Entry for the 2011 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship is now closed.  The event will be run on Saturday 12 November at the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown, to the west of Melbourne.  The aim is to run the whole event in a single day, weather permitting, so we’re going to be on a tight schedule! 

The event will be run in the same format as last year, with competitors split into four grades: Student, Men’s Open, Women’s and Men’s Masters grade.  Entries for the Masters grade will again be capped at 25, with places awarded on previous competition ranking then by precedence, so get your entries in early.

On the day before the competition, the VTIO will be offering a full-day tree climbing workshop, focusing on honing the skills and techniques used at the climbing competition, but also on tying those skills in to the practice of tree climbing in your day-to-day work.  Presenting the workshop will be some of the top climbers in the world: Scott Forrest (ITCC champion), Joe Harris (ITCC runner-up) and Grant Cody (3 time Australian champion).  Please see the post below, or click here to download a PDF of the flyer.

Entry for both the 2011 VTCC and the preliminary workshop closed at 6:00pm on Wed 2 November. 

Please click on the image above to download a PDF version of the flyer

Sandown Racecourse, Melbourne

30 August – 1 September 2012

GreenX2012 is a major industry event in the arboricultural calendar, showcasing urban industries in Australia and from around the world.  It’s a meeting place for manufacturers, exporters, importers, traders and services providers – all can use this event to increase their business through positive interaction and face to face dealings.

Please click on the logo at the top of the post to visit the GreenX website

The CAV and VTIO  would like to thank ENSPEC, Homewood Consulting and The Tree Works, for their contributions to the tree defect workshop in Bendigo. Furthermore we would like to thank The City of Greater Bendigo for the use of their Botanic gardens and the excellent lunch that was provided to all participants of the tree defect work. This was another successful day with 110 participants  where everyone gained something out of it.