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Poachers

Skippy sounds the alarm when three men, believed to be working for Dr. Stark, try to steal koalas from Waratah National Park under the cover of night.

Sports Car Rally

An invasion of sports cars threatens the life of protected fauna in Waratah National Park. Matt Hammond leads a rescue squad to save the life of a driver pinned under his car in a serious accident.

The Golden Reef

Skin-diving geologists discover aluvial gold on a reef at Seal Rocks, in the mouth of the Flinders River. Thieves move in armed with deadly spear guns, and once again Matt, Sonny and Skippy are there to stop them.

Long Way Home

Dr. Alexander Stark is determined to have Skippy for his private zoo. When Matt Hammond refuses to sell at any price, Stark has two of his henchman steal the kangaroo and she begins a tense series of adventures to find her way home.

Cage Of Koalas

A research scientist who is to study marsupial wildlife at Waratah National Park turns out to be an attractive young woman. Her methods anger Chief Ranger Matt Hammond and she has to be rescued from serious trouble on a koala trapping foray into the lonely bush.

The Lyre Bird

Sonny makes a new friend, Lisa a young ballerina.Together they find an aged Botanist who has been missing in Waratah National Park and, with Skippy's help, bring about his rescue.

Dead Or Alive

A mysterious disease threatens to wipe out all the animals in Waratah National Park, and the evidence points to skippy as the carrier of the virus.

The Marine Biologist

Mark is unhappy when his father, Matt Hammond, tells him to accompany a marine biologist who wants to collect underwater specimens. But his misery turns to delight when he discovers that the marine biologist is a spunky young woman. The two of them quickly find themselves having to rescue Skippy and an unconscious Sonny from an out-of-control speedboat.

No Time For Clancy

Matt offers to watch a ranger's daughter.

Time And Tide

Clancy encounters trouble while helping a biologist.

Can You Keep A Secret?

An escaped convict holds Clancy and Sonny hostage. Skippy brings help and jumps on the convict, allowing Sonny to get out of his clutches and Matt to overpower the criminal.

The Swagman

After fascinating Sonny with tales of adventure, an old swagman, Mr. Trundle leaves him with an expensive parting present, a magnificent antique watch. Park Ranger Matt Hammond discovers the gift, asks the police to trace the owner… and discovers the Swagman's secret.

The Honeymooners

A woman wants Skippy for his fur.

Many Happy Returns

Sandy searches for a missing seal.

My Best Friend

Sonny paints a picture of Skippy.

When The Bough Breaks

Skippy rescues a baby.

The Waratah Festival

A diamond thief hides a bracelet in Skippy's pouch.

Summer Storm

Ranger Headquarters is cut off by a violent storm and Park Ranger Matt Hammond lies overcome with fever, poisoned by a snake bite. It's up to Skippy to leap an impassable gorge and return with the serum needed to save Matt's life.

The Rustlers

Sonny encounters rustlers when he takes a job as a sheep shearer.

Double Trouble

Dr. Stark hires an actor to impersonate the head ranger.

Trapped

An animal thief is captured.

They're Singing Me Back

Warriors attempt to claim a runaway tribal girl.

Tara, Pt 1

Surf King

While Park Ranger Matt Hammond and Clancy are busy fighting a bush fire, Jerry King makes a gallant attempt to win a Bondi Surf Championship—despite having just sustained serious injuries while rescuing a surfer girl in distress.

Be Our Guest

Thrown from her horse deep in the bush of Waratah National Park, Clancy Merrick is hopelessly lost and her mother is due at Ranger Headquarters to see how Head Ranger Matt Hammond has been looking after the teenaged house-guest. A band of aboriginal nomads "capture" Clancy, bring her back to headquarters, just in time.

The Runaway

Last Chance

An aging film star attempts a comeback.

No Trespassers

Mayday (Part One)

Flight Ranger Jerry King breaks Waratah Park regulations when a helicopter flight is the only way he can keep a date with his girlfriend, Babs. A dramatic crash results—and Skippy again comes to the rescue.

Where There's Smoke (Part Two)

Two Crash Detectives investigate Jerry's helicopter accident and are unable to substantiate his story of going off course to check on a bushfire. Skippy and Sonny head off to find the evidence needed to clear Jerry of the charges.

