Who We Are
The Wombat Awareness Organisation (WAO) is a non-profit charity specialising in the rescue, rehabilitation and advocacy of the unique, amazing and gorgeous Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat. We focus on conserving and protecting wild wombats whilst supporting a 24-hour rescue and rehabilitation centre within the largest and only free-range, cage-free wombat sanctuary.
Based in the Adelaide Hills, WAO was founded and has been proactive in the wombat community since 2006. As an independently funded organisation, WAO relies solely on the kindness of others who wish to join our mission to save the Southern Hair-Nosed Wombat.
Saved 10,000+
Wombats
We have saved over 10,000 wombats since our commitment to rescuing and rehabilitating these wonderful creatures.
Supporting 1800+
Wombats Per Year
Each year through donations and volunteers, we are able to support over 1800 Southern Hairy-Nose Wombats.
We Care For Up To 90 Wombats At Any One Time
We have the resources and ability to care for up to 90 wombats at one time, providing a safe environment for them.
Revegetation Programs
For Their Survival
Revegetation programs are put in place to ensure the survival and conservation of our wombats and habitat.
Meet Our Wombats
Learn how you can help
Register Your Interest for Our Next Induction Day!
How You Can Help
Find out more about our sanctuary and how we care for these amazing animals!
Our Projects
How We Can All Coexist
Although wombats are native to Australia, the are often referred to as pests by landholders and the farming community due to their burrows. To help ease the conflict between man and wombat, WAO began assisting landholders to establish viable, non lethal management methods. The least invasive the better!Wombats are easy to live with when they […]
Sarcoptic Mange
Sarcoptic mange is a mite that burrows under the skin causing immense irritation. Every single wombat that has mange, will die unless treated. The mite is believed to be introduced to Australia via the European Red Fox however there is no doubt in our minds that wombats succumb to mange only when stressed. We see […]
Drought Relief
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat inhabits semi-arid to arid environments almost exclusively in South Australia. They live in some of the driest areas, in the driest state in the driest country in the world. Subsequently, they are sensitive to climate change and any extreme weather patterns. Drought has a catastrophic effect on wombat populations. Overgrazing from […]
We have 47 more wombats this winter than last which means a lot more shelters and water diversions need to be constructed above and around the burrows to keep these babies dry and comfy.
Yesterday, we almost hit our halfway mark and I was excited about getting some holes dug before Clare came down. Clare is a master at building. She is strong and talented whereas my age is creeping up and I try to do everything I can so she doesn't exhaust herself.
I woke up bright, eager and early because the finish line is in sight!
But, Beeper picked up on my energy and decided today would be about her.
We've just spent the last 90 minutes playing on the lounge, I was hopeful she was ready for bed but, she wants love and attention. All works stop and she will flit between helping me clean, basking in the sun and a doing a light spot of burrowing.
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Your little rascal loves you!! Thank you for your kindness to these sweethearts- love your videos💖 From Canada 🇨🇦
I love watching their little personalities as they interact with you ❤️
I love womabts so much that I want to travel from Brazil to Australia just to play with some of those piggy noses <3
What an amazing bond you have with these creatures. It’s so lovely to see them coming back to check on you and for more cuddles and love. I take my hat off to you what an amazing person you are xx
I absolutely LOVE these amazing wombats, I feel I know them purely because you share your lives and learning. Thank you so very much. I live in England now but if I visit Aus again, it will you guys I want to see! 😍✨❤️✨
It's amazing to see how well Beeper is doing!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰THANK YOU TRUELY FOR ALL YOU DO
I’m sure you are all over it but thought I’d put forward my suggestion just in case. Have you thought of posting on some Travel/Camping/Grey Nomad/House Sitting groups to see if you could get some travellers to help with the construction works?
Such a sweetheart…big love to Beeper🩷
What a lovely video for me to wake up to. You do so much for all these lovely animals ❤️.
It might of delayed your plans a little, but oh what a wonderful way to start the day! 💖
I am a prek teacher in Oklahoma, USA. They hadn’t heard about wombats and I read them Wombat Diary. I showed them a couple of videos of “ the mini-bears”. If we can help in anyway, please let me know. Things we can buy and send, etc. Kathy DeCoursey
We know that money would always be preferable, but is there anything that can be donated to help the building and maintenance?
