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Transcript: Mountain Mystery
Kangaroo Beach
Descriptive Transcript
[Rock music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Colourful fish and sea turtles swim in bright blue water. On the water, Sandy drives her personal watercraft towards the Surf Club.
[Opening Credits] Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation present, in association with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and ScreenWest and LotteryWest. A Cheeky Little Media production. Created by Tim Bain. Series Producer: Patrick Egerton.
[Song] Over the ocean and over the reef, there's a sunny little place called Kangaroo Beach.
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy, Gemma, Neville and Pounce leap off their beds. Frizzy is a young blue koala, Gemma is a pink platypus, Neville is a hairy-nosed albino wombat with a pink nose, and Pounce is a young yellow and orange kangaroo. They ride down a slide.
[Boing, slide whistles]
[Song] Frizzy, Gemma, Neville and Pounce, cadets in the club, so come on, let's bounce. Good friends surfing, swimming, learning.
[Scream, whistle blows, helicopter rotors thump, splash]
DESCRIPTION: Bondi, an orange kangaroo lifeguard, drives a boat. Sandy, a pink kangaroo lifeguard, stands beside him. Big Trev, a yellow wombat, pilots a small sub. A helicopter lifts smiling Ghërkinn, an otter, up, wearing a harness. The cadets surf.
[Song] Bondi, Sandy, Big Trev, too, training with the very best lifeguard crew. Staying safe, being brave, ride a wave, make a save. We're here all summer, it just gets fun-er. Let's hop down to Kangaroo Beach.
[Water splashes]
[Title] Kangaroo Beach.
[Logo] Kangaroo Beach, featuring an orange three-part circle around a white silhouette of a swimmer.
[Episode Title] Mountain Mystery.
[Opening Credits] Series Director: Steve Moltzen. Written by Tim Bain and Charlotte Rose Hamlyn.
[Upbeat music plays, seagulls squawk]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Neville walk up a long stone staircase to a grassy plateau with trees. Frizzy wears a folded map as a hat and peers through a spyglass.
FRIZZY SINGS: I've always dreamed of a great adventure.
NEVILLE SINGS: And I dream I'm there by your side.
[Slide whistle, thump, rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy climbs a banana tree, reaches towards a bunch of bananas, and slides down. She lands on Neville and jumps to the sand.
FRIZZY SINGS: No matter if we sing or shout. Or climb to great heights and fall. Our hearts will always lead us to what matters most of all...
NEVILLE: Friendship?
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy shows Neville a treasure map, then rolls it up and runs across the sand.
FRIZZY: No. Treasure!
[Thumps]
DESCRIPTION: Bananas fall on Neville.
NEVILLE: Uh!
DESCRIPTION: Neville and Frizzy scuba dive.
BOTH SING: Treasure, treasure, treasure.
FRIZZY SINGS: We'll find it together.
[Water bubbles]
[Map rustles]
DESCRIPTION: On the beach, Frizzy carries the map, and Neville follows her.
FRIZZY SINGS: If you and I just follow this map. I'll be your famous, fabulous explorer koala-a-a!
NEVILLE: And I'll still be your best mate!
FRIZZY: Great!
[Roadie gasps]
DESCRIPTION: In a nearby sandcastle, Reef and Roadie stand.
ROADIE: Wow! Hear that, Reefy?
REEF: Yeah! What a beautiful song.
ROADIE: Yeah, no. Treasure!
[Doors slam]
DESCRIPTION: Neville walks between beach huts, and Frizzy enters one. They pop out of a different beach house, with Frizzy standing on Neville’s head, peering through her spyglass.
FRIZZY AND NEVILLE SING: Treasure, treasure, treasure, we'll find it together. And nothing's gonna stop us now...
[Needle scratches a record, the music stops, alarm blares]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Neville dance on the beach. They stop and look at speakers affixed to a rock.
NEVILLE: Huh?
SANDY, OVER LOUDSPEAKER: Cadets to the Surf Club.
FRIZZY: Adventure calls!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy runs across the beach, and Neville follows.
NEVILLE: Actually, I think that's the alarm.
DESCRIPTION: In the Surf Club, Bondi, Sandy and Big Trev stand beside a screen that features a map of the lake and nearby mountain foothills.
SANDY: Listen up, cadets! We've got a real-life pretend emergency.
[Soft music plays]
POUNCE: Oh, I love pretend emergencies!
[Beep]
DESCRIPTION: On the map, a circle shows the location of Dotty, the training mannequin, floating in water.
BONDI: Dotty's stranded in the mountains, and we're going to need your help.
SANDY: You cadets will hike into the hills, find her, then bring her home.
FRIZZY: Hooray!
POUNCE: Whoo-hoo!
GEMMA: Yeah!
NEVILLE: Let's find Dotty!
SANDY: Led by...
[Medallion clinks]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev steps forward and shows the cadets a gleaming medallion on a striped neck ribbon.
BIG TREV: Me! And if you succeed, you'll earn your very own mountain medallions.
CADETS: Yay!
[Map rustles, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy looks at the map.
FRIZZY: Oh, my starfish! Those look like the mountains on my map! Forget medallions, I'm going to find real treasure!
POUNCE: Let's bounce!
CADETS: Whoo!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In their room, the cadets pack their backpacks.
FRIZZY SINGS: Treasure, treasure, treasure, we'll find it together...
NEVILLE SINGS: I'll be there, keeping you safe.
[Zip]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma closes her backpack and puts it on.
GEMMA SINGS: I'm gonna get that medallion. Champion Gemma-a-a!
POUNCE SINGS: And I'll be a bush kangaroo... A true roo!
DESCRIPTION: Later, the cadets follow Big Trev away from the Surf Club. Bondi and Sandy watch them from the top of the stairs.
CADETS: Bye, Bondi!
POUNCE: See you, Sandy!
[Voices chatter]
BONDI: See you later!
SANDY: Stick together!
[Big Trev chuckles, footsteps patter]
BIG TREV: Alright.
POUNCE: Let's find Dotty!
DESCRIPTION: Behind a rock, Roadie and Reef watch the cadets, and Big Trev walk past.
ROADIE: Come on, let's follow them.
REEF: Yeah, and save Dotty!
ROADIE: Yeah, no. Get their treasure!
[Upbeat music plays, frog ribbits, birds chirp]
DESCRIPTION: The cadets follow Big Trev up a sloped path.
CADETS SING: Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da.
DESCRIPTION: Roadie and Reef follow Big Trev and the cadets.
ROADIE AND REEF SING: Treasure, treasure, treasure! We'll steal it together. We'll be rich and famous too, if you and I just follow this crew.
CADETS AND BIG TREV SING: Dotty, Dotty, Dotty, we'll save you together.
CADETS SING: We'll rescue you by the end of the day, and no one will get in our way...
[Boing]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev stops walking the cadets bounce off his back.
CADETS: Hey!
FRIZZY: Oh, no!
DESCRIPTION: A hollow log blocks the path.
GEMMA: We're blocked.
[Light music notes play]
NEVILLE: How do we get past?
POUNCE: Stand back. This is a job for a bush kangaroo!
[Tense music plays, thump, Pounce groans]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce lies on his back and pushes against a hollow log with his feet.
POUNCE: Nearly there.
[Big Trev chuckles]
BIG TREV: Need a little help from a bush koala?
[Thump, both groan]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev stand beside Pounce and pushes the hollow log with him.
BIG TREV: Ooh, that's heavy.
[Both groan, bush rustles, dramatic music notes play]
DESCRIPTION: A bush beside Gemma shakes.
NEVILLE: What was that?
GEMMA: Relax. It's probably just a baby bilby.
DESCRIPTION: Gemma looks at a picture of a bilby in a book. Frizzy and Neville look at each other.
FRIZZY AND NEVILLE: Er...
GEMMA: Trust me. I know as much about bush animals as sea animals. Come on out, little cutie!
DESCRIPTION: A red echidna peers over the bush.
ECHIDNA: Who are you calling "cute"?
[Whoosh, thump, echidna chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: The echidna rolls into a ball, bounces over the bush, lands in front of Gemma, and knocks her down.
GEMMA: Whoa!
ECHIDNA: Fooled ya! I'm no bilby. I'm an echidna kid.
[Gemma chuckles nervously, birds sing]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma stands.
GEMMA: I knew that.
ECHIDNA: Spyke's the name! Let's rock'n'roll!
[Whoosh, energetic music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The echidna, Spyke, curls into a ball and rolls around Neville, Frizzy, and Gemma.
[Cadets exclaim]
NEVILLE: Awesome!
GEMMA: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Spyke rolls to the hollow log and lands on top with her hands on her hips.
[The music ends]
SPYKE: Uh-oh. Looks like you're in a bit of a jam sandwich. Good thing I brought my lucky rope. Whoosh!
[Whoosh, energetic music plays, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke creates a lasso and throws it around a jagged piece of bark near the bottom of the hollow log. She rolls around a nearby tree and then drops the rope by Gemma, Frizzy, and Neville.
SPYKE: Now, grab on and grunt.
DESCRIPTION: Spyke, the cadets, and Big Trev grab the rope.
SPYKE: One, two, three...
[Everyone grunts, hollow log creaks, exclamations]
BIG TREV: That's heavy.
DESCRIPTION: They pull the hollow log to the side of the path.
FRIZZY: Yeah!
BIG TREV: Well done, young Spyke.
FRIZZY: A mountain hero!
GEMMA: So clever.
