Well who'd have though of it. We saw a wombat. I didn't actually know what one looked like before. We have hired a motorhome. A rather basic kind of machine compared with our UK Hymer or our NZ trailite. Still it works, bar the odd fuse going and it gets us around. We set off for the Mount Field National Park where we found a delightful campsite by the river. As evening draws in the campsite is visited by the local wallabies who come right up to the tents etc. Nearby the river is fed by a magnificent three step waterfall. Wombats are supposed to be nocturnal and reclusive. They are noted for delivering rectangle shaped poo. Nobody told the creator of Cloaca at MONA that. They are also supposed to be dark and our wombat was quite white. It wandered down a stream, slowly eating grass and shrubs, mixed with the odd drink of water. We asked a ranger who said that albino wombats are known.

We saw the wombat after doing an amazing walk across alpine planes around a series of tarns. You have to drive about 14k up a dirt road which hairpins up until you reach a carpark. Then you set off with a steep climb before following the tarn ridge. It's interesting that the English name tarn is used for a small alpine lake. Many town names here are English eg Launceston, Tamar, although they are often pronounced in a different way to the original town.