The Pretty Princess is reminding you the wombat booty scritches are much more important than your honey do list! 😍
Beeper knew you needed some quality wombat time.❤️❤️
I just love Beeper. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for all you do for these wonderful Creatures!! ❤️❤️❤️
OMG she is absolutely delicious 😍😍😍
Just one question… is Claire a human or a Wombat?
What a darling lil peanut she is 😍🥰🤗
Do wombats play host to external parasites like fleas?
Love ❤️
Pelo parece ser bem macio , igual o pelo de um coelho!
What a fabulous distraction! not helpful with guttering though 🤣. Good luck x
Aren’t they all just special and beautiful? I love them all!💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕❤️❤️
So precious.❤️
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Sue has come home for Winter and is enjoying her favourite sweet potato soup and a warm bed ❤️
Sue has been fleeting between the main and special needs sanctuary for the past two year's. She is still on blood thinners for a pulmonary embolism and she has been like clock work coming in each night to have them. But, over the past month, she has been vanishing down one of the big burrows for 4 or 5 nights at a time - giving Clare and I terrible anxiety.
At first, I thought she may be telling me she no longer needs her medicine but her breathing is awful when she finally comes home. Thankfully, she quickly responds but her last hiatus was just that!
Sue is going to spend the cold months cosy and in much smaller, well sheltered burrows in hope of resetting her routine.
I love this girl dearly, she is so brave, gentle and affectionate and has been such a big part of my life for the last decade. She is a medical miracle and just keeps being her darling self. She doesn't have a mean bone. Best thing is, how much she loves to be loved and taken care of ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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I could listen to Sue slurp that sweet potato soup all day long!!! ❤️ If it were my husband making that sound it would be a different story 😂
My heart bursts when I see any of these beautiful creatures. Thank you for sharing a video of Sweet Sue. She is in my prayers 🙏 as are you who so lovingly care for her ❤️ 💕
She is such a beautiful, sweet girl. And look at her tucking into her potato soup. I could listen to this all day ❤️❤️🥰🥰.
I could watch that all day, everyday. Sue is a beautiful, gentle soul xx
Aww she is so gorgeous. And she loves her soup 🍲 😋 😍
Sue is loving her soup. Glad she will be adjusted to a more 'resthome' burrow situation. X
The soup mustache is adorable! ❤️
Love the milk moustache ❤️
Love seeing Sue. She is an incredible Wombat❤❤❤
Wombat Awareness Organisation I've just had my subscription cancelled 😢 I tried continually to pay via invoice and had constant problems. I then went directly to PayPal and paid the amount due, I even have a receipt. I am really sad and disappointed 😞
So beautiful and swèet.Bless her.
Awww 🥰 such Fighters these little creatures are. ❤️❤️❤️
I love her so much!!🌸
Slurpy McSlurpface 😂 So adorable
Such a gorgeous girl, we met her shortly after you got her ❤️
Love to hear her slurps. What a darling snugglebug!💗💟💗
I can’t stand the cuteness 🤗 🥰
She is beautiful. I could listen to Sue slurp her soup all night. Thank you for all that you do for her. ♥️
Cutest milk mustache ever!!
I am constantly amazed by these beautiful creatures. How they know to come for help and the bond they make with their carers. Sue in particular is a very special lady. Thank you for sharing your life with us . I am learning so much and loving them all more each day! X
She is absolutely gorgeous ❤️.So glad she comes back to you for her favourite soup and also plenty of loving ❤️Thank you amazing carers you do a wonderful service looking after our precious wombats .🙏🥰🥰
I absolutely love your page. Wombats are so amazing. It's so sad that they are not loved so much in their own country. xxx
Sue sure seems content with her soup and warm bed! She has it made! Best of both worlds!💕
You are a very lucky girl Sue,❤❤
Oh how beautiful 😍 slurping her soup and her potato soup whiskers. Just too damn Gorgeous 😍. You are so blessed to have that beautiful creature in your life. Slurp on dear Sue.
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These little sweethearts are so affectionate.
Every night, some gorgeous little lump comes to visit in our sleep. Sometimes, the stay is a brief cuddle and other times, a solid sleep away from the hustle and bustle of burrow life.
They never seem to forget that we are always and forever here for them.
In a world that can be so crazy, they are forever the calm in life ❤️
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Wow cute
Such peaceful dreaming. Cosy, warm & safe snuggles…just so sweet🩷
Wombat snuggles must be the best! They know they are loved 🩷 Their fur looks very soft! From Toronto Canada
Wombats are considered wild animals, correct? How is it they seem so docile?