[Pounce chuckles]
POUNCE: Yeah...that was going to be my next idea.
[Cadets chuckle, rope whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke pulls her rope off the hollow log.
[Everyone chatters]
SPYKE: Let's go! C'mon!
NEVILLE: Cool.
[Reefs flippers slap]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke leads the cadets and Big Trev past the fallen log. Behind them, Reef and Roadie approach the hollow log.
ROADIE: C'mon, Reefy! Treasure to steal, this way!
REEF: Ooh, a tunnel!
DESCRIPTION: Reef walks to the fallen log.
ROADIE: No, Reef...that's not a tunnel!
[Creak]
DESCRIPTION: Reef squeezes into the log, and his tail flaps up and down.
REEF: Oh, no! I'm stuck!
[Reef’s tail slaps] Roadie sighs, Reef groans, footsteps tap, jump boings]
DESCRIPTION: Roadie walks to the log and jumps on top. He looks down at Reef through a tree hollow.
ROADIE: What are you doing in there, you dingbat?
REEF: I thought it was a short cut!
[Both exclaim, log rustles, bangs, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The hollow log rolls back down the path as Reef writhes inside. Roadie runs on top of the rolling log.
REEF: Ahh!
ROADIE: Wha... Oh!
BOTH: Whoa! Whoa-ho! Wha-oh!
[Slide whistle, thunk, exclamations]
DESCRIPTION: The hollow log rolls off the edge of the path.
[Light music plays, footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: On the path, the cadets and Big Trev walk with Spyke.
SPYKE: So, where are you lot off to?
FRIZZY: We're on a mountain mission, Spyke.
[Gasps, birds chirp]
FRIZZY: You should totally join us!
NEVILLE: Er...I don't think that'd be possible. Spyke might not be allowed to come.
DESCRIPTION: Spyke turns towards a small cave opening.
SPYKE SHOUTS: Auntie Bev! Can I go hang out with my new friends and an old koala?
BIG TREV: Steady on, I'm not that old.
DESCRIPTION: An adult echidna pokes her head out of the cave.
AUNTY BEV: Trevor?
BIG TREV: Beverly?
AUNTY BEV: Trev!
[Footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Aunty Bev and Big Trev run to each other and hug.
BIG TREV: Bev!
AUNTY BEV: Careful, watch the prickles!
BIG TREV: Oh, wow.
[Both chuckle]
FRIZZY: You know each other?
[Aunty Bev laughs]
AUNTY BEV: Trev and I were old chums.
[Big Trev chuckles, upbeat music plays]
BIG TREV: Young chums. We roamed the bush and the beach, running wild.
AUNTY BEV: Oh, the adventures we had!
[Both chuckle]
BIG TREV: Oh, the treasures we found.
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: Treasure?
SPYKE: Count me in! Can I go on an adventure with my new friends? Please, please, please!
AUNTY BEV: Alright. But be on your best behaviour.
SPYKE: You betcha!
BIG TREV: Alright, everyone. Buddy up.
[Hands slap]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce high-five. Neville walks to Frizzy as Spyke reaches down and holds her hand.
SPYKE: I know a short cut.
NEVILLE: Huh?
SPYKE: This way!
[Footsteps patter, Neville sighs sadly, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce follow Spyke. Big Trev walks over to where Neville stands, shoulders slumped.
BIG TREV: Come on. Let's go, little buddy.
[Footsteps patter, Neville sighs sadly]
DESCRIPTION: Neville follows Big Trev.
[Energetic music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke rolls to a riverbank and stops at the edge of a rock.
SPYKE: Weee! Whoa-ho!
[Water gushes]
DESCRIPTION: The others emerge from a forest and stop.
CADETS: Oh, no!
GEMMA: A river.
FRIZZY: How do we get across?
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma looks at her book.
GEMMA: Hm. Let me see... How to cross a mountain river?
SPYKE: How about we use my lucky rope?
[Whoosh, boing]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke lassos a branch.
SPYKE: Now, let's swing!
POUNCE, FRIZZY, AND NEVILLE: Yay! Yeah!
BIG TREV: Steady on. Let's make sure it's nice and safe.
[Grunts, whoosh, water splashes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev swings on the rope to the other side of the river, his feet brushing the surface of the water.
BIG TREV: Whoa! Whoo-hoo! Ah! Right, hang on tight. And don't let go until I've got you.
ALL: Yay! Whoo-hoo!
[Whoosh, thump]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma swings over the river and lands beside Big Trev.
GEMMA: Yee-haw!
[Whoosh, thump]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce swings over the river and lands beside Big Trev and Gemma.
POUNCE: Jumping joe-e-ey!
[Whoosh, thump, Frizzy yodels]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy swings over the river, and Neville swings next.
NEVILLE: Ah-ahh-ah-ah-ahh! Whoa!
[Thumps]
DESCRIPTION: Neville lands in Big Trev’s arms.
NEVILLE: Ohh! Uh!
SPYKE: Check this out!
[Whooshes, water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke swings on the rope, curls into a ball, and cannonballs into the water.
SPYKE: Whoo-hoo! Yee! Wow!
[Cadets gasp, light music plays, water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke surfaces.
SPYKE: Ha-ha-ha!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke floats down the river.
FRIZZY: Oh, no! The current's sweeping her away!
BIG TREV: Great gumnuts!
[Spyke giggles]
DESCRIPTION: On the shore, Pounce holds a stick out over the water.
POUNCE: Quick! Grab this!
[Grunt, whoosh, river splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke grabs the stick, and Pounce pulls her to shore.
SPYKE: Ha-ha-ha! That was awesome!
[The music stops]
NEVILLE: No, that was dangerous.
BIG TREV: You should never jump into water like that.
POUNCE: The current could be too fast.
GEMMA: Or there could be hidden rocks.
[Light music plays]
SPYKE: Ah, it's just water. What's to be scared of? I drink water for breakfast. Ha-ha-ha!
NEVILLE: Um...
BIG TREV: Alright. We're all safely across the river. Now, let's keep moving. Dotty needs rescuing.
DESCRIPTION: The cadets follow Big Trev.
POUNCE: Let's bounce!
GEMMA: C'mon!
FRIZZY: Let's do it!
[Light music plays, footsteps thump, birds sing, bird caws]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev leads the cadets and Spyke on a path.
[Gemma gasps]
GEMMA: Is that a magpie?
SPYKE: Nah, that's a cockatoo. This is what a magpie sounds like...
[Spyke imitates a singing bird]
CADETS: Wow! Awesome.
[Light music plays, birds sing]
GEMMA: Well, I can speak dolphin, so I bet I can speak bird, as well.
[Gemma imitates a bird, magpie caws, feces splat]
DESCRIPTION: Magpie feces splatter on Gemma’s hat.
GEMMA: Hey! Why'd it do that?
SPYKE: You just called that magpie a flaming galah!
[Spyke and Neville laugh]
FRIZZY: Yuck!
POUNCE: Bad luck, Gemma.
BIG TREV: Let's keep moving.
NEVILLE: Actually, I think it's good luck.
GEMMA: Ew.
[Upbeat music plays, whoosh, Spyke laughs, Frizzy gasps, Spyke vocalizes, both laugh, footsteps patter, sad music plays, Neville groans sadly, birds sing]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy peers through her spyglass at the forest, and Spyke pops up in front of it, making a face. They run away as Neville arrives. Later, birds fly overhead as everyone arrives at the waterfall. Dotty floats in a small lake.
BIG TREV: Ha-ha! Congratulations, cadets! You did it! Welcome to Kangaroo Mountain Falls.
GEMMA: It's spectacular!
FRIZZY: Wow, it's glorious!
POUNCE: Look at that waterfall!
BIG TREV: And there's Dotty!
ALL: Whoo-hoo! Yay!
DESCRIPTION: The cadets bounce excitedly.
FRIZZY: We saved you, Dotty!
[The music stops, insects chitter, fire crackles]
DESCRIPTION: Later, the full moon glows in the starry sky over the waterfall. Everyone roasts marshmallows over a campfire.
BIG TREV: Ah, this is the life, eh?
NEVILLE: Sure is.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Neville eats a marshmallow as Gemma pulls her burning marshmallow away from the fire and shakes the stick.
GEMMA: Whoa! Ah!
[Gemma sighs, whoosh, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke holds a stick with eight marshmallows on the branches.
SPYKE: You can have one of mine if you like.
GEMMA: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Gemma takes a marshmallow and eats it.
FRIZZY: You're great at this bush stuff, Spyke.
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy reads her map, and Spyke gives her a marshmallow.
SPYKE: The bush is my home. Where's yours?
POUNCE: Kangaroo Beach.
SPYKE: For real? I'd love to check out a beach one day.
GEMMA: You've never been to a beach?
POUNCE: Have you been living down a hole all your life?
SPYKE: Of course! I'm an echidna!
[Everyone laughs, Reef laughs]
DESCRIPTION: From the forest, Roadie and Reef watch everyone at the campfire.
SPYKE: Whatcha reading?
FRIZZY: I'm glad you asked. Hit the music!
[Harmonica music plays, drumming]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke plays a harmonica, and Gemma drums by hitting two sticks against the log she sits on. Frizzy puts on her pirate map hat and a pink eyepatch. She jumps up on the tree stump she was sitting on.
FRIZZY RAPS: Deep in the bush, there's a tale to be told of a great big treasure worth more than gold. It's guarded by a ghostly pirate ghoul...
