Pest control in The Patch
The Patch took its name from a stand of mountain ash in the 1860s, and it is still mostly rural: nurseries, old farm blocks and a general store that is also the post office.
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Ask for a quoteDandenong Ranges. Photo: Nick Carson, CC BY 3.0
Ten-acre blocks, then nurseries
The Patch was cut into 10-acre farming blocks in the 1890s depression, for unemployed people from the city, and berry growing had taken hold by the end of that decade. Today it has several commercial nurseries, and about nine-tenths of its land is green wedge or farming zone on the planning maps.
On land like that, pest animals are the landowner's problem by law. The Catchment and Land Protection Act requires a landowner to take reasonable steps to stop established pest animals spreading and, as far as possible, to eradicate them. Cardinia's council, for one, names rabbits.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: The Patch, Victoria, Vicmap Planning, the state's zone and overlay maps (DataVic), measured across the suburb, Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 (Vic), s.20 (authorised version 072) and Cardinia Shire Council: problem animals.
The house, the shed and termites
Yarra Ranges is designated a termite area across the whole shire. New building work on a house in The Patch has to include termite protection, but the Building Regulations exempt a detached shed or garage. A timber pest inspection is the check for a house already standing. Termites covers what the inspector looks at.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Council: termites, Building Regulations 2018 (Vic), regs 150 and 151 (authorised version 031) and Standards Australia: AS 4349.3-2010.
A wasp nest on your own land
The council treats wasp nests on council land only. One on your block is yours to have dealt with, by a licensed pest controller. Wasps and bees says how to tell a swarm from a nest.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Yarra Ranges Council: bees and wasps and Department of Health: pest control legislation.
Around The Patch
- Olinda, Monbulk, Kallista and Selby
- Yarra Ranges again, so the same termite designation and the same wasp rule.
- Menzies Creek
- Split between Yarra Ranges and Cardinia, which records termite risk property by property. The address decides.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: The Patch, Victoria, Vicmap Planning, the state's zone and overlay maps (DataVic), measured across the suburb, Cardinia Shire Council: building and property applications and Yarra Ranges Council: bees and wasps.
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