Wildcare - Branches - WILDCARE Cradle Mountain Volunteers

Our group of enthusiastic and committed volunteers work with Parks and Wildlife staff to help protect and conserve the iconic Cradle Mountain National Park in Tasmania’s North-West. Tasks are varied and suit a broad range of skills and interests including walking track work, weed control, conservation works on historic buildings, Visitor Centre Meet and Greet, wombat monitoring and revegetation.

Branch Files

Cradle Mt Wombat Program Report 2018 - Results of a wombat monitoring program conducted at Cradle Valley in the 12 month period prior to December 2017.
WCMV Congratulations from Volunteering Tasmania - Congratulations for the work you're doing at Cradle.

WCMV It takes a lot to stop volunteers at Cradle

WCMV A woman's work is never done

WCMV Keeping the day walk tracks pruned

WCMV Freshening up the paint work in historic Mt Kate hut

WCMV A bonus boat ride for the volunteer trackworkers

WCMV Wildcare volunteers & PWS field staff made a great team working on the replacement of the Dove Lake board walk

WCMV Working with that backdrop wWorking with that backdrop would make any volunteer smileould make any volunteer smile

WCMV Tracks require different pruning techniques, depending on the track rating

WCMV Snow Pole Preparation Team

WCMV Ron Smith Presentation by Nic Haygarth

WCMV Working in the Rain - Mt Kate Hut

WCMV Visitor Centre Volunteer Program

WCMV Mt Kate Hut

WCMV Erecting Dove Canyon Track snowpoles

WCMV Looking Out of the Mt Kate Hut

WCMV Old and New Snowpoles

WCMV Helping Parks with the new Glacier Rock platform

Stephen Mattingley

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new vests

Keen learners

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Pruning techniques

Who we are and what we do

WILDCARE Cradle Mountain Volunteers work with Parks and Wildlife staff to help protect and conserve the iconic Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park and nearby reserves in Tasmania’s North-West. Some of our working bees will be for those who want to get out into the mountains and stretch their legs, while at other times we focus closer to Cradle Valley. Tasks are varied and suit a broad range of skills and interests including walking track work, weed control, conservation works on historic buildings, Visitor Centre Meet and Greet, wombat monitoring and revegetation.

Where we work

Tasmania’s iconic Cradle Mountain forms the northern end of the Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park, and is the centre-piece of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. With over 200 000 visitors a year, this area needs ongoing work and visitor education to make sure that its outstanding natural values are conserved. Its varied landscapes of rugged mountains, rainforests, glacial lakes, buttongrass plains and alpine moors offer some of the finest scenery and best bushwalking anywhere in Australia.