REEF: G-g-ghost!
DESCRIPTION: In the forest, Reef hugs Roadie.
FRIZZY RAPS: If you seek it, you're silly, if you don't, you're a fool. And the first clue you need is to find a quokka. Chiselled from a rock, like a stony quokka rocker!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy shows Pounce the map. On the map, a cave marked with a red X is beneath a stone quokka statue near the waterfall. Frizzy leaps and spins, throwing her map into the air.
[Cadets and Spyke cheer]
POUNCE: Whoo-hoo!
GEMMA: Yeah, Frizzy!
BIG TREV: Huh? What? Right...
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev stands.
BIG TREV: Time for bed, cadets.
[Cadets groan]
BIG TREV: Big day tomorrow.
[Neville sighs sadly, map rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke looks at the map.
SPYKE: Hmm.
[Waterfall splashes, birds chirp]
DESCRIPTION: In the early morning, Frizzy sleeps beneath a tarp held up by poles.
SPYKE: Psst! Frizzy, wake up, wake up! I think I know where that quokka rock is.
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy sits up.
FRIZZY: Huh?
SPYKE: Quick! Let's go!
[Upbeat music plays, footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke pulls Frizzy up from the tarp shelter, and Neville awakens.
NEVILLE: Huh? Wait! Where are you going?
[Neville pants]
DESCRIPTION: Neville grabs his backpack and follows as Spyke and Frizzy disappear into the forest.
SPYKE: Ta-da! Quokka Rock!
DESCRIPTION: Spyke stops in a clearing and gestures at a quokka-shaped rock.
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: Spyke! You're a genius!
[Map rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy unrolls her map as Neville arrives.
NEVILLE: Frizzy! It's not safe to wander off from camp. You could get lost or hurt.
FRIZZY: Don't be such a worry-wombat, Neville; we're perfectly safe. Now, where's that treas...
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy walks in tall grass and falls into a hole between rocks.
FRIZZY SCREAMS: Ahhh!
[Neville and Spyke gasp]
NEVILLE: Er...
SPYKE: Oi! Wait for me-e-e!
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke rolls into a ball and jumps into the hole.
NEVILLE: Wobbly wombat!
DESCRIPTION: Neville jumps into the hole.
NEVILLE: I'll save yo-o-ou!
[Upbeat music plays, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Everyone slides down a smooth tunnel.
FRIZZY: Hee-hee-hee!
SPYKE: Weee! Whoa-ho!
NEVILLE: Waaa! Whoa! Uh!
[Distant shouting, tense music plays softly, waterfall splashes]
DESCRIPTION: At the campsite, Pounce awakens.
POUNCE: Huh?
[Distant shouting]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce hops to Frizzy and Neville’s empty tarp shelter.
POUNCE: Huh? Big Trev!
[Big Trev snores, the music stops, waterfall splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev sleeps.
POUNCE: Gemma! Wake up!
GEMMA: Huh?
POUNCE: The others are missing, and I think they're in trouble!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the tunnel, Frizzy, Spyke, and Neville reach a cave at the bottom.
FRIZZY: Whoo! Weee! Hee-hee!
[Whoosh, thump]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke lands beside Frizzy.
SPYKE: Ho-ho! That was fun!
NEVILLE: Waaa! Whoa! Waaa!
[Thump, Neville groans]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Spyke move out of the way and Neville tumbles past them.
NEVILLE: Huh?
[Birds chirp, Frizzy gasps, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Neville stands and looks at flat stones on the ground that form an arrow.
FRIZZY: Another clue!
NEVILLE: Huh?
[Footsteps tap]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy points at a cave.
FRIZZY: Maybe the treasure is in that cave.
NEVILLE: No, Frizzy. It's too dangerous to explore a cave without a grown-up.
[Upbeat music plays, footsteps tap]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Spyke loop arms and dance in a circle.
FRIZZY CHANTS: Treasure hunters, treasure hunters, one, two, three
SPYKE: You're a treasure hunter and so are...me!
[Spyke and Frizzy laugh, Neville sighs sadly, soft music plays, hops thump]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Spyke loop arms and walk in a circle. Elsewhere, Pounce and Gemma stop by the stone quokka.
POUNCE: I heard shouting coming from here.
[Rustle, tense music]
DESCRIPTION: They look around, and Gemma walks to the coiled rope at the edge of the tall grass.
GEMMA: Spyke's lucky rope...
GEMMA: Neville!
POUNCE: Frizzy!
GEMMA: Frizzy!
POUNCE: Neville!
GEMMA: Spyke!
DESCRIPTION: Gemma turns to Pounce.
GEMMA: Let's go tell Big Trev. Wait, which way IS Big Trev?
[Whoosh, Gemma groans]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce look around. At the cave, Spyke and Frizzy hold hands and enter.
FRIZZY: ..Two, three!
FRIZZY CHANGES: You're a treasure hunter, and so are...
GHOSTLY VOICE: Who goes here? Be warned! You shall meet your doo-o-o-oom!
FRIZZY: Er...who said that?
[Eerie music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Inside the shadowy cave, Neville stands on a rock and slowly waves sticks.
GHOSTLY VOICE: 'Tis I, the ghost of the pirate captain! Who-o-o!
FRIZZY: Oh, my starfish!
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: She's protecting her treasure!
GHOSTLY VOICE: Listen to your lovely wombat friend and go back where it's sa-a-afe!
FRIZZY: M-maybe we should?
SPYKE: Wait. I know a good trick when I see one. That's Neville.
[The music stops]
NEVILLE: No way, I'm not him. Oh...!
[Light music plays]
GHOSTLY VOICE: Although, he does sound very sma-a-art!
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: Neville? You're not a ghost protecting her treasure!
[Sticks thud]
DESCRIPTION: Neville drops the sticks, jumps off the rock, and walks to Frizzy and Spyke.
NEVILLE: No, I'm protecting you. But you never listen to me.
[Birds chirp]
SPYKE: Ha-ha! Best prank, ever!
FRIZZY: No. Worst prank, ever! If you don't want to come on my treasure hunt, then fine!
NEVILLE: Fine.
FRIZZY: Fine times infinity!
NEVILLE: OK, then...Goodbye, Frizzy.
FRIZZY: Goodbye forever.
[Footsteps rustle, birds chirp, hands slap, guitar music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy puts her hands on her hips and walks away from Neville. She sits and looks at her reflection in the lake. In a flashback, she and Neville high-five. In the present, Neville looks at his reflection in a puddle. He remembers laughing with Frizzy.
FRIZZY SINGS: Goodbye forever. Best friends for never. Why'd you have to break my heart? 'Cause now I sing a solo part.
FRIZZY AND NEVILLE SING: We're finished, we're done. There's nothing left to mend. You put the "end" in friend. Goodbye forever. Best friends for never.
DESCRIPTION: Both imagine walking on a beach, holding hands.
BOTH SING: How could our friendship fall apart? I thought that this was just the start. Why does this goodbye feel so bad?
DESCRIPTION: In the daydream, they let go of each other’s hands and walk away from each other.
[The music stops, birds sing]
SPYKE: Frizzy! Look! I just found another clue.
[Birds sing, footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke gestures at three lines carved into a rock by the cave entrance. In the forest, Roadie and Reef walk on a path.
ROADIE: Where'd those kids go?
[Wailing, dramatic music plays, Reef and Roadie shriek]
DESCRIPTION: Neville cries behind a bush. Roadie and Reef startle and hug.
REEF: Ghost!
[Neville sobs]
REEF: It's the pirate ghost! Quick! Hide in the tiny house! Ah! Ah! Ahh!
ROADIE: Uh! Ah!
[Door opens, slide whistle, door slams]
DESCRIPTION: Reef and Roadie hide in an outhouse.
ROADIE: Oh, pew! This isn't a house...it's an outdoor dunny!
[Creak, thump, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: They rock the outhouse and it tips, bouncing down a hill.
REEF: Oh, it stinks in here! Help!
ROADIE: Ah! Let us out!
BOTH SCREAM: Ah! Ahhh!
DESCRIPTION: The outhouse slides down the hill.
[Soft music plays, birds sing]
DESCRIPTION: Elsewhere, Gemma and Pounce sit on a log.
[Gemma sighs]
GEMMA: We're lost.
POUNCE: I give up.
GEMMA: I'll never earn that mountain medallion.
POUNCE: And I'm no bush kangaroo.
[Reef and Roadie scream, water splashes, Reef and Roadie grunt]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce jump to their feet as the outhouse flies off the edge of a cliff over their heads. It lands in the lake, and Roadie and Reef fall into the water. They hold the top off the outhouse and look at Pounce and Gemma on the shore.
REEF AND ROADIE: Help!
GEMMA: Our first lake rescue! But what do we do?
POUNCE: What would Spyke do?
[Gemma gasps]
GEMMA: I've got it! Spyke's lucky rope.
[Rope whooshes, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma makes a lasso and swings it over her head. She loops it over a tree branch, and Pounce grabs the rope.
POUNCE: Bush roo to the rescu-u-ue!
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce swings to the outhouse and lands on the roof.
POUNCE: Quick! Swing to shore!
[Roadie grunts, water splashes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Reef picks up Roadie and swings to the shore. Reef’s tail brushes the surface of the water.
REEF: Oh... Ahhh!
REEF AND ROADIE: Ahh! Oh! Uh!