Date In Dalmar

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The Empty Chair

Sonny and Skippy the bush kangaroo persuade their friend Mr Trundle (alias Miles Vincent Archer) to return temporarily to his desk as chairman of a vast corporation and reverse the board's decision to despoil Waratah National Park by drilling for oil.

Ten Little Visitors

Sonny and Skippy become guides for foreign children.

Aunt Evelyn

When Aunt Evelyn comes to Waratah National Park determined to persuade Head Ranger Matt Hammond that he should put his younger boy Sonny in boarding school in Sydney, Sonny and Skippy the pet kangaroo save Evelyn from death by drowning and Sonny is saved from a fate he'd consider worse than death.

The Bushrangers

Ranger Headquarters is burglarised.

Man From Space

Sonny has been placed in charge of an automatic recording unit deep in the bush of Waratah National Park, supervised by his father, Chief Ranger Matt Hammond.

Tara

The Long Night

A couple of industrial spies, on the trail of a roll of secret microfilm, masquerade as detectives and try to cover their tracks by accusing Mark of a hit-and-run accident. Only Skippy is aware of their true identities.

View Matt

Sonny tries his hand at matchmaking when he answers a lonely-hearts advertisement in Matt's name and has to face the consequences.

The Raft

The Perfect Hosts

A case of mistaken identity leads Sonny and Clancy to tie up a Very Important Person in knots—literally!

Honest Jack

Follow My Leader

A spoiled young violin prodigy insists on acquiring a baby koala. Skippy saves him from losing his life in the attempt.

Tex N Ranger

Chicken

Belinda

A beautiful thoroughbred mare escapes from the man who has stolen her - and finds temporary refuge with Sonny at Waratah Park Ranger Headquarters.

The Mine

An accidental detonation traps Matt and an old friend in an abandoned mine.

Rockslide

Sonny is injured in a rock slide.

Hide And Seek

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Flying Saucers

Sonny and Skippy see a flying saucer.

Esmeralda

An old gypsy woman takes revenge on Head Ranger Matt Hammond and his boys in a way that proves more embarrassing than harmful. Even Skippy is powerless to prevent the trick.

Puppets

An itinerant puppeteer is jealous of Skippy.

Vice Versa

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Oats

An aggressive National Parks Inspector is determined to make everyone at Ranger Headquarters jump, but through his own uncontrollable fear in a crisis, he learns to respect the others.

The Black Spider

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Tread Softly

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Shark Taggers

When Sonny and Skippy help an attractive young scientist in her research work on sharks, only the last minute arrival of Jerry and Mark in the Ranger helicopter can save them from a school of maneaters.

Surprise, Surprise

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Marco Polo

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The Wombat

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The Axeman

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Up And Beyond

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Round Up

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The Hikers

Two teachers, Helen Macauley and Judith Wright go hiking through the bush. Judith is bitten by a snake. Skippy takes the snake to the one of the rangers, Jerry King, who is able to identify that it is harmless. Jerry finds the teachers and is able to allay their fears.

For My Next Trick

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A Bird In The Hand

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Marathon

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The Best Man

When Flight Ranger Jerry King is asked to be best man at a wedding he finds it hard to make it to the church on time.

Plain Jane

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Hi-Fi

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Maggie

A loveable, zany girl friend of Jerry's finds herself embroiled with smugglers and turns to Jerry for help.

Mixed Company

An elderly ornithologist's determination to prevent a group of young water-skiers using the river results in an accidental fire, endangering the natural fauna of Waratah National Park.

Treasure Hunt

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The Sport Of Kings

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Bon Voyage

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Cobber

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Tiger

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Luna Park

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A Work Of Art

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A Manner Of Speaking

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The Prince Of Siam

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High Fashion

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El Toro

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Mr. Duffy

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The Medicine Man

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The Veteran

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The Rainmakers

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Up The Waratahs

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Merry Go Round

Carrie Mason, a girl who wants nothing in the world but to be a clown, finds she has much in common with Skippy the bush kangaroo when they both decide to run away from home and join an itinerant carnival.

Pigeon Pair

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Fred

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