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Transcript: Island Rescue
Colourful fish and sea turtles swim in bright blue water.
Text reads, “Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation present” “A Cheeky Little Media production.” “Created by Tim Bain.” “Series Producer: Patrick Egerton.”
[Rock music plays]
Voices sing, OVER THE OCEAN AND
OVER THE REEF,
THERE'S A SUNNY LITTLE PLACE
CALLED KANGAROO BEACH.
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]
The voices sing, FRIZZY, GEMMA,
NEVILLE AND POUNCE,
CADETS IN THE CLUB
SO COME ON LET'S BOUNCE .
GOOD FRIENDS SURFING
SWIMMING, LEARNING.
[Screaming, whistle blows, splash]
Bondi, an orange kangaroo lifeguard, drives a boat. Sandy, a pink kangaroo lifeguard, stands beside him. Big Trev, a yellow wombat, pilots a small submarine.
The voices sing, 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]
White text beside a logo reads, “Kangaroo Beach.” The logo features an orange three-part circle around a white silhouette of a swimmer.
Blue text on sand beneath the Kangaroo Beach logo reads, “Island Rescue.” White text beneath that reads, “Written by Tim Bain.”
A voice reads, “ISLAND RESCUE.”
[Splash, upbeat music plays]
Gemma, Frizzy, Pounce and Neville run on a pier towards the ocean.
Gemma shouts, FREE TIME!
Frizzy shouts, TIME FOR A SPLASH!
Pounce shouts, CANNONBALL! HUH?
Pounce hangs above the water. He looks up and sees Bondi holding his shirt.
Bondi says, OH, STEADY ON, SPORT.
WHAT SHOULD YOU ALWAYS DO
BEFORE TAKING A DIP?
Frizzy says, PUT ON A FABULOUS SWIMSUIT.
Sandy says, WELL, NATURALLY, AND?
Neville says, PLAN AHEAD AND USE CAUTION.
Sandy says, DING-DING-DING!
TEN POINTS TO THE WOMBAT.
[Chuckling, Bondi claps]
Bondi says, SO, CADETS, LET'S
CHECK THE WATER CONDITIONS.
Gemma says, IT'S LOW TIDE, I CAN
SEE SOME EXPOSED ROCKS.
[Water splashes]
Pounce says, THERE'S SOME CALM, DARK
WATER, WHERE NO WHITE WAVES ARE
BREAKING. A RIP CURRENT!
Bondi says, GOOD ONE, POUNCE.
Frizzy says, WE CAN SWIM IN
BETWEEN THE FLAGS WHERE
IT'S SAFE INSTEAD.
Sandy says, THAT'S RIGHT.
[Cadets cheer, upbeat music plays]
Pounce shouts, LET'S GO SWIM!
Neville says, WAIT!
LOOK, JELLYFISH!
[Bondi chuckles, skidding]
Bondi says, NASTY, STINGY ONES.
GOOD SPOT, NEVILLE.
Bondi pushes the pole of a sign with a person swimming in the middle of a red circle with a line through it into the sand.
[Upbeat music plays]
Sandy speaks into a megaphone,
EXIT THE WATER, THANKS, FOLKS.
NO NEED FOR ALARM.
JUST A SMALL OUTBREAK OF JELLYFISH.
Bondi says, BEACH CLOSED, NO SWIMMING.
The cadets say, AW!
Frizzy grumbles, OH, COME ON.
Pounce asks, NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
[Upbeat music plays, gulls cry]
Frizzy asks, HOW ABOUT SOME EXPLORING?
HEY, GHERKINN, CAN WE HAVE A LIFT
TO BOOMERANG ISLAND?
Gherkinn stands in a small moto boat beside the pier.
Gherkinn says, OH, YEAH, HOP IN CADETLETS!
The boat wobbles]
[Gherkinn groans, water splashes]
Frizzy says, AWESOME!
Pounce says, COOL!
Gemma says, YEAH!