[Thump]
DESCRIPTION: On the shore, Roadie falls beside Gemma, and Reef lands on top of him. The rope swings back to Pounce. He grabs it and swings to shore.
POUNCE: Whoo-hoo! Ah!
[Water bubbles]
DESCRIPTION: Everyone watches the outhouse sink into the lake.
REEF: Thanks, speedy lifeguards.
[The music stops]
ROADIE: Yeah, thanks a bunch.
[Waterfall splashes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Elsewhere, Spyke and Frizzy walk on the shore of the lake towards the bottom of the waterfall.
SPYKE: The arrow definitely pointed this way.
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: They turn the corner and see the waterfall.
FRIZZY: Whoa! So cool!
DESCRIPTION: Spyke points behind the waterfall.
SPYKE: Oh, look! A secret entrance.
FRIZZY: Wow.
DESCRIPTION: Behind the waterfall at the entrance of the cave, Frizzy consults her map. She looks into the cave.
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: The treasure! We found it!
DESCRIPTION: A beam of sunlight shines on a wooden treasure chest.
SPYKE: I wonder what it is! Gold? Silver? Jewels?
[Lid creaks, light music notes play]
DESCRIPTION: Inside the chest, they find a conch shell, a stuffed kangaroo, and paper.
SPYKE: Huh? What's this old junk?
FRIZZY: This isn't treasure.
[Thump, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke picks up the shell, revealing an old photograph of Big Trev and Aunty Bev.
[Spyke gasps]
SPYKE: A photo! That's Aunty Bev!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy picks up the photo.
FRIZZY: And Grandpa...So, this was THEIR map? And these are the treasures?
[Rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke takes the stuffy out of the chest.
SPYKE: Cool, isn't it? It's like a friendship chest.
FRIZZY: Look, there's a note!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy reads the note written at the bottom of the photo.
AUNTY BEV NARRATES: "To my favourite explorer chum, Trev. Our friendship is the greatest treasure."
FRIZZY: Oh, Neville. What have I done?
[Birds chirp, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy exits through the first cave entrance and finds Neville gazing into the water.
FRIZZY: Neville! Neville? Neville!
[Soft music plays]
NEVILLE: Hey, Frizzy. Did you find the treasure?
[Rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy sits beside Neville and hugs him. He smiles.
FRIZZY: Yes! It was our friendship. That's the real treasure.
NEVILLE: Really?
FRIZZY: Thank you for protecting me.
NEVILLE: Just doing my job as professional best friend.
[Both laugh, the music stops, water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke stands by the waterfall.
SPYKE: Oh, there you are! I thought I'd lost you. Hang tight! I'll swim over to you.
[Neville gasps, tense music plays]
NEVILLE: No, wait! It's too far. And there aren't any lifeguards.
FRIZZY: Neville's right. It's not safe. Walk around the lake instead.
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke cannonballs into the lake and swims.
SPYKE: Billa-bombs away!
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: By the waterfall cave, Roadie and Reef pop up from behind a rock and watch Spyke swim.
ROADIE: Ha! They forgot the treasure. Come on, Reefy! We're stinking rich!
[Reef laughs]
REEF: Yeah, so stinking!
[Whoosh, the music stops, footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Reef follows Roadie into the cave. At the campsite, Big Trev looks around with binoculars around his neck.
BIG TREV: Cadets! Where have they gone?
[Water splashes, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the lake, Spyke stops swimming.
SPYKE: Whoa. It's further than I thought. I'm getting a bit tired.
NEVILLE: Oh, no! Spyke is in trouble.
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke bobs in the lake.
SPYKE: Uh...uh... Help!
NEVILLE: Wobbly wombat!
FRIZZY: We need Grandpa!
FRIZZY SHOUTS: Cooey!
[Distant cooey]
DESCRIPTION: At the campsite, Big Trev looks through his binoculars.
BIG TREV: Huh?
[Water splashes]
SPYKE: Help!
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev spots Spyke floundering in the lake.
BIG TREV: Great gumnuts!
[Static]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev speaks into his walkie-talkie.
BIG TREV: Bondi, Sandy, emergency on the lake.
[Alarm blares, exciting music plays, clicks, beeps, helicopter blades whirr, engine hums, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Bondi and Sandy prepare their rescue equipment. A montage shows a motorboat, a helicopter, and the sub. The cadets pose.
[Logo] Kangaroo Beach.
[Water splashes, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the lake, Spyke flounders in the water.
SPYKE: Help!
[Neville grunts, ring splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Neville throws a lifebuoy close to Spyke, and she grabs it.
NEVILLE: Now, stay calm and float.
[Spyke inhales, water splashes, upbeat music plays, helicopter rotors thump]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke ducks beneath the surface and emerges in the middle of the lifebuoy. The rescue helicopter arrives and flies past Frizzy, who stands on top of a rocky outcropping.
FRIZZY: Bondi! Sandy! Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
[Pop, air hisses, energetic music plays, water bubbles]
DESCRIPTION: One of Spyke’s spike-like spines punctures the lifebuoy.
SPYKE: Uh-oh!
[Neville gasps, rotors thump]
SPYKE SHOUTS: Help! Help! Help!
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke tries to swim in the deflating lifebuoy. Above him, Sandy dangles from the helicopter, wearing a harness. She reaches towards Spyke.
SANDY: Fancy a lift?
[Whoosh, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Later, Sandy, Bondi, Big Trev, Spyke and the cadets stand beside the helicopter at the campsite.
SPYKE: Thanks for saving me. That rescue was unreal, banana peel!
FRIZZY: I'm sorry we wandered off, Grandpa.
[Gentle music plays]
BIG TREV: You should never wander off from a grown-up in the bush. But I'm so glad you're all safe. And for real-life rescues...
[Medallions clink]
DESCRIPTION: Bondi holds out medallions.
BONDI: Mountain medallions!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev gives each cadet a medallion.
FRIZZY EXCLAIMS: Ah!
[Frizzy and Neville laugh]
POUNCE: Oh!
[Cadets cheer, adults applaud]
CADETS: Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
[Whoosh]
SPYKE: Yeah, whoo-hoo! The crowd goes wild!
POUNCE: You should come visit us at the beach.
GEMMA: Yeah! And maybe join us for a couple of training sessions.
SPYKE: Oh, for real?
DESCRIPTION: Gemma nods.
SPYKE: I'd love to!
[Spyke giggles]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke hugs Gemma.
GEMMA: Watch the prickles!
ROADIE, DISTANTLY: We're stinkin' rich!
[Reef chuckles]
REEF, DISTANTLY: Oh! That's a big nugget, Roadie.
[Reef and Roadie chuckle]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy watches through binoculars as Reef pushes a large golden rock.
FRIZZY: No way! Reef and Roadie found real treasure?
[Light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke holds a paintbrush with gold paint on the bristles.
SPYKE: Real treasure? Or just a painted rock?
NEVILLE: Best prank, ever.
[Cadets laugh]
DESCRIPTION: At Kangaroo Beach, a koala carries a soft serve ice cream away from Ferdinand’s ice cream truck.
KOALA: Thanks, Birdie.
FERDINAND: See you later.
[Reef and Roadie groan, waves crash, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Roadie and Reef arrive with the gold rock. Parts of the paint have wiped away, revealing brown rock.
ROADIE: One million ice-creams, thank you, Ferdinandy.
REEF: Yeah, no, with this much gold, we can get TWO million ice-creams!
FERDINAND: Hmm... Mm...
DESCRIPTION: Ferdinand touches the top of the rock with his wing and looks at the gold paint on his wingtip.
FERDINAND: Sorry. Not happening. Wa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
ROADIE: What?
[Thump]
DESCRIPTION: Reef and Roadie drop the gold rock.
REEF: Oh!
[Waves crash, items rustle]
DESCRIPTION: On the beach, Frizzy and Neville put items into a treasure chest.
FRIZZY: Starry headband.
NEVILLE: Puppy.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Neville puts a spotted craft in the chest, and Frizzy puts a photo of the two of them beside it.
FRIZZY: Fabulous selfie.
NEVILLE: Emergency undies.
[Chest lid creaks, sand rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Neville puts space-themed underwear in the chest, and Frizzy closes the lid. Neville covers the chest with sand.
FRIZZY: There! Our very own treasures.
NEVILLE: May they last as long as our friendship.
DESCRIPTION: They hold hands.
FRIZZY: Forever.
NEVILLE: Times infinity!
[Both laugh]
[Upbeat music plays]
[Song] We're here all summer, it just gets fun-er, let's hop down to Kangaroo Beach.
[End Credits] Cast: Gemma: Millie Egerton. Pounce: Blake Stevens. Neville: Isaac Trainer. Frizzy: Kiki Wales. Big Trev: Rupert Degas. Sandy: Kitty Flanagan. Bondi: Matthew Hardie. Spyke: Willow Smee. Aunty Bev: Deborah Mailman. Ferdinand: Matthew Hardie. Reef: Kitty Flanagan. Roadie: Rupert Degas. Sid: Darren Keating. Magpie: Mark Muscat. Developed and Produced in Association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Copyright 2024 Cheeky Little Media Pty, Limited, Siamese Pty Limited, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Screen Australia.
[Logo] A Cheeky Little Production.
Descriptive Transcript
[Rock music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Colourful fish and sea turtles swim in bright blue water. On the water, Sandy drives her personal watercraft towards the Surf Club.