Oh my heart my heart cuteness overload you need to put warning on your videos!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I used to love my wombat cuddles. They are made for cuddles especially after they had their bottles. Nothing beats those crazy antics at playtime. I’ll never ever forget my 12 years as a wombat carer . Enjoy your cuddles 🥰
Your loving wombat lumps will always remember the feats you overcame to restore them. No wonder they want to be close. You are love. ♥️♥️♥️
Which little angel is that? ❤️❤️💙💙
They are such beautiful animals. They love you as much as you love them.
SO HEARTWARMING that some of your wombies visit you both at night!!! And...I like to think that their visits are your rewards for your love n care for them!! Hope MORE of them would visit! Have you seen Mr Mittens again?? He was the first wombie that captured my heart n led me to follow your page ☺️🥰
So they come back to visit? Or is this one you are caring for now? This is so amazing. I just love wombats and hope to see one for real someday. (I’m in the US.) a wombat snuggle must be the best thing ever.
Who is this lovely little lump Wombat Awareness Organisation
Beautiful cuddles, I’m so jealous ❤️
So incredible! The sweet little dreamer. Do they snore?
Wombat cuddles are so good & they do understand when we are upset happy or hurting.
How lucky are you that they trust and love you so much.xxx
Unconditional love ❤️
How can you not LOVE that gorgeous creature??? All life is precious, every creature on this earth has a reason to be here including us......
Perfection ❤️🥰
What type of wombats are these?
Do they snore 💤 though? 🤔
You are all amazing! Enjoy the cuddles after all your hard work! 🥰
Oh my goodness, such trusting little puddings. They absolutely know who loves them and love you in return. I do love your videos so much ❤️
This just warms my heart that they know where to go for alot of love and safe place to sleep and cuddle. So precious
Love the scratching in her sleep!
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Every night, there's a small break from finishing the days jobs and waiting for the wombats to wake up out of their burrows and race inside for dinner.
This is the time I like to get into my cosy pyjamas and sit down. It's this time every night that Beeper miraculously appears! She plays with my slippers and then snuggles up in my lap, bringing me so much comfort. It's truly the perfect end to a very long day and beginning to a busy night😌 ... See MoreSee Less
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The Princess herself on my lap. This is as close to heaven as it gets 😍
I love sweet Beeper! Thank you for everything you do for these cuties! ❤
I envy you! That sure seems like a wonderful way to end your day! Hoping you and Beeper and all the other wombats have a peaceful night!🙏🏻😴💕
I love your posts about these babies, but Beeper makes me feel so happy!! I just love her! 🥰💜
That is the cutest thing EVER. I'm in the US and have never seen/met a live wombat but I've been following your rescue for a long time and learned so much and I just love them.
Beeper you are such a little sweetheart.
She loves you so much.
Such an adorable little stinker!! 😍
Beeper is so cute. Are the wombats house trained?
She is very attached to you! She knows she is loved 🥰
Nocturnal animals. LoL ❤️❤️
Beeper is just the cutest wombat ever. 🥰
She knows this time slot is HER time! ❤️
Oh sweet Beeper she is such a beauty 😍 💕 💖
How sweet!
So cute
The sound of the joy you get from their antics is enough to make me watch. They obviously have your love and adoration, which quite frankly is well deserved. Thanks for making both them and me feel happy 😊. What a joy
Laura Forbes I know I said I wouldn’t tag you in any more wombat videos but look at this cutie! 🤎🤎🤎
I love this, such a funny and loving Wombat. Thank you for keeping her safe and healthy.😇😁😂
How can I get one I want one so bad
Awsome I love everything you are doing for these poor babies please don’t stop it’s so amazing and uplifting for you to share the amazing journeys of these wombats it makes my hard days so enjoyable to see these videos videos please don’t stop making them and taking care of these poor babies
Oh, I love her! And so looks like such a healthy girl. I also love hearing the sound of your laugh as you take such joy with the animals. Thank you for sharing your life with wombats!
Good fun! You deserve all the love and attention that these wombats give you, for all the love and attention that you give them. Great post!
I just love listening & watching your interactions💛🧡❤️
She is so funny!!! I love this playfulness. I think I love wombats as they have the playful and burrowing behaviors just like my three tweenie weenies
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