8/14/2023 0 Comments Platypus walk sideways![]() Wombat holes usually have several bedrooms - chambers with soft, dry dust or a bed of dried grass or bracken. * Wombats live in a burrow and sleep during the day. Wombats in Tasmania - sorry for the not great photos! Their coloring can be grey, black, brown, or golden, depending on where they live and their age. * Wombats can weigh up to and over 40 kilograms, are about a metre long but stand only about 30 centimetres tall. * Bare-nosed wombats - the common wombat - can be found in forested land in south-east New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. The northern hairy-nosed wombats are nearly extinct, surviving only in one colony in mid-north Queensland. * Southern hairy-nosed wombats live only in a few places around the Nullarbor Plain and in South Australia. * Wombat fur is coarse and stiff and was used by indigenous Australians to make string. ![]() * Diprotodon optatum (a megafauna - two metres tall and living thousands of years ago) is a close relative of modern wombats. ![]() Mixed with delightful short tales of wombats she has had living in her garden, it is a very enjoyable book. So I guess after having met her first wombat over 30 years ago and since then studied over 400 wombats both in the wild and in her garden, she is well qualified to impart some of that knowledge through this book. Jackie French is a much loved Australian author of childrens, teens, adult and non-fiction books.Īccording to her web page Jackie's writing career spans 25 years, she has studied over 400 wombats, written over 200 books, published in 36 languages, and has over 60 awards in Australia and overseas. I have just finished reading Jackie French's fascinating book "The Secret World of Wombats", illustrated by Bruce Whatley. My son will never let me forget that story! Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of that wombat womble - or should I call it the wombat wobble? I strapped up my wrist when we got back to the cabin and it wasn't till a few days later when we returned home that I had my wrist X-rayed and found that I had a small crack in one of the bones. I convinced myself it wasn't serious though it was very sore! and continued with the walk. Thankfully I managed to keep a good grip on my camera. I fell of course and my hand went out and I broke my wrist. She then turned and said "where is our wombat", and I stepped sideways to get a better view - silly me forgot I was on a boardwalk - and I stepped off the boardwalk. The wooden board-walk was narrow and raised above the tough tussocky grassland and we were walking one behind each other because of the narrowness of the boardwalk - and it didn't have railings.Ī wombat was up ahead of us and the guide stopped to tell us about wombats. We went on a late afternoon "wombat womble" guided walking tour along a board walk with a park ranger guide. My son will tell you that it was the "wombat's fault" that I broke my arm at Cradle Mountain. That green mossy walk you can see second row below, looked like something from "The Hobbit". The walks are varied in terrain and distances, you can walk right around the lake, and there are these cute tunnels kid size with pictures for littlies to learn about birds and animals in the park. There are lots of great walks in the park, and a shuttle bus to drive you around, and we didn't mind the snow a bit! ![]() We were thrilled during our visit to see and walk in snow - as we don't have snow in our part of Western Australia. ![]() Here are a few scenes from Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park where we stayed in a cabin for a few days. Tasmania is an island of stunning scenery and a long, not always happy, history. You can see it here - Searching for Platypus - Great Short Walks in Tasmania I wrote about Great Short Walks and searching for platypus in Tasmania on my blog way back in 2012. Hi everyone, this week for a change of pace, and to get away from news of "the virus", I decided to go back to Tasmania - that little island off the eastern south coast of Australia - and go wombling with wombats. ![]()
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