AN EIGHT-MONTH old wombat joey is quickly becoming world-famous after a video of him running along a beach on Flinders Island went viral. Derek was rescued from his mother’s pouch after she was hit by a car in December and is now being looked after by the 'Wombat Lady of Flinders Island' Kate Mooney who found him on her way to work. Kate – who has a background in agriculture – has been looking after the island's orphaned wombat joeys for the past two decades only having one six-week period in that time without one in her care.