Lisa Chester with TCCG Treasurer, Tony Kane The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group Inc. was very excited to have Lisa Chesters, Federal MP for Bendigo, as our special guest to open this year’s season in April. Whilst ‘cutting the ribbon’ Lisa commented that she used to be very involved in Landcare…
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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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Our war against the Wheel Cactus weed is greatly assisted by several different student groups, including last week’s field trip from Roxburgh College, Melbourne. An enthusiastic group of 15 Year 9 students (plus a couple of teachers) and a few volunteers from the Mobile Landcare Group, all enjoyed a day…
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Our last monthly Wheel Cactus Community Field Day for this year will be held on Sunday 24th November beginning at 10:30 am, at Dimsey's in Tarrangower School Road, which is north off Watersons Road and will be well signposted. The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group Inc. and Parks Victoria take a…
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“Cactus Therapy” is the newest craze for dealing with all types of stresses and ills. ‘Experts’ have recently advised that the best way to cure malaise and release your tension is to ‘kill’ some Wheel Cactus plants. Not only do you experience the satisfaction of destroying these noxious weeds, but…
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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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Wheel Cactus is no longer confined to the Maldon, Baringhup and Nuggetty regions. This dreadful weed has recently been found growing in Walmer and Muckleford, and even within a couple of kilometres of the Castlemaine township. Hence we’d like to remind all landowners who find any new Wheel Cactus plants…
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Our next Wheel Cactus Community Field Day will be on Sunday 29th September on a property a couple of km south of Maldon in Skinners Lane, and will be well signposted along South Parkins Reef Road, off the Maldon-Newstead Road. The morning’s activities will begin at 10:30 am and end…
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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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Wheel Cactus plants are spreading quickly around our local region, some being found recently just outside Castlemaine. But this invasion can be stopped, with surprisingly little time and effort if the cactus plants are killed while still young and small, especially if they have not been left to grow dense.…
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Our next Tarrangower Cactus Control Field Day will be held on Sunday 25 August 2013 at a paddock a few kms south of Maldon, in Greenhill Bridge Road, near the turn off at Whitlocks Road. There will be good signposting along South Parkins Reef Road. (There is a map in this flyer.)…
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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 next Tarrangower Cactus Control community Field Day is Sunday 28th July 2013. The venue is the Maldon Historic Reserve in Watersons Road near the turn off to Mount Back Road. Follow the signs from the intersection of Maldon-Bridgewater and Watersons Roads. We have our normal start time of 10.30am…
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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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