Sociable common wombats

The Common Wombat 'Vombatus ursinus' is conventionally regarded as a solitary animal. This report is of an observation made at 0730h AEST on 29 September 2014, about 1 km S of Marraweeney (36 degrees 44'S, 145 degrees 45'E), on the Strathbogie Tableland in north-eastern Victoria. The weather was mild (12 degreesC), dry and sunny after a very strong, gusty north wind overnight. The site was open woodland dominated by Mountain Swamp Gum 'Eucalyptus camphora', adjacent to a permanent creek flowing in a wide, shallow gully.