Wombat Causes Storm In Water Pipe

Imagine the surprise on the faces of the people at the Launceston City Council when they stumbled across a furry critter while viewing video from a stormwater pipe survey recently. The shy little squatter was discovered by engineering development officer Sonia Smith. Ms Smith said that one of the tasks council asked developers to undertake when building a new subdivision is to ensure all their stormwater pipes were working. ‘They do that by conducting a remote video camera survey, and they then send the videos into us,” Ms Smith said… Ms Smith said the wombat will be respectfully nudged on to a new burrow and access to the pipe will be blocked.” w/ photo + video