Pounce says, WOO-HOO!
Neville says, BUT WE COULD GET LOST,
STARVE, MEET A REAL MEAN MERMAID!
Gemma says, COME ON, NEVILLE,
DON'T BE SUCH A WORRY WOMBAT.
Neville says, I AM NOT A WORRY
WOMBAT AND I'LL PROVE IT.
I'LL COME, TOO.
JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING FIRST.
[Splash]
Neville packs supplies into a backpack.
[Upbeat music plays, smacking]
Neville says, EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.
FIVE HUNDRED PLUS SUNSCREEN.
THREE DAYS WATER, MAP, COMPASS,
WALKIE-TALKIE.
Frizzy says, COME ON, NEVILLE,
WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE BOAT.
Neville says, IN A MOMENT, FRIZZY.
TIDE CHART, LUCKY MEDALLION,
EMERGENCY UNDIES.
Frizzy says, WOMBATS DON'T WEAR UNDIES.
Gherkinn starts the motor.
[Motor revs]
Frizzy shouts, WAIT FOR US!
[Clunk, splash, exciting music plays]
Frizzy says, SET SAIL FOR ADVENTURE!
[Engine hums]
The cadets cheer, YES! LET'S GO! WOO-HOO!
Frizzy says, HERE COMES FEARLESS
ADVENTURER, FRIZZY BEARHUG,
LEADING HER BRAVE BUNCH
OF EXPLORERS.
The cadets climb out of the motorboat at a beach. Neville falls into the sand.
[Neville grunts, exciting music continues]
Frizzy declares, I SHALL PLANT
MY FLAG AT THE TOP OF THE ISLAND!
Neville says, WAIT, FRIZZY, SHOULDN'T
WE READ THE MAP FIRST?
Frizzy says, MAP SHMAP.
EXPLORERS DON'T READ MAPS.
WE CREATE THEM!
Neville says, I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
FIFTEEN STEPS, SIXTY DEGREES NORTHEAST.
ONE, TWO, THREE...
[Gull squawks]
Frizzy jumps on to a pathway.
[Grunts]
Frizzy runs across the path and climbs up stones on the other side. She drops back on the path. Pounce and Gemma arrive behind her.
She says, HM.
[Grunts, laughs]
Neville counts, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE...
[Pounce sighs]
Gemma looks up at a tree.
Gemma asks, WHAT?
Frizzy peers from the top of the tree.
[Rustling]
Frizzy shouts, AH-HA!
[Chuckling, gasping, grunting]
She slides down the tree.
Frizzy shouts, THIS WAY!
Neville counts, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN!
Neville bumps into Gherkinn.
Neville says, WHOA.
Gherkinn says, OH, HELLO.
Neville turns his map around.
[Rustling]
Neville says, OH! THIS WAY!
ONE, TWO, THREE...
[Panting]
Frizzy, Pounce and Gemma run up a staircase. They stop near the top.
Gemma says, PHEW!
Frizzy says, WELL, THAT WAS A LOT
OF WRONG TURNS, BUT WE'RE FINALLY
HERE AT THE TOP.
[Rustling]
Gemma says, NO, THAT'S THE TOP.
Frizzy says, EH, THIS'LL DO. I HEREBY
DECLARE THIS FRIZZY ISLAND!
Pounce asks, HANG ON, WHY NOT FRIZZY,
POUNCE, AND GEMMA ISLAND?
[Rustling]
Frizzy throws confetti above her head. She dances in a circle between Pounce and Gemma.
[Rustling]
Frizzy says, WOO-HOO!
CONFETTI, CONFETTI!
YAY! WOO-HOO!
FRIZZY ISLAND!
Neville holds the map. Frizzy sneaks up behind him on the beach.
Neville counts, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN.
Frizzy says, FINISHED EXPLORING,
NEVILLE! COME ON, LET'S GO HOME.
Neville says,AW.
Pounce says, EVERYONE IN THE BOAT.
