Films and Documentaries

With distinctive burrowing habits, complex mating rituals, and cube-shaped scat, wombats are unique even among Australia's many rare and extraordinary animals. Dig into the hidden world of this elusive marsupial. Director Ashley Davis, Narrator Virge Gilchrist.

A TV series with two episodes filmed at Jarake.

"Wombat Wood": Distant cousins of koalas, wombats lead calm lives in the woods of southeast Australia. They sleep the day away in expertly dug burrows, emerging at night (backwards, in case of predators) to forage for their tough plants and roots diet. Take a ground level look at the shyest of marsupials.

"A joey's Journey".

For wombats, the mating season is a departure from the solitary lives they tend to favour. While often slow and lumbering, they can be surprisingly energetic when it's time for courtship, including taking part in a ritualised chase! Burrow into the romantic secrets of these shy and enigmatic marsupials.

Is a 2022 nature documentary film made for Netflix, directed by Kylie Stott, written by Tab Murphy and narrated by Sarah Snook. Journey to a secret valley in Australia, where a nervous baby kangaroo named Mala faces hungry dingoes and winter snows in this coming-of-age adventure. Apart from the kangaroos, there are other animals living in the valley like "Warrin" the wombat, who hates intruders in his living area.

All wombat scenes were filmed at Jarake with our "Alabama" featured as "Warrin".

An IMAX movie still in the editing process and will be released in the near future.

Still in the editing process and will be released soon.

Known as the bulldozers of the bush, wombats are Australia's largest burrowing animals. Aaron Pedersen explores how their digging has transformed landscapes and changed the face of the continent.

On ABC iview