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It has been said that diamonds are a girl’s best friend…but for Maureen Garrard, it’s something else! Maureen’s ‘diamond’ and best friend is her husband, Chris, with whom she recently celebrated a 60th diamond wedding anniversary.
Chris and Maureen are pleased to see a third-generation member of the Garrard clan working in the family business, as it celebrates 40 years of operation in 2025.
The Garrards were surrounded by family and friends to celebrate the milestone.
In this edition we look at “Mosquito Season Ahead”, “Invasive Ant Programs” and “Garrards Roadshow Wrap”.
Also in this edition: “Shot-hole Borer Beetle”, “Rodent Management Tools” and “How Insects are Named”.
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Several hundred cars – none worth more than $1,500 – make their way annually through outback Australia, parts often unknown.
Enter two middle-aged South Australian women, each driving while the other navigates.
Welcome to the world of Leanne Beyer, who with her husband, Anthony, conducts Murray Pest Control at Jamestown, some 220km from Adelaide, en route to the Flinders Ranges.
Leanne and her ‘partner in crime,’ Margie Simpson, have competed in the past four Shitbox Rallies, and are warming for their fifth, with each
Rally having been at the wheel of Marlea – originally called Stumpy – with whom the pair won the Shitbox Rally Team Theme for the Spring Rally last year.
Go to pg 28 to read the entire article.
In this edition we look at “Imported Red Fire Ants in NSW”, Making His Mark” and “Pre-construction Conversations”
Also in this edition: “Avoid Five Mistakes with Bird Proofing Panels”, Murray Valley Encephalitis” and “Treating Ants”
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Andy Richards, the owner-operator of Echidna Termite and Pest Solutions in Adelaide is, by anyone’s standards, busy.
“Richo” coaches and plays in the SA Collegiate league soccer competition, as well as competing in trail running events in the off-season.
If that isn’t enough, on the weekends and “free” time, he is often found walking on the beach or the bush trails with his wife Taresa, and their dog, Cuba.
Go to pg6 to read the entire article.
In this edition we look at “48 New Spider Species”, “Care of iGEBA Foggers” and “Garrards Roadshows”
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When Adelaide’s Scott Lamb started with Garrards, Queen Elizabeth II was our monarch, eggs cost 87 cents a dozen and the national population was 17.66 million people.
Meat Loaf had the number one single, “I’d Do Anything For Love” in 1993, but how things have changed!
Meat Loaf has since passed, Australia is now home to 25.69 million people, or at least according to the 2021 census, and Scott Lamb is still going strong.
Go to pg5 to read the entire article.
In this edition we look at “Automatic Mutual Recognition”, Christmas Critters” and “Spider Fossil Found”
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It was an early start – Adelaide, Mildura and Melbourne in March, then to New Zealand in May with five Garrards Roadshows, from Queenstown to Auckland.
Australian Roadshows started in Albury in late May and worked through New South Wales and Queensland to Cairns, with Roadshows every second week, though to mid-July.
A final trip to the west, Bunbury and Perth, pulled the curtain down for 2023.
Go to P11 for the full review.
In this edition we look at “Spring Weeds”, “Gold Coast Fire Ants” and “Cabomba Weevil”
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