The Adventures of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Sonny is a Park Ranger. After an accident involving a dangerous helicopter rescue, he is sent to work in the city. He and his twin children Jerry and Lou are unhappy at being cut off from the bush and most of all from their kangaroo Skippy.

A lonely, unhappy boy arrives in the Hammond twins’ lives. But he’s not only lonely, he’s a menace. He makes the lives of the twins a misery, using fake spiders, and spins tales that an old mill near the Hammonds’ place is haunted.

Bird smuggling is a serious crime in Australia, and when it comes home to Habitat, it takes the combined efforts of the twins, Sonny, and Ranger Dave to prevent it. There are two men involved they would do anything for the big Bucks.

Lou and the teenager Chris go to Gorman’s Park to get proof that the flashy entrepreneur is mistreating his animals. Jerry, with the instinct that comes from him and Lou being twins, gets the same idea and turns up there as well.

Lou does well in a school science project that involves throwing the voice by simple electronics. But her cleverness backfires when she attaches the device to Skippy’s collar and plays tricks on the local storekeeper, Jack.

A wealthy boy moves into the neighbourhood, Jerry is entranced by his trail bike - all the gear in his room at home and most of all by his trailbike. Forbidden by Ranger Dave to ride the bike in the National Park, the two boys defy authority.

Is there a fox killing the birds at Habitat? Sonny and Dave investigate. Meantime, Skippy gets a fright - she has always been mates with Buster, the dog belonging to Elyse. But Buster is suddenly snarling at Skippy, and no-one knows why.

A lonely, unhappy boy arrives in the Hammond twins’ lives. But he’s not only lonely, he’s a menace. He makes the lives of the twins a misery, using fake spiders, and spins tales that an old mill near the Hammonds’ place is haunted.

Lou is discontented when Thel won’t let her row across the river to the fish markets. And she causes trouble for everyone when she takes Thel’s dinghy and gets into dangerous currents in the middle of the river.

A musical Japanese girl, Tamiko, is billeted with them during an orchestra tour. Thel, whose brother died in the Pacific war fifty years ago, still harboured a grudge against the Japanese and that it would come out in dislike of the young visitor?

Jerry is having trouble diving off the high board at the swimming pool. But his life is not all problems. Uncle Jerry King is coming to visit, who is young Jerry’s hero, Jerry was named after him and he has fabulous adventures flying helicopters.

A child model comes to Habitat to shoot a commercial with Skippy for ‘Jack Horner Jams’, one in a series featuring the girl and different animals. Although charming to Skippy on the surface, she takes every opportunity to be secretly cruel.

Lou and Skippy find animal traps in the National Park near Habitat. Somebody is living in the park, and that’s not allowed. But Lou’s anger turns to sympathy when she meets him, 13 year-old Jim, who has been unhappy on his parents’ farm.

Kate’s grandfather Bill is a greenie who runs a small farm up river from Habitat. He’s a lovable old man, and when some fish die in the river near his place, he stages a one-man demonstration at the local paper mill, for polluting the river.

Glen is a boy who wants to be a stuntman. But Glen’s got it all wrong. He’s overweight, and is only using his limited knowledge of stunting (falling on cardboard boxes) to draw attention to himself. Then Glen discovers he has a real talent.

On a dare, Jerry sneaks into a bush tree house where there lives a man who is mad at today’s modern civilisation. He’s guarding a colony of koalas and has let the stories about him spread in order to protect his beloved furry friends.

The twins are baffled by a new girl who moves into the neighbourhood. Why does she always stay at home? And why is she forbidden to visit Habitat? It’s because she is in a wheelchair, the result of a tragic accident in which her mother was killed.

Jerry is fired up with enthusiasm for cross country running, and he is disappointed when his chief rival Brendan cheats in a race and Jerry loses. Meanwhile, Easter is approaching, and an egg hunt is organized at Habitat for the local littlies.

The Pirates are a boys’ gang, they won’t let Jerry in, he forms his own gang, the Buccaneers. Meanwhile, the realizes that the Pirates’ noisy activity is driving animals away from a waterhole in the National Park. The boys have got to be stopped.

Lou and Jerry are mad keen to join the Nippers, the Junior Surf Lifesavers. But Lou’s swimming is not quite up to scratch, and everyone has to make a concerted effort to help her train. Then things go badly. 1

A balloon is at Habitat as a tourist attraction, the Hammonds have guests, Lou’s friend Tamiko and a Japanese boy who is staying with Tamiko’s family.

Jerry is saving money for a bike. When vandals attack a primary school, he stakes out a school in the hope of collecting the reward money. Instead of catching the vandals, he scares them off when they could have been nabbed by a security guard.

A balloon is tethered at Habitat as a tourist attraction, the Hammonds have guests - Lou’s friend Tamiko and a Japanese boy who is staying with Tamiko’s family. The Japanese boy is discovered to be the heir to the great Nakamura electronics family.

The Roos are Jerry’s soccer team. Kate is their trainer, Skippy is their mascot, and Lou videos their games for discussion after practice. In mid season, however, Thel and Sonny, the supports of all this activity, are laid low with flu.