Gemma asks, UH, WHAT BOAT?
Pounce says, OH, NO.
[Cadets sound distressed]
Pounce says, HUH?
GHERKINN, DID YOU THROW
THE ANCHOR?
Gherkinn replies, YAH, I THREW
IT OVER THERE.
The anchor lies on the sand.
The cadets groan, OH, NO.
Gemma groans, GHERKINN!
Neville says, WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TIE IT TO
THE BOAT.
Gemma says, IT'S FINE, I'LL SWIM
BACK AND ALERT THE LIFEGUARDS.
Frizzy asks, THROUGH THE STINGY JELLYFISH?
Gemma says, OH, WE'RE STRANDED.
Frizzy says, OH, NO.
Gemma says, WE'RE STUCK HERE.
Neville takes a walkie-talkie out of his backpack.
Neville says, DON'T WORRY, EVERYONE.
I CAME PREPARED.
[Static]
Neville says, HELLO, KANGAROO BEACH?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Gherkinn (on walkie-talkie) says, HELLO?
Neville asks, HELLO, CAN YOU SEND HELP?
Gherkinn (on walkie-talkie) says, OKAY.
Neville says, WE'RE SAVED!
The cadets cheer, WELL DONE, NEVILLE.
WE'RE SAVED!
Neville says, COME AND GET US,
PLEASE. WE'RE STRANDED ON
BOOMERANG ISLAND.
Gherkinn (on walkie-talkie) says,
HOW FUNNY, ME TOO!
YOO-HOO, CADETLETS!
[Cadets groan]
Gemma grumbles, GHERKINN!
Pounce groans, NO!
[Static]
Neville says, THE FREQUENCY'S NOT STRONG
ENOUGH TO REACH BONDI AND SANDY.
Gemma says, THE IMPORTANT THING
IS NOT TO PANIC.
Gherkinn shouts, WE'RE STUCK HERE FOREVER!
Gherkinn runs in a circle and trips on a rock.
[Grunts, cheerful music plays]
Pounce says, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY HOME.
Neville says, WE CAN CLIMB TO THE TOP OF
THE ISLAND AND SIGNAL FOR HELP.
Gemma says, EVEN BETTER, WE HOP
BACK TOWARDS SHORE ACROSS THOSE
ROCKS AND GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO
CALL FOR HELP.
[Splashing]
Pounce says, GOOD PLAN, LET'S BOUNCE.
Neville says, WAIT, THAT MIGHT
BE DANGEROUS.
Gemma says, DON'T BE A WORRY WOMBAT, NEV.
WE'LL BE FINE.
Pounce says, WE'LL SEND THE LIFEGUARDS
BACK TO GET YOU. CAN YOU STAY AND KEEP
GHERKINN CALM?
[Gherkinn screams into a seashell, scream echoes, gasping]
[Neville sighs heavily]
Gemma, Pounce and Frizzy jump on rocks towards Kangaroo Beach.
[They grunt]
[Gherkinn screams in background]
Frizzy stops and looks back at the island.
Frizzy asks, WILL THEY BE OKAY?
[Splashing]
Pounce says, ONCE WE ALERT THE LIFEGUARDS
THEY WILL BE, AND WE'LL BE HEROES.
[Screaming]
Neville looks at a chart.
Neville says, I THINK I'M READING
THIS CORRECTLY.
WOBBLY WOMBATS, THE TIDE'S
COMING BACK IN, WHICH MEANS…
Gherkinn asks, TIDAL WAVE?!
Neville says, NO, THOSE ROCKS WILL
DISAPPEAR UNDER WATER AND THE
CADETS WILL HAVE NO WAY BACK.
WE HAVE TO ALERT THE LIFEGUARDS
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, BUT HOW
AM I GOING TO GET THEIR ATTENTION
FROM OVER HERE?
I KNOW! FROM UP THERE!
[Upbeat music plays]
Neville says, COME ON, GERKIN,
TIME FOR A HIKE.
