Thread: Camper mauled by wombat

Poor old womby should have done what wombats normally do...eat, root and leave...oh sorry - that's eat roots and leave...always get that mixed up

I feel sorry for both the combatants/victims but I have to admit, I laughed. It seems somewhat Pythonesque.

(And my name isn't Andrew)

Originally Posted by MickS

Poor old womby should have done what wombats normally do...eat, root and leave...oh sorry - that's eat roots and leave...always get that mixed up

Thats what Kiwis do. Eats Roots Shoots and Leaves.

Well,

All my friends thaught it terrifically funny when I went base over apex in a wombat hole on Sunday night.
I nearly spilled my beer, and my knee, elbow and face all look a bit second hand.
I reckon if the incumbent had have poked his hairy little nose out, he wouldve had some explaining to do.....

I'm disgusted that the wombat was killed, tbh the guy who stepped on it needs the same treatment, ffs, i can spot a damned bearded dragon basking on my front steps, how the hell do you miss a bloody wombat?????

god, give me an axe handle i'll happily bash both the old fart and the wombat murderer myself, see how they like it

disgraceful

I must admit I only recently found out that poor Wally Wambot was axe murdered.

FFS - How can you not get away from a wombat? They aren't exactly fast moving...


Poor thing.

Camped at Geehi down near Khancoban and had one run in the front door of my tent and out the back door - lucky they were open at the time, after knocking over the stove, a box of food and a bag of clothing. There were heaps of them there. The arae along the river looked like a bomb testing range with the number of burrows dug by them. Judging by the grunts and noises in the night I am sure thay were pretty territorial and did not mind defending their bit of turf from other wombat suitors.

Don't fool yourselves, they can get up a good head of steam when they want to get going.

Worked on a property which had a permit to cull some wombats as their numbers had exploded and let me tell you they take some stopping even with a centrefire rifle. Would have been a better option than an axe