Going to New Zealand

I am a very well travelled wombat, which is an important role as an ambassador for my species. I am very fortunate in that my mates are always happy to take me places with them. It does raise a few eyebrows and we get lots of questions, but hey, it means we get noticed. I went to New Zealand with one mate, her husband and two boys. We had a great time.....but it was a bit cold. Wombats are pretty good in the warm, but snow is something different. Anyhow, have a look at these pictures.

Quest for Pricilla Queens of the Desert and other adventures previously

Once a jolly wombat camped by a billabong, under the shade of a....tent awning

Blackall wood scourer

Tree of Knowledge

On top of a termite mound in N Queensland.

Priscilla - Queens of the Desert! (I am not sure I shall live this one down)

QANTAS museum pilot

Hotel Corenes at Charleville

The Black Stump!

Crocodile's tooth at Normanton

A cappuccino at Cobbolt Gorge

Camel at Boulia

As you know I really love travelling. I see many interesting things and meet some wonderful people. I am posting some pictures of an adventure I had with a colleague in outback Queensland, which is filled with some fantastically interesting places, wide and beautiful vistas...and a good coffee or two.

It does a city wombat good to get out and back to his roots every now and then. This particular adventure I had a number of challenges to fulfil, one of which was to dresss up as Pricilla Queen of the Desert. I am partial to wearing the odd outfit, as you are aware from some other adventures. As you can see from the selection of photos....I had a wonderful time.

Thanks for the adventure!

$1100 funds raised- thanks to all my colleagues in burrow 111

Well, you may get the impression that I am just a wombat who is out to have a good time ....well yes, I do like to have fun, but I also take my ambassadorial role for my northern hairy nosed wombat family very seriously and was very excited to be able to send a cheque for $1100 to my friends Alan and Colleen who work so hard to help my family. This is a picture of them receiving our cheque. I believe this will go to purchase an infrared camera to monitor my mates.

Good on you...all you wombat supporters!

Weddings

I also got the opportunity whilst down in Melbourne of visition the home of a wellknown Australian actress who has done some splendid work in film and television...as can be seen by all her awards! The crocodile has something to do with the movie Crocodile Dundee I believe.

I had great delight in attending the wedding of a colleague late last year. I thank both her and her charming beau for letting me come to their special day. Doesn't she look gorgeous? I really like a good wedding and this was was great.

Message from the top of the Christmas tree....

Whilst maintaining my precarious position as the star on the Christmas tree, I have had a bit of time for thought....wombats are good at that....sometimes....

I thought how lucky I am to be with such a great group of colleagues, soon to be increased by some new colleagues in the New Year as our unit expands.
I thought how privelaged I feel to be able to accompany colleagues on travels and enjoy many of the sites and experiences that humans have both for fun and to work.
I thought how generous people are in supporting me and my extended family.
I also thought briefly about some exercise in preparation for possible over indulgence at Christmas, but got over that thought fairly quickly and may make it a New Year's resolution!

Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe, healthy and prosperous new year.

A Christmas falling star....

I was invited to be the 'star' on our Christmas Tree in the Burrow in George Street. I was a bit nervous....wombats don't climb you see and we can suffer vertiggles if we end up high off the ground.... a sort of wombat form of vertigo. However, I really wanted to do the job...so I got up there. I just had to tell you about what happened to me that was reported by a team mate to the Wombat News Flash:

This morning, Wazza took a tumble from the top of the Christmas tree, and I am happy to report he suffered no serious injury! Wazza's fascinator saved him (I have to explain that...I do like to dress up a bit...and my cousin Wilma, who came down for Melbourne Cup and now lives in the George Street Burrow wore it for Melbourne Cup....and I do like red).

When interviewed, Wazza said, "It all happened so quickly ...I don't remember the fall at all. Thank goodness my red fascinator hooked onto the purple tinsel garland. It saved my life."

An Emergency Services representative at the scene reported: "A wombat on top of a pine tree, wearing a fascinator, hanging upside down from some tinsel...I've never seen anything like it in my life! This is a timely reminded that fascinators can save lives."

Wazza was shaken by the experience, but like a true trooper that he is, he just got right back on top of the tree.

Cairns - what a fantastic place to visit!

As the Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat ambassador, I get to go to lots of wonderful places with my team mates. The most recent was up to Cairns. It was very exciting flying. (I am one of those seasoned travellers as you know, having been to Bali and San Francisco).

As I am an extremely deep thinker about life in general, I was invited to accompany some very important people to have a really good chat with the folks in Cairns about how to make Cairns even greater than it is. My team in the George Street Burrow had worked incredibly hard and I think we came up with a great plan!


When I can I will put a couple of photos of my visit.