Gherkinn says, OH, GOODIE!
I LOVE CAMPING.
Frizzy hops from rock to rock. She stops.
[Frizzy grunts, water splashes]
Frizzy asks, ARE THESE ROCKS
GETTING SMALLER?
Gemma says, THE TIDE'S COMING IN!
WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT!
Pounce says, HOP FASTER!
[Grunting]
Gemma says, STEADY, STEADY, STEADY.
Neville walks up path.
[He pants]
Neville says, SO HIGH.
COME ON, LET'S KEEP GOING.
[Gull squawks, flapping, Gherkinn shouts]
Frizzy stands on a rock. Gemma and Pounce cling to the sides of the rock.
[Water sloshes, tense music plays]
Pounce says, WE'RE TRAPPED,
AND LOOK. JELLYFISH!
Frizzy says, PLEASE, IF YOU LEAVE
US ALONE, I'LL NEVER EAT JELLY AGAIN.
Bondi and Sandy put gear in the back of a dune buggy. Big Trev approaches them.
[Clank]
Big Trev asks, ANYONE SEEN THE CADETS?
Sandy says, YEAH, THEY WENT
FOR A BOAT RIDE WITH GERKIN.
THAT WAS HOURS AGO.
Bondi says, THEY SHOULD BE BACK BY NOW.
On the island, Neville consults his compass.
[Clicking]
Neville says, THIS WAY!
[Gherkinn grunts]
Gherkinn lies down on the stairs behind Neville.
Gherkinn says, I DO NOT DO STAIRS.
Neville urges, COME ON, THERE'S NOT
MUCH TIME!
[Grunting, birds call, rustling, tense music continues]
Neville says, HERE, GHERKINN, YOU
REFLECT THE SUN WITH THIS SHINY
MEDALLION WHILE I MAKE A FLAG.
Bondi drives the dune buggy to the pier.
[Engine hums]
Sandy scans the water with her binoculars.
Sandy says, THAT'S GHERKINN'S BOAT.
I WONDER WHAT'S HAPPENED.
Light flashes. Sandy looks through her binoculars and sees Gherkinn holding the medallion. Neville waves a pair of underwear on a stick.
[Blipping, upbeat music plays]
Sandy says, IS THAT WHAT I THINK
IT IS?
Sandy speaks into a megaphone, WE SEE YOU, NEVILLE!
Sandy and Bondi say, ROOS TO THE RESCUE!
[Alarm blares, exciting music plays, clicking, beeping, helicopter blades whirr, engine hums, whooshing]
A helicopter hovers over Neville and Gherkinn. Sandy lowers from the helicopter on a cable.
[Whirring, exciting music plays]
Gherkinn says, AH, HELICOPTER!
Sandy says, HOWDY. HOP ON.
Neville cheers, YAY!
Gherkinn says, OH, THANK GOODNESS!
Frizzy, Gemma and Pounce hold hands. The water reaches their ankles. They look up and notice the helicopter above them. Neville and Sandy lower on the cable.
[Whirring]
Neville asks, NEED A LIFT?
Gemma says, THANK YOU, NEVILLE.
Pounce says, ON YA, NEV.
Frizzy says, THANK YOU.
Pounce says, YOU'RE AMAZING.
Frizzy says, YOU SAVED US!
[Whirring]
In the helicopter, Bondi says, GREAT
JOB ALERTING US, NEVILLE.
Sandy says, AND GREAT JOB THINKING AHEAD.
THAT IS ONE HANDY BACKPACK.
[Giggling]
Pounce says, THANKS FOR BEING
SO PREPARED, NEVILLE.
Gemma says, YOU'RE NOT A WORRY
WOMBAT, YOU'RE A WARRIOR WOMBAT.
Frizzy says, GOODBYE, FRIZZY ISLAND.
Sandy gestures at Neville’s underwear flapping on top of a stick.
Sandy says, I THINK YOU MEAN NEVILLE ISLAND.