[Opening Credits] Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation present, in association with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and ScreenWest and LotteryWest. A Cheeky Little Media production. Created by Tim Bain. Series Producer: Patrick Egerton.
[Song] Over the ocean and over the reef, there's a sunny little place called Kangaroo Beach.
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy, Gemma, Neville and Pounce leap off their beds. Frizzy is a young blue koala, Gemma is a pink platypus, Neville is a hairy-nosed albino wombat with a pink nose, and Pounce is a young yellow and orange kangaroo. They ride down a slide.
[Boing, slide whistles]
[Song] Frizzy, Gemma, Neville and Pounce, cadets in the club, so come on, let's bounce. Good friends surfing, swimming, learning.
[Scream, whistle blows, helicopter rotors thump, splash]
DESCRIPTION: Bondi, an orange kangaroo lifeguard, drives a boat. Sandy, a pink kangaroo lifeguard, stands beside him. Big Trev, a yellow wombat, pilots a small sub. A helicopter lifts smiling Ghërkinn, an otter, up, wearing a harness. The cadets surf.
[Song] Bondi, Sandy, Big Trev, too, training with the very best lifeguard crew. Staying safe, being brave, ride a wave, make a save. We're here all summer, it just gets fun-er. Let's hop down to Kangaroo Beach.
[Water splashes]
[Title] Kangaroo Beach.
[Logo] Kangaroo Beach, featuring an orange three-part circle around a white silhouette of a swimmer.
[Episode Title] Mountain Mystery.
[Opening Credits] Series Director: Steve Moltzen. Written by Tim Bain and Charlotte Rose Hamlyn.
[Upbeat music plays, seagulls squawk]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Neville walk up a long stone staircase to a grassy plateau with trees. Frizzy wears a folded map as a hat and peers through a spyglass.
FRIZZY SINGS: I've always dreamed of a great adventure.
NEVILLE SINGS: And I dream I'm there by your side.
[Slide whistle, thump, rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy climbs a banana tree, reaches towards a bunch of bananas, and slides down. She lands on Neville and jumps to the sand.
FRIZZY SINGS: No matter if we sing or shout. Or climb to great heights and fall. Our hearts will always lead us to what matters most of all...
NEVILLE: Friendship?
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy shows Neville a treasure map, then rolls it up and runs across the sand.
FRIZZY: No. Treasure!
[Thumps]
DESCRIPTION: Bananas fall on Neville.
NEVILLE: Uh!
DESCRIPTION: Neville and Frizzy scuba dive.
BOTH SING: Treasure, treasure, treasure.
FRIZZY SINGS: We'll find it together.
[Water bubbles]
[Map rustles]
DESCRIPTION: On the beach, Frizzy carries the map, and Neville follows her.
FRIZZY SINGS: If you and I just follow this map. I'll be your famous, fabulous explorer koala-a-a!
NEVILLE: And I'll still be your best mate!
FRIZZY: Great!
[Roadie gasps]
DESCRIPTION: In a nearby sandcastle, Reef and Roadie stand.
ROADIE: Wow! Hear that, Reefy?
REEF: Yeah! What a beautiful song.
ROADIE: Yeah, no. Treasure!
[Doors slam]
DESCRIPTION: Neville walks between beach huts, and Frizzy enters one. They pop out of a different beach house, with Frizzy standing on Neville’s head, peering through her spyglass.
FRIZZY AND NEVILLE SING: Treasure, treasure, treasure, we'll find it together. And nothing's gonna stop us now...
[Needle scratches a record, the music stops, alarm blares]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Neville dance on the beach. They stop and look at speakers affixed to a rock.
NEVILLE: Huh?
SANDY, OVER LOUDSPEAKER: Cadets to the Surf Club.
FRIZZY: Adventure calls!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy runs across the beach, and Neville follows.
NEVILLE: Actually, I think that's the alarm.
DESCRIPTION: In the Surf Club, Bondi, Sandy and Big Trev stand beside a screen that features a map of the lake and nearby mountain foothills.
SANDY: Listen up, cadets! We've got a real-life pretend emergency.
[Soft music plays]
POUNCE: Oh, I love pretend emergencies!
[Beep]
DESCRIPTION: On the map, a circle shows the location of Dotty, the training mannequin, floating in water.
BONDI: Dotty's stranded in the mountains, and we're going to need your help.
SANDY: You cadets will hike into the hills, find her, then bring her home.
FRIZZY: Hooray!
POUNCE: Whoo-hoo!
GEMMA: Yeah!
NEVILLE: Let's find Dotty!
SANDY: Led by...
[Medallion clinks]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev steps forward and shows the cadets a gleaming medallion on a striped neck ribbon.
BIG TREV: Me! And if you succeed, you'll earn your very own mountain medallions.
CADETS: Yay!
[Map rustles, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy looks at the map.
FRIZZY: Oh, my starfish! Those look like the mountains on my map! Forget medallions, I'm going to find real treasure!
POUNCE: Let's bounce!
CADETS: Whoo!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In their room, the cadets pack their backpacks.
FRIZZY SINGS: Treasure, treasure, treasure, we'll find it together...
NEVILLE SINGS: I'll be there, keeping you safe.
[Zip]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma closes her backpack and puts it on.
GEMMA SINGS: I'm gonna get that medallion. Champion Gemma-a-a!
POUNCE SINGS: And I'll be a bush kangaroo... A true roo!
DESCRIPTION: Later, the cadets follow Big Trev away from the Surf Club. Bondi and Sandy watch them from the top of the stairs.
CADETS: Bye, Bondi!
POUNCE: See you, Sandy!
[Voices chatter]
BONDI: See you later!
SANDY: Stick together!
[Big Trev chuckles, footsteps patter]
BIG TREV: Alright.
POUNCE: Let's find Dotty!
DESCRIPTION: Behind a rock, Roadie and Reef watch the cadets, and Big Trev walk past.
ROADIE: Come on, let's follow them.
REEF: Yeah, and save Dotty!
ROADIE: Yeah, no. Get their treasure!
[Upbeat music plays, frog ribbits, birds chirp]
DESCRIPTION: The cadets follow Big Trev up a sloped path.
CADETS SING: Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da.
DESCRIPTION: Roadie and Reef follow Big Trev and the cadets.
ROADIE AND REEF SING: Treasure, treasure, treasure! We'll steal it together. We'll be rich and famous too, if you and I just follow this crew.
CADETS AND BIG TREV SING: Dotty, Dotty, Dotty, we'll save you together.
CADETS SING: We'll rescue you by the end of the day, and no one will get in our way...
[Boing]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev stops walking the cadets bounce off his back.
CADETS: Hey!
FRIZZY: Oh, no!
DESCRIPTION: A hollow log blocks the path.
GEMMA: We're blocked.
[Light music notes play]
NEVILLE: How do we get past?
POUNCE: Stand back. This is a job for a bush kangaroo!
[Tense music plays, thump, Pounce groans]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce lies on his back and pushes against a hollow log with his feet.
POUNCE: Nearly there.
[Big Trev chuckles]
BIG TREV: Need a little help from a bush koala?
[Thump, both groan]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev stand beside Pounce and pushes the hollow log with him.
BIG TREV: Ooh, that's heavy.
[Both groan, bush rustles, dramatic music notes play]
DESCRIPTION: A bush beside Gemma shakes.
NEVILLE: What was that?
GEMMA: Relax. It's probably just a baby bilby.
DESCRIPTION: Gemma looks at a picture of a bilby in a book. Frizzy and Neville look at each other.
FRIZZY AND NEVILLE: Er...
GEMMA: Trust me. I know as much about bush animals as sea animals. Come on out, little cutie!
DESCRIPTION: A red echidna peers over the bush.
ECHIDNA: Who are you calling "cute"?
[Whoosh, thump, echidna chuckles]
DESCRIPTION: The echidna rolls into a ball, bounces over the bush, lands in front of Gemma, and knocks her down.
GEMMA: Whoa!
ECHIDNA: Fooled ya! I'm no bilby. I'm an echidna kid.
[Gemma chuckles nervously, birds sing]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma stands.
GEMMA: I knew that.
ECHIDNA: Spyke's the name! Let's rock'n'roll!
[Whoosh, energetic music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The echidna, Spyke, curls into a ball and rolls around Neville, Frizzy, and Gemma.
[Cadets exclaim]
NEVILLE: Awesome!
GEMMA: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Spyke rolls to the hollow log and lands on top with her hands on her hips.
[The music ends]
SPYKE: Uh-oh. Looks like you're in a bit of a jam sandwich. Good thing I brought my lucky rope. Whoosh!
[Whoosh, energetic music plays, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke creates a lasso and throws it around a jagged piece of bark near the bottom of the hollow log. She rolls around a nearby tree and then drops the rope by Gemma, Frizzy, and Neville.
SPYKE: Now, grab on and grunt.
DESCRIPTION: Spyke, the cadets, and Big Trev grab the rope.
SPYKE: One, two, three...
[Everyone grunts, hollow log creaks, exclamations]
BIG TREV: That's heavy.
DESCRIPTION: They pull the hollow log to the side of the path.
FRIZZY: Yeah!
BIG TREV: Well done, young Spyke.
FRIZZY: A mountain hero!
GEMMA: So clever.
[Pounce chuckles]
POUNCE: Yeah...that was going to be my next idea.
[Cadets chuckle, rope whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke pulls her rope off the hollow log.
[Everyone chatters]
SPYKE: Let's go! C'mon!
