{"id":543,"date":"2011-08-02T07:31:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=543"},"modified":"2011-08-21T04:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T04:56:32","slug":"i-welcome-the-wombat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/i-welcome-the-wombat\/","title":{"rendered":"I WELCOME THE WOMBAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0695.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-544\" title=\"trentham-wombat-gracie\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0695.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"The wombat statue in Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0681.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-545\" title=\"trentham-bark\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0681.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"View through a whole in a gum tree in Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0684.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-546\" title=\"trentham-CC&amp;Co\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0684.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Brick wall outside Red Beard Bakery in Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0687.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-547\" title=\"trentham-animalia\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0687.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Statues of animals in Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0691.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-548\" title=\"trentham-giraffe\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0691.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Giraffe statue peering over wall in Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0694.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-549\" title=\"trentham-carnivale\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0694.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Merry-go-round hgorse and waiter monkey in Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0718.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-550\" title=\"trentham-dylan-gracie\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0718.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Dylan and Gracie the Border Collie in a paddock near Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/trentham-gracie-bush.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-873\" title=\"trentham-gracie-bush\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/trentham-gracie-bush.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Gracie the Border Collie in the bush near Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0726-2.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-553\" title=\"trentham-waving-shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0726-2.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Shadow like a waving man on the bush floor near Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0728.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-554\" title=\"trentham-racecourse-road-bush\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0728.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Shadows of eucalypts in the bush near Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0738.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[543]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-555\" title=\"trentham-burnt-car\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0738.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Gracie the Border Collie investigating a burnt out car in the bush near Trentham, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visited Trentham on the weekend and a quirkier little town you could not imagine. The resident animal sculptor had been busy and giraffes peered over fences and roosters perched on roofs, a trio of wombats were frozen mid chase on the roof of the antique store and a monkey greeted you at the entry. Walking into the bush we discovered an old racetrack, the perfect place for woodland fairies to dart in and out of shadows, or maybe just the local hoodlums to set fire to old cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visited Trentham on the weekend and a quirkier little town you could not imagine. The resident animal sculptor had been busy and giraffes peered over fences and roosters perched on roofs, a trio of wombats were frozen mid chase on the roof of the antique store and a monkey greeted you at the entry. Walking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[78,77,58],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-countryside","tag-day-trips","tag-trentham"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4l1F7-8L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}