WOMBAT DAY 2025
Every year on 22nd October, Wombat Day is celebrated. The day is an annual celebration of the wombat, an Australian native marsupial, and aims to raise awareness about the threats they face, such as habitat loss and disease, while inspiring conservation efforts to protect them.
THE HISTORY OF WOMBAT DAY
The history of Wombat Day is relatively recent, with the first celebration taking place in 2005. The day was initiated by a man named Chris Mabe, who felt that wombats, just like their close relatives the koalas, deserved a day of their own.
Chris’s love for these unique creatures led him to establish a day dedicated to them, a day for people to learn about wombats, appreciate them, and raise awareness about the threats they face.
The date, 22nd October, was chosen to coincide with the spring planting season in Australia, a time when wombats are particularly active.
As nocturnal animals, wombats spend the daylight hours in their burrows, emerging at dusk to feed on grasses, roots, and bark. The spring planting season often brings them into contact with humans as they venture out in search of fresh food.
Come along to help celebrate Wombat Day.
- LOCATION: Busselton Foreshore
- DATE: Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
- TIME 9.30am - 10.00am (but I'm sure it will go longer).
This event was inspired by similar events that are being held on the same day throughout the world.
This event will be in honour of the two tiny wombat joeys we saw being nurtured, who had lost their mothers, they are being nurtured by their foster carers near Braidwood, NSW. Their names are Aurora and Hollie.
Hopefully there might be more events to celebrate Wombat Day in the future. There won't be any live wombats at this event.
Here is a list of some of the other WOMBAT DAY events that are being hosted around the world:
- London: Wombat Day
- Sydney https://coord.info/GCBCPBK
FUN FACTS ABOUT WOMBATS!
- There are three different species of wombats
- Wombat poo is cube shaped.
- Wombats having backward facing pouches
- Wombat burrows help other animals after bushfires
- Wombats can glow in the dark (under UV light)
- Wombats can ran at speeds up to 40 km/h
- Wombats have a stocky bum that helps protect them from predators