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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Our very own Cochineal bug in the Maldon Easter parade. Our next Field Day will begin the new Tarrangower Cactus Control Group project, with thanks to Landcare Victoria for funding....
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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…
Fellow Cactus Warriors Have you seen the latest issue of RACV's Royal Auto magazine? It contains an alarming article promoting the sale and cultivation of cacti! Online here: https://indd.adobe.com/view/e082e5e2-b0a2-40f6-ac67-487a06376210 We...
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Our last Community Field Day for this year is on Sunday 28th October, starting at 10:30am. Come and join us for a morning in the fresh air and learn how...
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National Landcare Community Group Award 2018 The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group was awarded the Victorian Fairfax Media Landcare Community Group Award in 2017 and so automatically became the Victorian State...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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