Britain's Prince William (centre R) and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge (centre L-in green), depart from a reception hosted by Australia's prime minister at Parliament House in Canberra on April 24, 2014.
Britain's Prince William bid farewell to Australia on Thursday in the only speech of his national tour, revealing that his baby son George had become particularly fond of a toy native animal during the visit.
"We go away with wonderful memories and George goes away with a cuddly wombat that he's taken to chewing so lovingly," the Duke of Cambridge told a reception at Australia's Parliament House in the national capital Canberra.
William, his wife Kate and George leave Canberra after veterans' day commemorations on Friday, ending a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand.