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Wombat Awareness Organisation WAO is a 24/7 wombat rescue & rehabilitation service and sanctuary for wombats of South Australia.
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16/10/2026

I've started taking Wardu and Pearl for daily expeditions through the main sanctuary.

Some wombats don't wander further than 100 metres from home, others get wanderlust (😅) and this is how we start their transition.

It's a very, very slow process but loads of fun.

Apologies for my editing skills, there are none 😆

15/10/2026

Tank has started to do zoomies 😍

Dee had a big night in the burrows and brought herself in to recover on the lounge 😴

15/10/2026

Winnie would have to be the best patient ever!

She happily takes her medicine and washes it down with her bottle.

She's always drunk so loudly that I can almost hear her saying cheeky chops and that has become one of her many nicknames.

I adore this little darling so much, she is so full of personality. I'm so very grateful she is doing so well 💗

13/10/2026

Carrot rouge, a full tum and kisses for Tank 😍

The little man lost so much weight when he came in unwell and now that he feels better, he has to catch up!

Tank devours at least four huge serves of carrot salad every night on top of his porridge and bottles.

He's going to be a little porklet in no time ❤️

11/10/2026

Wahhhhh! When babies come to us that have been raised by loving families, they think they are little humans 🥹 and we treat them as such.

Then, one day, they discover the joys of their own kind and something magical happens. They come to life in an indescribable way. A deep, deep joy returns.

I managed to get a snippet of Tanks first snuggle with another wombat, his sister Nova and Harriet came to join too!

My heart just melted 😭 What a darling moment 💖

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dr Helene! 🎂For 15 years, Helene has been our wonderful vet and beloved friend.She so generously gives ...
11/10/2026

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dr Helene! 🎂

For 15 years, Helene has been our wonderful vet and beloved friend.

She so generously gives her time, care and expertise to help save wombats in need.

We are so incredibly grateful for everything she does. I don't know where we would be without her!

Please join me in wishing Helene a very happy birthday below and help us show her just how much she is appreciated! 🥰🎉

10/10/2026

Quick update on our not-so-little Bubba Squishy! His surgery on both of his thumbs went incredibly well!

We had complications overnight. Poor kid had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics. Bubba's list of ailments just keeps getting longer.

After this, I've decided I won't be releasing Bubba back into the main sanctuary again, he will stay down with me and my mix-match of high needs darlings.

I can't help but think him refusing to eat solids again is his way of telling me he's not going to cope.

We'll be ok here for a bit but I do have a lot of young babes that will be bustling teenagers next year.

My mind is full steam ahead for our much needed wombat retirement village! All for you Mr Squish 🙏🙌

09/10/2026

We are still plodding away with Bubba Squishy 😍

He's refusing to eat anything other than carrot soup so we took him in to see Dr Helene yesterday for his teefers to be looked at, to see if they were the cause. (They were fine!)

While we were there, we noticed he'd stubbed both his thumb nails and they require surgery today.

We thought it would be a great idea to pop him on intravenous antibiotics in preparation for surgery and despite having some medicine to keep him quiet and inside overnight, he wasn't having any of that and decided to toddle off out into the rain and ruin his catheter.

You really can't tell these kids what to do 🙄

Anyway, all is well and please join me in wishing Bubba a safe surgery and speedy recovery AND to eat any nummies aside from carrot soup.

He is craving his burrow but can't leave until he's eating again 🤞🤞🤞

05/10/2026

I'm having so much trouble weaning my not so little boy, Wardu.

He comes and lays by me and starts sucking on his thumb and all my willpower goes out the window, I mean look how cute he is 🥹

Normally, we let all our babies wean themselves but the boys always take so much longer to let go.

This is for nurturing more than nutrition so I swap him over to a token milk to keep his sweet little heart happy x

01/10/2026

I have some pretty amazing news about Winnie’s CT scan results 🙌

The abscess is still there but it has shrunk! The last CT noted lots of inflammation, possible pyometra from the pus passing through the grass seed tract and congested lungs (remember, she had this last year too) and all of that is now clear!

Aside from the abscess being completely gone, this is the best case scenario.

At this stage, we are going to avoid surgery and continue on with her treatment.

Winnie and I loved each other from the moment we met and while she's very particular about who she let's near her, she's always the first wombat to get up to socialise if I have a friend over.

Here she is with our sweetheart friend Zoe 😍

So, thank you for your love and well wishes for her, may they continue and she beats yet another incredibly challenging illness 🙏

Way to go darling 😍

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Flaxley, SA
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