It was a quokka invasion. Attracted by the food. And a bunch of campers learnt the hard way that on Rotto, you don’t leave out food for the filching.
Milla Bebee posted her trip on TikTok, titling the video: “Average Rottnest experience.”
The footage starts with the Rottnest Island campers returning to their campsite in the dark and unzipping the door to their tent — and to their shock finding a bunch of quokkas have taken up residence.
Two of the iconic marsupials can be seen immediately to the left, with one tucking into a bag of bread rolls.
The camera, with famous opera song O Mio Babbino Caro playing in the background, then pans to the right, showing another quokka hiding in the corner and a number of others on mattresses and sleeping bags.
It appears the critters have also rummaged through some of the gear left in the tent.
A woman can be heard shouting, “Guys, holy f..k, there’s so many”, before the gutting realisation that they’ve done a lot more — and worse — than eat the food and mess up clothes.
“Guys, guys, they’ve shat on the bed, they’ve shat on the bed, they’ve shat on the bed.
“Guys … No! No! No!”
The hilarious post attracted hundreds of comments, with one saying: “Rookie mistake leaving food out.
“It should all be stored in a hard esky or plastic tun with a lockable lid.
“They won’t bite — they are very tame and friendly.”
Another said: “I love how the quokkas just keep eating while you’re yelling 😂”
A third added: “They just wanted quick selfies.”