Bat Walk and Talk Detection Night - Cairns

Saturday October 4th 2025 (earlier event on Friday September 26th 2025)

5.45pm to 7.30pm

Cairns Library, Abbot Street, Cairns

Meet with Batsoc at 5.45pm at Cairns library grounds for a bat talk then a bat walk using bat detectors to find bats. The walk will start at 6pm.
Discover the bats of Cairns and find out why bats are superheroes. The Wet Tropics region is home to half of Australia’s bat species. How many hang out around Cairns?
We will meet at 5.45 pm at the big fig tree at Cairns Library Grounds, corner Aplin and Lake St for a bat chat.
We will introduce you to the big bats and little bats around Cairns , then head off for a bat walk along the Esplanade looking out for foraging flying-foxes and detecting using special bat detectors small echo-locating insectivorous bats. Participants will get a chance to use the bat detectors.
This event is hosted by Bats and Trees Society of Cairns. Get your free tickets on - https://batsoc.org.au/product/bat-detection-walk/
For more information, contact aW5mbyB8IGJhdHNvYyAhIG9yZyAhIGF1 or text 0434 371 032
This event is free and suitable for families.

You may also like the following events from Bats & Trees Society of Cairns:

• Next Friday, 26th September, 07:45 am, Bat Walk and Talk Detection Night - Cairns in Cairns
• Next Saturday, 27th September, 11:00 pm, Bats at the Tanks Markets, Cairns in Edge Hill