Famous Victorian wombat joins Tinder

World famous Ballarat resident Patrick the Wombat is joining the dating app to celebrate his 30th birthday.

Patrick the Wombat's Tinder profile. Patrick, 30, is the world's oldest wombat, and lives at Ballarat Wildlife Park. (AAP Image/Ballarat Regional Tourism)

Patrick the Wombat's Tinder profile. Patrick, 30, is the world's oldest wombat, and lives at Ballarat Wildlife Park. (AAP Image/Ballarat Regional Tourism) Source: BALLARAT REGIONAL TOURISM

Tinder is about to get hairier thanks to one native Australian.

Ballarat legend Patrick the Wombat is joining the dating app to celebrate his 30th birthday.

The buck-toothed Wombachelor is hoping someone will swipe right and join the world's oldest bare-nosed wombat in captivity for a birthday bash at Ballarat Wildlife Park.

Patrick became a social media phenomenon last year after a photo of him on Facebook received more than 250,000 likes in 24 hours.

He has his own website and once crashed his handler's car when he climbed into the unattended driver's seat and nudged the car into gear.

The 38-kg marsupial was named third greatest city mascot in the world by CNN last year.


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