Cradle Mountain hosts moth monitoring from 19 to 25 November

Cradle Mountain hosts Wildcare Tasmania’s pandani moth monitoring from 19 to 25 November 2026, alongside walks through a World Heritage landscape.

Cradle Mountain hosts the Wulinantikala / Cradle Mountain Annual Monitoring programme from 19 to 25 November 2026 in Tasmania, Australia. The conservation fieldwork is scheduled by Wildcare Tasmania’s Friends of the Pandani Moth group at Connells Avenue.

The programme gives the mountain a current conservation focus while the national park remains open for its usual range of walks. Its timing falls within the spring period when researchers are establishing survey effort for the pandani moth.

Cradle Mountain sets a November date for moth monitoring

Wildcare Tasmania lists the programme as an establishment trip running from Thursday 19 November to Wednesday 25 November 2026. The event page identifies Connells Avenue, Cradle Mountain, as the location and names the activity Wulinantikala / Cradle Mountain Annual Monitoring.

The stated purpose is to establish survey effort for the pandani moth in the surrounding area. Wildcare Tasmania describes itself as a community of volunteers and donors caring for Tasmania’s wild places, wildlife and cultural heritage, while its Friends of the Pandani Moth group focuses on wildlife education and conservation. The November monitoring programme is the group’s listed Cradle Mountain activity for 2026.

Why the November programme belongs to this landscape

Cradle Mountain lies in the northern part of Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The area became part of that World Heritage Area in 1982, and its habitats range from cool temperate rainforest and buttongrass moorland to alpine vegetation.

The mountain rises above Dove Lake, where a 6km circuit follows the shore and passes through vegetation including myrtle, sassafras, fagus and King Billy pine. The official park description links this habitat diversity with a wide range of wildlife, including wombats, echidnas, quolls and Tasmanian devils. That setting makes the November field programme more specific than a general park event: its subject is a named species group within a protected landscape. Further background appears in the official park information.

Wildlife work follows a century of protection

The area’s protection has a long history. Gustav Weindorfer declared in 1910 that the mountain should be a national park for all time, and the area was gazetted as a Scenic Reserve in May 1922. The park now protects glacial lakes, alpine moorlands, ancient rainforest and species with Gondwanan links.

The November programme does not announce a new trail, exhibition or change to visitor access. Instead, it places volunteer survey work on the calendar at a named site in the Cradle Mountain area. Visitors may therefore encounter a working conservation landscape rather than a scheduled public performance or festival.

Visiting Cradle Mountain: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The Wulinantikala / Cradle Mountain Annual Monitoring programme is listed for 19 to 25 November 2026 at Connells Avenue in Cradle Mountain.
• The programme concerns pandani moth survey work and does not announce a closure of the mountain, Dove Lake or the walking tracks.
• Visitors should begin at the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre. During shuttle bus operating hours, private vehicles cannot enter the national park, and buses run from the visitor centre towards Dove Lake.
• Dove Lake’s circuit covers 6km around a glacially carved lake beneath the mountain. The route includes uneven ground and rainforest sections, while higher alpine walks require preparation for rapidly changing conditions.
• Cradle Mountain is in Australia, where English is the official language and the Australian dollar is the national currency.

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Frequently asked questions about Cradle Mountain

When does the moth monitoring take place at Cradle Mountain?

The Wulinantikala / Cradle Mountain Annual Monitoring programme runs from 19 to 25 November 2026.

What is being monitored at Cradle Mountain?

Wildcare Tasmania’s Friends of the Pandani Moth group is establishing survey effort for the pandani moth in the surrounding area.

Where is Cradle Mountain and how do you get there?

Cradle Mountain is in northern Tasmania, Australia. Visitors use the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre and the park shuttle bus for access towards Dove Lake during shuttle operating hours.