In search of a wombat

Formerly the Asbestos Range National Park, Narwantapu National Park was promoted as the centre of the wombat universe. Which we were pretty happy about, having not ticked the wombat off our extensive Tasmanian wildlife spotting list!

We’d been very keen on wombats ever since reading some interpretative panel about wombats which talked about how they like to poo on whatever high surface is around – even on the top of sticks! Trying to imagine a wombat getting up to poo on top of a stick has fascinated us ever since – but unfortunately we’ve yet to see it. We have seen lots of wombat poo, but more boringly just on boardwalks. Anyway we saw some lovely big wombats at Narwantapu and were happy!



We were at Narwantapu over the Australia Day Long Weekend, and on one of those days drove over to the other side of the inlet to Port Sorrell, where there were a HUGE number of people camped in caravans and big tents, and huge numbers of Australian flags. Is it just us, or does flying the Australian flag seem more & more like a provocative gesture? The whole vibe in this place was a little ugly, and I got the feeling that if you looked Middle Eastern you’d get some hassle in this place.


It was a relief to get back to the more geeky company camped in the National Park – where there are no generators and no dogs, and no big Australian flags flying.