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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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TCCG's current & past Presidents Lee & Ian at Government House receiving the Victorian Landcare Fairfax Community Group 2017 Award Last September the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group volunteers were declared...
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29 July 2018 Poster Our next Community Field Day is on Sunday 29th July, starting at 10:30am. Come and join us for a morning in the fresh air and learn...
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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...
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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...
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Thanks to ongoing funding from Mount Alexander Shire Council, the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group has been able to provide free loans of injector kits to many local landholders over the...
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Congratulations to the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group ‘cactus warriors’ who entered another fantastic float in the annual Maldon Easter Parade, and won the ‘Best Community Entry’ award – again! This year’s entry was an amazing model of a crow (the major culprit for spreading wheel cactus seeds) which was accompanied…
This excellent example of before- and after-injection treatment of a Wheel Cactus infestation was at a property in Waterson’s Road. (Photos courtesy of D. Gibson) It may seem difficult to believe sometimes, but the Wheel Cactus invasion can be defeated. This is thanks to many volunteers and landowners, contractors and…
Wheel Cactus seeds are most commonly spread by crows (Australian Ravens) eating the luscious red fruit and later flying to a nearby tree to digest and excrete the seeds. So, the plants very easily spread from property to property, to parks and native bush, with no regard to fence lines…
Everyone who’s tried killing Wheel Cactus agrees; it’s very therapeutic! Say goodbye to the winter blues and release all your tensions. There’s something rather satisfying gained from jabbing the injector into the pads of these noxious weeds, and very meditative wandering amongst the picturesque surroundings. Combined with the sheer pleasure…
Several members of the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group trekked down to Government House last Friday because the group and Ian Grenda were both finalists in the Victorian Landcare Awards for 2017. We were very impressed by the stunning building and surrounds, and very excited just to be there. But we…
Any of the many different cacti species have the potential to escape from an urban garden and cause major environmental destruction, as Wheel Cactus (Opuntia robusta) has done in our region. Vectors such as birds and foxes can easily transport seeds from a garden to local bushland or farm. Often…