[Neville gasps, whirring]
Neville says, MY UNDIES! GO BACK!
[Everyone laughs]
[Upbeat music plays]
Voices sing, WE'RE HERE ALL SUMMER
IT JUST GETS FUN-ER,
LET'S HOP DOWN TO
KANGAROO BEACH.
End credits roll.
Cast:
Pounce: Harriet Hynes.
Frizzy: Eliza Hynes.
Gemma: Millie Egerton.
Neville: Jerra Wright-Smith
Sandy: Kitty Flanagan.
Bondi: Matthew Hardie.
Big Trev: Rupert Degas.
Gherkinn: Rupert Degas.
Developed with the assistance of Australian Children’s Television Foundation.
A Cheeky Little Production.”
Text reads, “Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation present” “A Cheeky Little Media production.” “Created by Tim Bain.” “Series Producer: Patrick Egerton.”
[Rock music plays]
Voices sing, OVER THE OCEAN AND
OVER THE REEF,
THERE'S A SUNNY LITTLE PLACE
CALLED KANGAROO BEACH.
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]
The voices sing, FRIZZY, GEMMA,
NEVILLE AND POUNCE,
CADETS IN THE CLUB
SO COME ON LET'S BOUNCE .
GOOD FRIENDS SURFING
SWIMMING, LEARNING.
[Screaming, whistle blows, splash]
Bondi, an orange kangaroo lifeguard, drives a boat. Sandy, a pink kangaroo lifeguard, stands beside him. Big Trev, a yellow wombat, pilots a small submarine.
The voices sing, 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]
White text beside a logo reads, “Kangaroo Beach.” The logo features an orange three-part circle around a white silhouette of a swimmer.
Blue text on sand beneath the Kangaroo Beach logo reads, “Island Rescue.” White text beneath that reads, “Written by Tim Bain.”
A voice reads, “ISLAND RESCUE.”
[Splash, upbeat music plays]
Gemma, Frizzy, Pounce and Neville run on a pier towards the ocean.
Gemma shouts, FREE TIME!
Frizzy shouts, TIME FOR A SPLASH!
Pounce shouts, CANNONBALL! HUH?
Pounce hangs above the water. He looks up and sees Bondi holding his shirt.
Bondi says, OH, STEADY ON, SPORT.
WHAT SHOULD YOU ALWAYS DO
BEFORE TAKING A DIP?
Frizzy says, PUT ON A FABULOUS SWIMSUIT.
Sandy says, WELL, NATURALLY, AND?
Neville says, PLAN AHEAD AND USE CAUTION.
Sandy says, DING-DING-DING!
TEN POINTS TO THE WOMBAT.
[Chuckling, Bondi claps]
Bondi says, SO, CADETS, LET'S
CHECK THE WATER CONDITIONS.
Gemma says, IT'S LOW TIDE, I CAN
SEE SOME EXPOSED ROCKS.
[Water splashes]
Pounce says, THERE'S SOME CALM, DARK
WATER, WHERE NO WHITE WAVES ARE
BREAKING. A RIP CURRENT!
Bondi says, GOOD ONE, POUNCE.
Frizzy says, WE CAN SWIM IN
BETWEEN THE FLAGS WHERE
IT'S SAFE INSTEAD.
Sandy says, THAT'S RIGHT.
[Cadets cheer, upbeat music plays]
Pounce shouts, LET'S GO SWIM!
Neville says, WAIT!
LOOK, JELLYFISH!
[Bondi chuckles, skidding]
Bondi says, NASTY, STINGY ONES.
GOOD SPOT, NEVILLE.
Bondi pushes the pole of a sign with a person swimming in the middle of a red circle with a line through it into the sand.
[Upbeat music plays]
Sandy speaks into a megaphone,
EXIT THE WATER, THANKS, FOLKS.
NO NEED FOR ALARM.
JUST A SMALL OUTBREAK OF JELLYFISH.
