Wheel Cactus plant. The Tarrangower Cactus Warriors are slowly emerging from their summer hibernation (i.e. holiday) and planning has begun for this year's new project....
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Froggett Awards 2018 certificate - Tarrangower Cactus Group It was announced today the the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group has won the Froggatt Award 2018 for the category of Control and...
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Guest speaker Greg Lefoe informs the cactus warriors about the wonders of biocontrol. The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group sincerely thanks all our community members, volunteers and landowners, who have helped...
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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…
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...
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