NEVILLE: Cool.
[Reefs flippers slap]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke leads the cadets and Big Trev past the fallen log. Behind them, Reef and Roadie approach the hollow log.
ROADIE: C'mon, Reefy! Treasure to steal, this way!
REEF: Ooh, a tunnel!
DESCRIPTION: Reef walks to the fallen log.
ROADIE: No, Reef...that's not a tunnel!
[Creak]
DESCRIPTION: Reef squeezes into the log, and his tail flaps up and down.
REEF: Oh, no! I'm stuck!
[Reef’s tail slaps] Roadie sighs, Reef groans, footsteps tap, jump boings]
DESCRIPTION: Roadie walks to the log and jumps on top. He looks down at Reef through a tree hollow.
ROADIE: What are you doing in there, you dingbat?
REEF: I thought it was a short cut!
[Both exclaim, log rustles, bangs, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: The hollow log rolls back down the path as Reef writhes inside. Roadie runs on top of the rolling log.
REEF: Ahh!
ROADIE: Wha... Oh!
BOTH: Whoa! Whoa-ho! Wha-oh!
[Slide whistle, thunk, exclamations]
DESCRIPTION: The hollow log rolls off the edge of the path.
[Light music plays, footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: On the path, the cadets and Big Trev walk with Spyke.
SPYKE: So, where are you lot off to?
FRIZZY: We're on a mountain mission, Spyke.
[Gasps, birds chirp]
FRIZZY: You should totally join us!
NEVILLE: Er...I don't think that'd be possible. Spyke might not be allowed to come.
DESCRIPTION: Spyke turns towards a small cave opening.
SPYKE SHOUTS: Auntie Bev! Can I go hang out with my new friends and an old koala?
BIG TREV: Steady on, I'm not that old.
DESCRIPTION: An adult echidna pokes her head out of the cave.
AUNTY BEV: Trevor?
BIG TREV: Beverly?
AUNTY BEV: Trev!
[Footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Aunty Bev and Big Trev run to each other and hug.
BIG TREV: Bev!
AUNTY BEV: Careful, watch the prickles!
BIG TREV: Oh, wow.
[Both chuckle]
FRIZZY: You know each other?
[Aunty Bev laughs]
AUNTY BEV: Trev and I were old chums.
[Big Trev chuckles, upbeat music plays]
BIG TREV: Young chums. We roamed the bush and the beach, running wild.
AUNTY BEV: Oh, the adventures we had!
[Both chuckle]
BIG TREV: Oh, the treasures we found.
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: Treasure?
SPYKE: Count me in! Can I go on an adventure with my new friends? Please, please, please!
AUNTY BEV: Alright. But be on your best behaviour.
SPYKE: You betcha!
BIG TREV: Alright, everyone. Buddy up.
[Hands slap]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce high-five. Neville walks to Frizzy as Spyke reaches down and holds her hand.
SPYKE: I know a short cut.
NEVILLE: Huh?
SPYKE: This way!
[Footsteps patter, Neville sighs sadly, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce follow Spyke. Big Trev walks over to where Neville stands, shoulders slumped.
BIG TREV: Come on. Let's go, little buddy.
[Footsteps patter, Neville sighs sadly]
DESCRIPTION: Neville follows Big Trev.
[Energetic music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke rolls to a riverbank and stops at the edge of a rock.
SPYKE: Weee! Whoa-ho!
[Water gushes]
DESCRIPTION: The others emerge from a forest and stop.
CADETS: Oh, no!
GEMMA: A river.
FRIZZY: How do we get across?
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma looks at her book.
GEMMA: Hm. Let me see... How to cross a mountain river?
SPYKE: How about we use my lucky rope?
[Whoosh, boing]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke lassos a branch.
SPYKE: Now, let's swing!
POUNCE, FRIZZY, AND NEVILLE: Yay! Yeah!
BIG TREV: Steady on. Let's make sure it's nice and safe.
[Grunts, whoosh, water splashes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev swings on the rope to the other side of the river, his feet brushing the surface of the water.
BIG TREV: Whoa! Whoo-hoo! Ah! Right, hang on tight. And don't let go until I've got you.
ALL: Yay! Whoo-hoo!
[Whoosh, thump]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma swings over the river and lands beside Big Trev.
GEMMA: Yee-haw!
[Whoosh, thump]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce swings over the river and lands beside Big Trev and Gemma.
POUNCE: Jumping joe-e-ey!
[Whoosh, thump, Frizzy yodels]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy swings over the river, and Neville swings next.
NEVILLE: Ah-ahh-ah-ah-ahh! Whoa!
[Thumps]
DESCRIPTION: Neville lands in Big Trev’s arms.
NEVILLE: Ohh! Uh!
SPYKE: Check this out!
[Whooshes, water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke swings on the rope, curls into a ball, and cannonballs into the water.
SPYKE: Whoo-hoo! Yee! Wow!
[Cadets gasp, light music plays, water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke surfaces.
SPYKE: Ha-ha-ha!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke floats down the river.
FRIZZY: Oh, no! The current's sweeping her away!
BIG TREV: Great gumnuts!
[Spyke giggles]
DESCRIPTION: On the shore, Pounce holds a stick out over the water.
POUNCE: Quick! Grab this!
[Grunt, whoosh, river splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke grabs the stick, and Pounce pulls her to shore.
SPYKE: Ha-ha-ha! That was awesome!
[The music stops]
NEVILLE: No, that was dangerous.
BIG TREV: You should never jump into water like that.
POUNCE: The current could be too fast.
GEMMA: Or there could be hidden rocks.
[Light music plays]
SPYKE: Ah, it's just water. What's to be scared of? I drink water for breakfast. Ha-ha-ha!
NEVILLE: Um...
BIG TREV: Alright. We're all safely across the river. Now, let's keep moving. Dotty needs rescuing.
DESCRIPTION: The cadets follow Big Trev.
POUNCE: Let's bounce!
GEMMA: C'mon!
FRIZZY: Let's do it!
[Light music plays, footsteps thump, birds sing, bird caws]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev leads the cadets and Spyke on a path.
[Gemma gasps]
GEMMA: Is that a magpie?
SPYKE: Nah, that's a cockatoo. This is what a magpie sounds like...
[Spyke imitates a singing bird]
CADETS: Wow! Awesome.
[Light music plays, birds sing]
GEMMA: Well, I can speak dolphin, so I bet I can speak bird, as well.
[Gemma imitates a bird, magpie caws, feces splat]
DESCRIPTION: Magpie feces splatter on Gemma’s hat.
GEMMA: Hey! Why'd it do that?
SPYKE: You just called that magpie a flaming galah!
[Spyke and Neville laugh]
FRIZZY: Yuck!
POUNCE: Bad luck, Gemma.
BIG TREV: Let's keep moving.
NEVILLE: Actually, I think it's good luck.
GEMMA: Ew.
[Upbeat music plays, whoosh, Spyke laughs, Frizzy gasps, Spyke vocalizes, both laugh, footsteps patter, sad music plays, Neville groans sadly, birds sing]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy peers through her spyglass at the forest, and Spyke pops up in front of it, making a face. They run away as Neville arrives. Later, birds fly overhead as everyone arrives at the waterfall. Dotty floats in a small lake.
BIG TREV: Ha-ha! Congratulations, cadets! You did it! Welcome to Kangaroo Mountain Falls.
GEMMA: It's spectacular!
FRIZZY: Wow, it's glorious!
POUNCE: Look at that waterfall!
BIG TREV: And there's Dotty!
ALL: Whoo-hoo! Yay!
DESCRIPTION: The cadets bounce excitedly.
FRIZZY: We saved you, Dotty!
[The music stops, insects chitter, fire crackles]
DESCRIPTION: Later, the full moon glows in the starry sky over the waterfall. Everyone roasts marshmallows over a campfire.
BIG TREV: Ah, this is the life, eh?
NEVILLE: Sure is.
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Neville eats a marshmallow as Gemma pulls her burning marshmallow away from the fire and shakes the stick.
GEMMA: Whoa! Ah!
[Gemma sighs, whoosh, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke holds a stick with eight marshmallows on the branches.
SPYKE: You can have one of mine if you like.
GEMMA: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Gemma takes a marshmallow and eats it.
FRIZZY: You're great at this bush stuff, Spyke.
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy reads her map, and Spyke gives her a marshmallow.
SPYKE: The bush is my home. Where's yours?
POUNCE: Kangaroo Beach.
SPYKE: For real? I'd love to check out a beach one day.
GEMMA: You've never been to a beach?
POUNCE: Have you been living down a hole all your life?
SPYKE: Of course! I'm an echidna!
[Everyone laughs, Reef laughs]
DESCRIPTION: From the forest, Roadie and Reef watch everyone at the campfire.
SPYKE: Whatcha reading?
FRIZZY: I'm glad you asked. Hit the music!
[Harmonica music plays, drumming]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke plays a harmonica, and Gemma drums by hitting two sticks against the log she sits on. Frizzy puts on her pirate map hat and a pink eyepatch. She jumps up on the tree stump she was sitting on.
FRIZZY RAPS: Deep in the bush, there's a tale to be told of a great big treasure worth more than gold. It's guarded by a ghostly pirate ghoul...
REEF: G-g-ghost!
DESCRIPTION: In the forest, Reef hugs Roadie.