Bondi says, BEACH CLOSED, NO SWIMMING.
The cadets say, AW!
Frizzy grumbles, OH, COME ON.
Pounce asks, NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
[Upbeat music plays, gulls cry]
Frizzy asks, HOW ABOUT SOME EXPLORING?
HEY, GHERKINN, CAN WE HAVE A LIFT
TO BOOMERANG ISLAND?
Gherkinn stands in a small moto boat beside the pier.
Gherkinn says, OH, YEAH, HOP IN CADETLETS!
The boat wobbles]
[Gherkinn groans, water splashes]
Frizzy says, AWESOME!
Pounce says, COOL!
Gemma says, YEAH!
Pounce says, WOO-HOO!
Neville says, BUT WE COULD GET LOST,
STARVE, MEET A REAL MEAN MERMAID!
Gemma says, COME ON, NEVILLE,
DON'T BE SUCH A WORRY WOMBAT.
Neville says, I AM NOT A WORRY
WOMBAT AND I'LL PROVE IT.
I'LL COME, TOO.
JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING FIRST.
[Splash]
Neville packs supplies into a backpack.
[Upbeat music plays, smacking]
Neville says, EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.
FIVE HUNDRED PLUS SUNSCREEN.
THREE DAYS WATER, MAP, COMPASS,
WALKIE-TALKIE.
Frizzy says, COME ON, NEVILLE,
WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE BOAT.
Neville says, IN A MOMENT, FRIZZY.
TIDE CHART, LUCKY MEDALLION,
EMERGENCY UNDIES.
Frizzy says, WOMBATS DON'T WEAR UNDIES.
Gherkinn starts the motor.
[Motor revs]
Frizzy shouts, WAIT FOR US!
[Clunk, splash, exciting music plays]
Frizzy says, SET SAIL FOR ADVENTURE!
[Engine hums]
The cadets cheer, YES! LET'S GO! WOO-HOO!
Frizzy says, HERE COMES FEARLESS
ADVENTURER, FRIZZY BEARHUG,
LEADING HER BRAVE BUNCH
OF EXPLORERS.
The cadets climb out of the motorboat at a beach. Neville falls into the sand.
[Neville grunts, exciting music continues]
Frizzy declares, I SHALL PLANT
MY FLAG AT THE TOP OF THE ISLAND!
Neville says, WAIT, FRIZZY, SHOULDN'T
WE READ THE MAP FIRST?
Frizzy says, MAP SHMAP.
EXPLORERS DON'T READ MAPS.
WE CREATE THEM!
Neville says, I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
FIFTEEN STEPS, SIXTY DEGREES NORTHEAST.
ONE, TWO, THREE...
[Gull squawks]
Frizzy jumps on to a pathway.
[Grunts]
Frizzy runs across the path and climbs up stones on the other side. She drops back on the path. Pounce and Gemma arrive behind her.
She says, HM.
[Grunts, laughs]
Neville counts, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE...
[Pounce sighs]
Gemma looks up at a tree.
Gemma asks, WHAT?
Frizzy peers from the top of the tree.
[Rustling]
Frizzy shouts, AH-HA!
[Chuckling, gasping, grunting]
She slides down the tree.
Frizzy shouts, THIS WAY!
Neville counts, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN!
Neville bumps into Gherkinn.
Neville says, WHOA.
Gherkinn says, OH, HELLO.
Neville turns his map around.
[Rustling]
Neville says, OH! THIS WAY!
ONE, TWO, THREE...
[Panting]
Frizzy, Pounce and Gemma run up a staircase. They stop near the top.
Gemma says, PHEW!
Frizzy says, WELL, THAT WAS A LOT
OF WRONG TURNS, BUT WE'RE FINALLY
HERE AT THE TOP.
[Rustling]
Gemma says, NO, THAT'S THE TOP.
Frizzy says, EH, THIS'LL DO. I HEREBY
DECLARE THIS FRIZZY ISLAND!
