Early evening near Cradle Mountain, after heavy rain.
Burrow in grove creek
Pouch young from road kill
Common Wombat
Vombatus ursinus
Asbestos Range National Park,
Tasmania
22 Nov 2001
Day 2 of Overland Track
This was the first wombat I ever saw, they are most curious animals.
Wombats are Australian marsupials - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat
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Emerging from its burrow at night.
There were so many wombats, both adults and juveniles. Spotlighting from bus.
The Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus), also known as the Coarse-haired Wombat, is one of three species of wombats and the only one in the Vombatus genus. The Common Wombat grows to an average of 98 cm long and a weight of 26 kg.
