28 July 2013 – Cactus War Continues (& new website launched)
Posted on 26 July, 2013 by Connecting Country
The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group is holding its next Community Field Day this Sunday, 28th July. 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 the Maldon-Bridgewater Road and Watersons Road.
As usual the day will start at 10.30 am and end at about 12.30pm with a sausage sizzle.
Header photo from the new Cactus Control website
The Cactus Control Group recently launched its new website at a lunch at the Kangaroo Hotel in Maldon. As well as keeping people up to date with the latest local cactus control activities, the site includes valuable information on the weed itself, methods of controlling it, trials of a various control methods and the history of the group. Wheel Cactus is widely naturalised in western and central Victoria, western NSW and south-eastern and eastern South Australia infesting pastures, granite outcrops and open woodlands. This website will be a valuable resource to people in these areas who are engaged in cactus control activities.
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