FRIZZY RAPS: If you seek it, you're silly, if you don't, you're a fool. And the first clue you need is to find a quokka. Chiselled from a rock, like a stony quokka rocker!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy shows Pounce the map. On the map, a cave marked with a red X is beneath a stone quokka statue near the waterfall. Frizzy leaps and spins, throwing her map into the air.
[Cadets and Spyke cheer]
POUNCE: Whoo-hoo!
GEMMA: Yeah, Frizzy!
BIG TREV: Huh? What? Right...
[Soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev stands.
BIG TREV: Time for bed, cadets.
[Cadets groan]
BIG TREV: Big day tomorrow.
[Neville sighs sadly, map rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke looks at the map.
SPYKE: Hmm.
[Waterfall splashes, birds chirp]
DESCRIPTION: In the early morning, Frizzy sleeps beneath a tarp held up by poles.
SPYKE: Psst! Frizzy, wake up, wake up! I think I know where that quokka rock is.
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy sits up.
FRIZZY: Huh?
SPYKE: Quick! Let's go!
[Upbeat music plays, footsteps patter]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke pulls Frizzy up from the tarp shelter, and Neville awakens.
NEVILLE: Huh? Wait! Where are you going?
[Neville pants]
DESCRIPTION: Neville grabs his backpack and follows as Spyke and Frizzy disappear into the forest.
SPYKE: Ta-da! Quokka Rock!
DESCRIPTION: Spyke stops in a clearing and gestures at a quokka-shaped rock.
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: Spyke! You're a genius!
[Map rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy unrolls her map as Neville arrives.
NEVILLE: Frizzy! It's not safe to wander off from camp. You could get lost or hurt.
FRIZZY: Don't be such a worry-wombat, Neville; we're perfectly safe. Now, where's that treas...
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy walks in tall grass and falls into a hole between rocks.
FRIZZY SCREAMS: Ahhh!
[Neville and Spyke gasp]
NEVILLE: Er...
SPYKE: Oi! Wait for me-e-e!
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke rolls into a ball and jumps into the hole.
NEVILLE: Wobbly wombat!
DESCRIPTION: Neville jumps into the hole.
NEVILLE: I'll save yo-o-ou!
[Upbeat music plays, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Everyone slides down a smooth tunnel.
FRIZZY: Hee-hee-hee!
SPYKE: Weee! Whoa-ho!
NEVILLE: Waaa! Whoa! Uh!
[Distant shouting, tense music plays softly, waterfall splashes]
DESCRIPTION: At the campsite, Pounce awakens.
POUNCE: Huh?
[Distant shouting]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce hops to Frizzy and Neville’s empty tarp shelter.
POUNCE: Huh? Big Trev!
[Big Trev snores, the music stops, waterfall splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev sleeps.
POUNCE: Gemma! Wake up!
GEMMA: Huh?
POUNCE: The others are missing, and I think they're in trouble!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the tunnel, Frizzy, Spyke, and Neville reach a cave at the bottom.
FRIZZY: Whoo! Weee! Hee-hee!
[Whoosh, thump]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke lands beside Frizzy.
SPYKE: Ho-ho! That was fun!
NEVILLE: Waaa! Whoa! Waaa!
[Thump, Neville groans]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Spyke move out of the way and Neville tumbles past them.
NEVILLE: Huh?
[Birds chirp, Frizzy gasps, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Neville stands and looks at flat stones on the ground that form an arrow.
FRIZZY: Another clue!
NEVILLE: Huh?
[Footsteps tap]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy points at a cave.
FRIZZY: Maybe the treasure is in that cave.
NEVILLE: No, Frizzy. It's too dangerous to explore a cave without a grown-up.
[Upbeat music plays, footsteps tap]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Spyke loop arms and dance in a circle.
FRIZZY CHANTS: Treasure hunters, treasure hunters, one, two, three
SPYKE: You're a treasure hunter and so are...me!
[Spyke and Frizzy laugh, Neville sighs sadly, soft music plays, hops thump]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy and Spyke loop arms and walk in a circle. Elsewhere, Pounce and Gemma stop by the stone quokka.
POUNCE: I heard shouting coming from here.
[Rustle, tense music]
DESCRIPTION: They look around, and Gemma walks to the coiled rope at the edge of the tall grass.
GEMMA: Spyke's lucky rope...
GEMMA: Neville!
POUNCE: Frizzy!
GEMMA: Frizzy!
POUNCE: Neville!
GEMMA: Spyke!
DESCRIPTION: Gemma turns to Pounce.
GEMMA: Let's go tell Big Trev. Wait, which way IS Big Trev?
[Whoosh, Gemma groans]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce look around. At the cave, Spyke and Frizzy hold hands and enter.
FRIZZY: ..Two, three!
FRIZZY CHANGES: You're a treasure hunter, and so are...
GHOSTLY VOICE: Who goes here? Be warned! You shall meet your doo-o-o-oom!
FRIZZY: Er...who said that?
[Eerie music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Inside the shadowy cave, Neville stands on a rock and slowly waves sticks.
GHOSTLY VOICE: 'Tis I, the ghost of the pirate captain! Who-o-o!
FRIZZY: Oh, my starfish!
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: She's protecting her treasure!
GHOSTLY VOICE: Listen to your lovely wombat friend and go back where it's sa-a-afe!
FRIZZY: M-maybe we should?
SPYKE: Wait. I know a good trick when I see one. That's Neville.
[The music stops]
NEVILLE: No way, I'm not him. Oh...!
[Light music plays]
GHOSTLY VOICE: Although, he does sound very sma-a-art!
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: Neville? You're not a ghost protecting her treasure!
[Sticks thud]
DESCRIPTION: Neville drops the sticks, jumps off the rock, and walks to Frizzy and Spyke.
NEVILLE: No, I'm protecting you. But you never listen to me.
[Birds chirp]
SPYKE: Ha-ha! Best prank, ever!
FRIZZY: No. Worst prank, ever! If you don't want to come on my treasure hunt, then fine!
NEVILLE: Fine.
FRIZZY: Fine times infinity!
NEVILLE: OK, then...Goodbye, Frizzy.
FRIZZY: Goodbye forever.
[Footsteps rustle, birds chirp, hands slap, guitar music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy puts her hands on her hips and walks away from Neville. She sits and looks at her reflection in the lake. In a flashback, she and Neville high-five. In the present, Neville looks at his reflection in a puddle. He remembers laughing with Frizzy.
FRIZZY SINGS: Goodbye forever. Best friends for never. Why'd you have to break my heart? 'Cause now I sing a solo part.
FRIZZY AND NEVILLE SING: We're finished, we're done. There's nothing left to mend. You put the "end" in friend. Goodbye forever. Best friends for never.
DESCRIPTION: Both imagine walking on a beach, holding hands.
BOTH SING: How could our friendship fall apart? I thought that this was just the start. Why does this goodbye feel so bad?
DESCRIPTION: In the daydream, they let go of each other’s hands and walk away from each other.
[The music stops, birds sing]
SPYKE: Frizzy! Look! I just found another clue.
[Birds sing, footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke gestures at three lines carved into a rock by the cave entrance. In the forest, Roadie and Reef walk on a path.
ROADIE: Where'd those kids go?
[Wailing, dramatic music plays, Reef and Roadie shriek]
DESCRIPTION: Neville cries behind a bush. Roadie and Reef startle and hug.
REEF: Ghost!
[Neville sobs]
REEF: It's the pirate ghost! Quick! Hide in the tiny house! Ah! Ah! Ahh!
ROADIE: Uh! Ah!
[Door opens, slide whistle, door slams]
DESCRIPTION: Reef and Roadie hide in an outhouse.
ROADIE: Oh, pew! This isn't a house...it's an outdoor dunny!
[Creak, thump, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: They rock the outhouse and it tips, bouncing down a hill.
REEF: Oh, it stinks in here! Help!
ROADIE: Ah! Let us out!
BOTH SCREAM: Ah! Ahhh!
DESCRIPTION: The outhouse slides down the hill.
[Soft music plays, birds sing]
DESCRIPTION: Elsewhere, Gemma and Pounce sit on a log.
[Gemma sighs]
GEMMA: We're lost.
POUNCE: I give up.
GEMMA: I'll never earn that mountain medallion.
POUNCE: And I'm no bush kangaroo.
[Reef and Roadie scream, water splashes, Reef and Roadie grunt]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma and Pounce jump to their feet as the outhouse flies off the edge of a cliff over their heads. It lands in the lake, and Roadie and Reef fall into the water. They hold the top off the outhouse and look at Pounce and Gemma on the shore.
REEF AND ROADIE: Help!
GEMMA: Our first lake rescue! But what do we do?
POUNCE: What would Spyke do?
[Gemma gasps]
GEMMA: I've got it! Spyke's lucky rope.
[Rope whooshes, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Gemma makes a lasso and swings it over her head. She loops it over a tree branch, and Pounce grabs the rope.
POUNCE: Bush roo to the rescu-u-ue!
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: Pounce swings to the outhouse and lands on the roof.
POUNCE: Quick! Swing to shore!
[Roadie grunts, water splashes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Reef picks up Roadie and swings to the shore. Reef’s tail brushes the surface of the water.
REEF: Oh... Ahhh!
REEF AND ROADIE: Ahh! Oh! Uh!
[Thump]
DESCRIPTION: On the shore, Roadie falls beside Gemma, and Reef lands on top of him. The rope swings back to Pounce. He grabs it and swings to shore.
