Midge treatment

The City's midge treatment program will continue over the festive season. The lakes will be treated with a hybrid larvicide on a constant 14-day rotation during midge breeding cycles.

Further to this, the lakes were treated on 10 December with a higher concentration as per our Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority off label permit. This will provide a residual treatment period of 30 days.

Observations recently indicate cormorant and swallow activity has reduced significantly. In addition, there has been a steady decrease in midge.

The City will continue to monitor the traps during the holiday period.