Our August Field Day will take place next Sunday 30th August at a property on the extension of Tarrengower School Road off Watersons Road. Follow the signs from the corner of the Maldon-Bridgewater Road and Watersons Road. As usual we start at 10.30 am. The field day will be followed…
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Last week a group of Monash University students made their annual visit to Maldon to help with the battle against Wheel Cactus. Members of the Monash Biological Society have been assisting the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group since 2010. Fifteen students spent four days working on cactus infestations in Watersons Road…
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Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group is continuing to eradicate Wheel Cactus from our local public lands. These sponsors include the North Central Catchment Management Authority, Parks Victoria, Mount Alexander Shire Council and Connecting Country. This month we’ll be killing cactus plants at the foot of…
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Wheel Cactus near Maldon Hospital This Wheel Cactus is real - no trick photography! This photo hasn’t been photo-shopped or digitally enhanced in any way; Wheel Cactus is now growing in the middle of town! Recently on her daily constitutional, ‘Cactus Warrior Bubbles’ spotted some small Wheel Cactus plants in…
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The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group (TCCG) held an enlightening workshop and field trip last week, specifically for government land management organisations. Our main goals were to warn other regions in Victoria that Wheel Cactus is spreading like a ‘triffid’, and to share our knowledge and experience trying to eradicate this…
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The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group will be hosting a workshop on Thursday 14th May, 2015. The workshop aims to build links with like-minded groups and increase awareness of the problems associated with Wheel Cactus infestations. People can expect to learn about the techniques that the TCCG have successfully implemented in…
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The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group and Parks Victoria will open their Cactus Killing season this Sunday 26th April 2015. As usual we start at 10.30 am. The venue for the opening field day is in Watersons Road near the corner of Tarrengower School Road. Follow the signs from the Watersons…
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Ian Grenda has forwarded these links to articles about other problem cacti - well worth looking at - one from southern Queensland and one from Western Australia.
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The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group would like to say thank you very much to all the volunteers who have helped attack wheel cactus during 2014. We’ve held eight hugely successful Community Field Days during the past year, with record numbers of local volunteers helping us to control the spread of…
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The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group Inc. and Parks Victoria will be holding a combined field day with the newly formed ‘Sandy Creek Woody Weeds Action Group’. This group has recently gained funding to attack ‘Woody Weeds’ in the Sandy Creek area. This will include a presentation about blackberry, gorse, and other…
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It seems like every time we take the dog for a walk these days beyond the fringe of Maldon township, we find at least one small wheel cactus plant. So we’ve put a plastic bucket, an old garden glove (who’s lost its partner), and a small spade into the boot…
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Did you know that the Mount Alexander Shire Council offers subsidized rates to landholders who have undertaken environmental protection works on their property? Property owners can earn a yearly rate reduction if they can demonstrate that they’ve completed eligible activities, such as killing weeds. For further information, contact the Healthy…
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This month we’ll hold a combined Community Field Day with the Sandy Creek and Maldon Urban Landcare groups. These two local Landcare groups have formed a new Action Group to attack both Blackberry and Gorse plants in the Sandy Creek catchment area. They’ve applied for funding for this new project,…
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Recently the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group (TCCG) was advised that Wheel Cactus plants have been found growing near Marong. This very disturbing fact indicates this “triffid” weed is spreading much further afield, the seeds most likely carried by crows (ravens). Even more alarming, we’ve also been told that sheep are…
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Wheel Cactus is a very serious weed problem in our Maldon, Nuggetty and Baringhup regions, and continues to spread into new areas nearby such as Welshmans Reef. The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group (TCCG) now needs an even greater community effort to control the invasion of this weed, and calls on all local property…
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