Pounce asks, HANG ON, WHY NOT FRIZZY,
POUNCE, AND GEMMA ISLAND?
[Rustling]
Frizzy throws confetti above her head. She dances in a circle between Pounce and Gemma.
[Rustling]
Frizzy says, WOO-HOO!
CONFETTI, CONFETTI!
YAY! WOO-HOO!
FRIZZY ISLAND!
Neville holds the map. Frizzy sneaks up behind him on the beach.
Neville counts, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN.
Frizzy says, FINISHED EXPLORING,
NEVILLE! COME ON, LET'S GO HOME.
Neville says,AW.
Pounce says, EVERYONE IN THE BOAT.
Gemma asks, UH, WHAT BOAT?
Pounce says, OH, NO.
[Cadets sound distressed]
Pounce says, HUH?
GHERKINN, DID YOU THROW
THE ANCHOR?
Gherkinn replies, YAH, I THREW
IT OVER THERE.
The anchor lies on the sand.
The cadets groan, OH, NO.
Gemma groans, GHERKINN!
Neville says, WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TIE IT TO
THE BOAT.
Gemma says, IT'S FINE, I'LL SWIM
BACK AND ALERT THE LIFEGUARDS.
Frizzy asks, THROUGH THE STINGY JELLYFISH?
Gemma says, OH, WE'RE STRANDED.
Frizzy says, OH, NO.
Gemma says, WE'RE STUCK HERE.
Neville takes a walkie-talkie out of his backpack.
Neville says, DON'T WORRY, EVERYONE.
I CAME PREPARED.
[Static]
Neville says, HELLO, KANGAROO BEACH?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Gherkinn (on walkie-talkie) says, HELLO?
Neville asks, HELLO, CAN YOU SEND HELP?
Gherkinn (on walkie-talkie) says, OKAY.
Neville says, WE'RE SAVED!
The cadets cheer, WELL DONE, NEVILLE.
WE'RE SAVED!
Neville says, COME AND GET US,
PLEASE. WE'RE STRANDED ON
BOOMERANG ISLAND.
Gherkinn (on walkie-talkie) says,
HOW FUNNY, ME TOO!
YOO-HOO, CADETLETS!
[Cadets groan]
Gemma grumbles, GHERKINN!
Pounce groans, NO!
[Static]
Neville says, THE FREQUENCY'S NOT STRONG
ENOUGH TO REACH BONDI AND SANDY.
Gemma says, THE IMPORTANT THING
IS NOT TO PANIC.
Gherkinn shouts, WE'RE STUCK HERE FOREVER!
Gherkinn runs in a circle and trips on a rock.
[Grunts, cheerful music plays]
Pounce says, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY HOME.
Neville says, WE CAN CLIMB TO THE TOP OF
THE ISLAND AND SIGNAL FOR HELP.
Gemma says, EVEN BETTER, WE HOP
BACK TOWARDS SHORE ACROSS THOSE
ROCKS AND GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO
CALL FOR HELP.
[Splashing]
Pounce says, GOOD PLAN, LET'S BOUNCE.
Neville says, WAIT, THAT MIGHT
BE DANGEROUS.
Gemma says, DON'T BE A WORRY WOMBAT, NEV.
WE'LL BE FINE.
Pounce says, WE'LL SEND THE LIFEGUARDS
BACK TO GET YOU. CAN YOU STAY AND KEEP
GHERKINN CALM?
[Gherkinn screams into a seashell, scream echoes, gasping]
[Neville sighs heavily]
Gemma, Pounce and Frizzy jump on rocks towards Kangaroo Beach.
[They grunt]
[Gherkinn screams in background]
Frizzy stops and looks back at the island.
Frizzy asks, WILL THEY BE OKAY?
[Splashing]
Pounce says, ONCE WE ALERT THE LIFEGUARDS
THEY WILL BE, AND WE'LL BE HEROES.
[Screaming]
Neville looks at a chart.
