Pandani Grove Walk, view from the understory to the tree tops, Mount Fields National Park
Pandani Grove Walk (photograph: Matt Glastonbury)
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Pandani Grove

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Closed area: Edgar Dam boat ramp and campground - Southwest National Park
Applies from 28/1/2025

​​Hydro Tasmania is commencing works on Edgar Dam starting 28 January 2025 until mid-2026. 

During this time, the Edgar Dam boat ramp and campground will be closed. 

Access to Strathgordon and Scott's Peak boat ramps remains open.

Camping at the Huon and Ted's Beach campground remain open. 

During this period, there will also be short delays due to increased traffic along Scott's Peak Road. 

For more information, please visit the Hydro Tasmania w​ebsite ​or contact the Mount Field Visitor Centre on (03) 6288 1149.​​

Last reviewed 2/5/2025 09:50 AM


30-40 minute circuit, 1.5km
Grade 2: Suitable for most ages. The track has a hardened or compacted surface that may have a gentle hill section or sections and occasional steps.
Supervise children. Tracks are subject to severe weather conditions – weather may change quickly. Tracks are difficult to navigate when covered in snow and may be impassable.
A valid parks pass is required for entry to Tasmania's national parks.
This walk starts from the Lake Dobson car park in Mount Field National Park. Once inside the national park, drive up the Lake Dobson Road for 16km. This section of road is unsealed and can be closed due to snow.

About

​The Pandani Grove is a delightful green oasis nestled beneath the ski slopes of Mount Field. The easy 1.5km circuit around Lake Dobson passes close by pandani growing amidst alpine gums and soft treeferns. These characterful pandani are the tallest heath in the world. Their tough, drooping foliage sheds snow and ice, helping protect them from the cold at this​ altitude (1000m). There’s a population of platypus here too, so watch for their tell-tale ripples on the surface of the lake—particularly at dawn and dusk.

The remarkable pandani is just one of many subalpine plants that are found in Tasmania and nowhere else on Earth. Along the walk you will encounter numerous alpine plants. Mount Field is unusual in that the diversity of plants in the upper reaches of the mountain is greater than the diversity of plants in the forests at the base of the mountain. 

At the far end of the lake, you will enter a stunning patch of forest dominated by a mixture of pandanis and pencil pine​s. Pencil pines are one of a number of ancient conifers that are endemic to Tasmania.

Static map iamge of the Pandani Grove walk at Mount Field National Park.