POUNCE: Whoo-hoo! Ah!
[Water bubbles]
DESCRIPTION: Everyone watches the outhouse sink into the lake.
REEF: Thanks, speedy lifeguards.
[The music stops]
ROADIE: Yeah, thanks a bunch.
[Waterfall splashes, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Elsewhere, Spyke and Frizzy walk on the shore of the lake towards the bottom of the waterfall.
SPYKE: The arrow definitely pointed this way.
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: They turn the corner and see the waterfall.
FRIZZY: Whoa! So cool!
DESCRIPTION: Spyke points behind the waterfall.
SPYKE: Oh, look! A secret entrance.
FRIZZY: Wow.
DESCRIPTION: Behind the waterfall at the entrance of the cave, Frizzy consults her map. She looks into the cave.
[Frizzy gasps]
FRIZZY: The treasure! We found it!
DESCRIPTION: A beam of sunlight shines on a wooden treasure chest.
SPYKE: I wonder what it is! Gold? Silver? Jewels?
[Lid creaks, light music notes play]
DESCRIPTION: Inside the chest, they find a conch shell, a stuffed kangaroo, and paper.
SPYKE: Huh? What's this old junk?
FRIZZY: This isn't treasure.
[Thump, soft music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke picks up the shell, revealing an old photograph of Big Trev and Aunty Bev.
[Spyke gasps]
SPYKE: A photo! That's Aunty Bev!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy picks up the photo.
FRIZZY: And Grandpa...So, this was THEIR map? And these are the treasures?
[Rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke takes the stuffy out of the chest.
SPYKE: Cool, isn't it? It's like a friendship chest.
FRIZZY: Look, there's a note!
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy reads the note written at the bottom of the photo.
AUNTY BEV NARRATES: "To my favourite explorer chum, Trev. Our friendship is the greatest treasure."
FRIZZY: Oh, Neville. What have I done?
[Birds chirp, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy exits through the first cave entrance and finds Neville gazing into the water.
FRIZZY: Neville! Neville? Neville!
[Soft music plays]
NEVILLE: Hey, Frizzy. Did you find the treasure?
[Rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy sits beside Neville and hugs him. He smiles.
FRIZZY: Yes! It was our friendship. That's the real treasure.
NEVILLE: Really?
FRIZZY: Thank you for protecting me.
NEVILLE: Just doing my job as professional best friend.
[Both laugh, the music stops, water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke stands by the waterfall.
SPYKE: Oh, there you are! I thought I'd lost you. Hang tight! I'll swim over to you.
[Neville gasps, tense music plays]
NEVILLE: No, wait! It's too far. And there aren't any lifeguards.
FRIZZY: Neville's right. It's not safe. Walk around the lake instead.
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke cannonballs into the lake and swims.
SPYKE: Billa-bombs away!
[Whoosh]
DESCRIPTION: By the waterfall cave, Roadie and Reef pop up from behind a rock and watch Spyke swim.
ROADIE: Ha! They forgot the treasure. Come on, Reefy! We're stinking rich!
[Reef laughs]
REEF: Yeah, so stinking!
[Whoosh, the music stops, footsteps rustle]
DESCRIPTION: Reef follows Roadie into the cave. At the campsite, Big Trev looks around with binoculars around his neck.
BIG TREV: Cadets! Where have they gone?
[Water splashes, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: In the lake, Spyke stops swimming.
SPYKE: Whoa. It's further than I thought. I'm getting a bit tired.
NEVILLE: Oh, no! Spyke is in trouble.
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke bobs in the lake.
SPYKE: Uh...uh... Help!
NEVILLE: Wobbly wombat!
FRIZZY: We need Grandpa!
FRIZZY SHOUTS: Cooey!
[Distant cooey]
DESCRIPTION: At the campsite, Big Trev looks through his binoculars.
BIG TREV: Huh?
[Water splashes]
SPYKE: Help!
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev spots Spyke floundering in the lake.
BIG TREV: Great gumnuts!
[Static]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev speaks into his walkie-talkie.
BIG TREV: Bondi, Sandy, emergency on the lake.
[Alarm blares, exciting music plays, clicks, beeps, helicopter blades whirr, engine hums, whooshes]
DESCRIPTION: Bondi and Sandy prepare their rescue equipment. A montage shows a motorboat, a helicopter, and the sub. The cadets pose.
[Logo] Kangaroo Beach.
[Water splashes, tense music plays]
DESCRIPTION: At the lake, Spyke flounders in the water.
SPYKE: Help!
[Neville grunts, ring splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Neville throws a lifebuoy close to Spyke, and she grabs it.
NEVILLE: Now, stay calm and float.
[Spyke inhales, water splashes, upbeat music plays, helicopter rotors thump]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke ducks beneath the surface and emerges in the middle of the lifebuoy. The rescue helicopter arrives and flies past Frizzy, who stands on top of a rocky outcropping.
FRIZZY: Bondi! Sandy! Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
[Pop, air hisses, energetic music plays, water bubbles]
DESCRIPTION: One of Spyke’s spike-like spines punctures the lifebuoy.
SPYKE: Uh-oh!
[Neville gasps, rotors thump]
SPYKE SHOUTS: Help! Help! Help!
[Water splashes]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke tries to swim in the deflating lifebuoy. Above him, Sandy dangles from the helicopter, wearing a harness. She reaches towards Spyke.
SANDY: Fancy a lift?
[Whoosh, the music stops]
DESCRIPTION: Later, Sandy, Bondi, Big Trev, Spyke and the cadets stand beside the helicopter at the campsite.
SPYKE: Thanks for saving me. That rescue was unreal, banana peel!
FRIZZY: I'm sorry we wandered off, Grandpa.
[Gentle music plays]
BIG TREV: You should never wander off from a grown-up in the bush. But I'm so glad you're all safe. And for real-life rescues...
[Medallions clink]
DESCRIPTION: Bondi holds out medallions.
BONDI: Mountain medallions!
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Big Trev gives each cadet a medallion.
FRIZZY EXCLAIMS: Ah!
[Frizzy and Neville laugh]
POUNCE: Oh!
[Cadets cheer, adults applaud]
CADETS: Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
[Whoosh]
SPYKE: Yeah, whoo-hoo! The crowd goes wild!
POUNCE: You should come visit us at the beach.
GEMMA: Yeah! And maybe join us for a couple of training sessions.
SPYKE: Oh, for real?
DESCRIPTION: Gemma nods.
SPYKE: I'd love to!
[Spyke giggles]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke hugs Gemma.
GEMMA: Watch the prickles!
ROADIE, DISTANTLY: We're stinkin' rich!
[Reef chuckles]
REEF, DISTANTLY: Oh! That's a big nugget, Roadie.
[Reef and Roadie chuckle]
DESCRIPTION: Frizzy watches through binoculars as Reef pushes a large golden rock.
FRIZZY: No way! Reef and Roadie found real treasure?
[Light music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Spyke holds a paintbrush with gold paint on the bristles.
SPYKE: Real treasure? Or just a painted rock?
NEVILLE: Best prank, ever.
[Cadets laugh]
DESCRIPTION: At Kangaroo Beach, a koala carries a soft serve ice cream away from Ferdinand’s ice cream truck.
KOALA: Thanks, Birdie.
FERDINAND: See you later.
[Reef and Roadie groan, waves crash, upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Roadie and Reef arrive with the gold rock. Parts of the paint have wiped away, revealing brown rock.
ROADIE: One million ice-creams, thank you, Ferdinandy.
REEF: Yeah, no, with this much gold, we can get TWO million ice-creams!
FERDINAND: Hmm... Mm...
DESCRIPTION: Ferdinand touches the top of the rock with his wing and looks at the gold paint on his wingtip.
FERDINAND: Sorry. Not happening. Wa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
ROADIE: What?
[Thump]
DESCRIPTION: Reef and Roadie drop the gold rock.
REEF: Oh!
[Waves crash, items rustle]
DESCRIPTION: On the beach, Frizzy and Neville put items into a treasure chest.
FRIZZY: Starry headband.
NEVILLE: Puppy.
[Upbeat music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Neville puts a spotted craft in the chest, and Frizzy puts a photo of the two of them beside it.
FRIZZY: Fabulous selfie.
NEVILLE: Emergency undies.
[Chest lid creaks, sand rustles]
DESCRIPTION: Neville puts space-themed underwear in the chest, and Frizzy closes the lid. Neville covers the chest with sand.
FRIZZY: There! Our very own treasures.
NEVILLE: May they last as long as our friendship.
DESCRIPTION: They hold hands.
FRIZZY: Forever.
NEVILLE: Times infinity!
[Both laugh]
[Upbeat music plays]
[Song] We're here all summer, it just gets fun-er, let's hop down to Kangaroo Beach.
[End Credits] Cast: Gemma: Millie Egerton. Pounce: Blake Stevens. Neville: Isaac Trainer. Frizzy: Kiki Wales. Big Trev: Rupert Degas. Sandy: Kitty Flanagan. Bondi: Matthew Hardie. Spyke: Willow Smee. Aunty Bev: Deborah Mailman. Ferdinand: Matthew Hardie. Reef: Kitty Flanagan. Roadie: Rupert Degas. Sid: Darren Keating. Magpie: Mark Muscat. Developed and Produced in Association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Copyright 2024 Cheeky Little Media Pty, Limited, Siamese Pty Limited, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Screen Australia.
[Logo] A Cheeky Little Production.
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