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POSTCARDS

More excitement at Cactus Country. We have Grant Hackett and the production crew from "POSTCARDS" coming to visit. The producer has requested that Grant is to sample the famous Cactus Cake in the Cafe.

MAKING TRACKS

Cactus Country is going to air again. Mieke Buchan from Channel 10 Travel Program called "Making Tracks" toured the garden with Jim, Julie and John as part of the first episode of the road trip from Echuca to Mildura. We had a lot of fun with the production crew and we will let you know when the program goes to air.

 

 MECURIO'S MENU

Paul Mecurio and his team visited Cactus Country as part of a series on the Farm Gate Trail. The show was aired on Saturday 17th of September. Fantastic promotion for the whole area.

Sept, 2011

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS

Graham Ross and his production team were hard at work on Thursday the 7th of October at Cactus Country. Jim was part of the filming, being interviewed about the garden by Graham. It all seemed to go very smoothly thanks to Cathy's great skills as producer,  Terry on sound, Neil filming and of course the very capable Graham Ross.

The response to the Better Homes and Gardens segment has been absolutely amazing. Some people got in their car the next morning and just drove here. Others have detoured on their way home from another trip just to see us. The effect is ongoing even 2 months after the show. Graham did tell us this would happen, he was right.

A big thankyou to the Better Homes and garden team for putting us on the map.


HOT HOUSE

The boys have been busy redesigning the display hot house. Call in and check it out.

WEEKLY TIMES

 Weekly Times had a full color page and story about CACTUS COUNTRY. Excellent!

GO CAMPING

Had a great write up in a feature on the Murray River in the Go Camping Magazine put out by Tourism Victoria. Thanks Danielle for your support of this area.

MEMBERS

Cactus Club Members are really taking advantage of their membership now and visiting as often as they can to capture different sections of the garden in flower. Don't forget to bring a friend for FREE.

Shepparton News 15/11/07
Producer and director Gardening Australia, James Lipscombe described the garden as “unique and spectacular. I have never seen anything like this anywhere,” he said. “When we arrived we were pretty shocked by it, and could really do two stories here.”

After three days of filming the team from Gardening Australia created a six minute segment that can be viewed by clicking on the picture below.

 

 

 

Music group 'Something For Kate' at Cactus Country
Paul Dempsey, from the group 'Something For Kate', was at Cactus Country to record one of his music video clips.
 


 

11ft Pasacana cactus transported to The National Museum of Australia in Canberra
An 11ft Pasacana cactus from Cactus Country was transported to The National Museum of Australia in Canberra for a special exhibition on the Atakama Desert. It was displayed in the main foyer in the museum in a large wooden planter.



 

Cactus Country named ' Australia's Arizona' in Bourke's Backyard magazine

A six page spread in "Bourke's Backyard" magazine

Cactus Country featured in 'News' article
'You can really imagine being in the middle of the Arizona desert'

 


Cafe Renovations

The Cafe renovations are complete and it looks great - lots of color, just like Mexico.

The coffee machine is now fully operational, so please drop in and grab a cup of coffee. The beans are organic and locally roasted, which simply means it tastes great.