Neville says, I THINK I'M READING
THIS CORRECTLY.
WOBBLY WOMBATS, THE TIDE'S
COMING BACK IN, WHICH MEANS…
Gherkinn asks, TIDAL WAVE?!
Neville says, NO, THOSE ROCKS WILL
DISAPPEAR UNDER WATER AND THE
CADETS WILL HAVE NO WAY BACK.
WE HAVE TO ALERT THE LIFEGUARDS
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, BUT HOW
AM I GOING TO GET THEIR ATTENTION
FROM OVER HERE?
I KNOW! FROM UP THERE!
[Upbeat music plays]
Neville says, COME ON, GERKIN,
TIME FOR A HIKE.
Gherkinn says, OH, GOODIE!
I LOVE CAMPING.
Frizzy hops from rock to rock. She stops.
[Frizzy grunts, water splashes]
Frizzy asks, ARE THESE ROCKS
GETTING SMALLER?
Gemma says, THE TIDE'S COMING IN!
WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT!
Pounce says, HOP FASTER!
[Grunting]
Gemma says, STEADY, STEADY, STEADY.
Neville walks up path.
[He pants]
Neville says, SO HIGH.
COME ON, LET'S KEEP GOING.
[Gull squawks, flapping, Gherkinn shouts]
Frizzy stands on a rock. Gemma and Pounce cling to the sides of the rock.
[Water sloshes, tense music plays]
Pounce says, WE'RE TRAPPED,
AND LOOK. JELLYFISH!
Frizzy says, PLEASE, IF YOU LEAVE
US ALONE, I'LL NEVER EAT JELLY AGAIN.
Bondi and Sandy put gear in the back of a dune buggy. Big Trev approaches them.
[Clank]
Big Trev asks, ANYONE SEEN THE CADETS?
Sandy says, YEAH, THEY WENT
FOR A BOAT RIDE WITH GERKIN.
THAT WAS HOURS AGO.
Bondi says, THEY SHOULD BE BACK BY NOW.
On the island, Neville consults his compass.
[Clicking]
Neville says, THIS WAY!
[Gherkinn grunts]
Gherkinn lies down on the stairs behind Neville.
Gherkinn says, I DO NOT DO STAIRS.
Neville urges, COME ON, THERE'S NOT
MUCH TIME!
[Grunting, birds call, rustling, tense music continues]
Neville says, HERE, GHERKINN, YOU
REFLECT THE SUN WITH THIS SHINY
MEDALLION WHILE I MAKE A FLAG.
Bondi drives the dune buggy to the pier.
[Engine hums]
Sandy scans the water with her binoculars.
Sandy says, THAT'S GHERKINN'S BOAT.
I WONDER WHAT'S HAPPENED.
Light flashes. Sandy looks through her binoculars and sees Gherkinn holding the medallion. Neville waves a pair of underwear on a stick.
[Blipping, upbeat music plays]
Sandy says, IS THAT WHAT I THINK
IT IS?
Sandy speaks into a megaphone, WE SEE YOU, NEVILLE!
Sandy and Bondi say, ROOS TO THE RESCUE!
[Alarm blares, exciting music plays, clicking, beeping, helicopter blades whirr, engine hums, whooshing]
A helicopter hovers over Neville and Gherkinn. Sandy lowers from the helicopter on a cable.
[Whirring, exciting music plays]
Gherkinn says, AH, HELICOPTER!
Sandy says, HOWDY. HOP ON.
Neville cheers, YAY!
Gherkinn says, OH, THANK GOODNESS!
Frizzy, Gemma and Pounce hold hands. The water reaches their ankles. They look up and notice the helicopter above them. Neville and Sandy lower on the cable.
[Whirring]
Neville asks, NEED A LIFT?
Gemma says, THANK YOU, NEVILLE.
Pounce says, ON YA, NEV.
Frizzy says, THANK YOU.
Pounce says, YOU'RE AMAZING.
Frizzy says, YOU SAVED US!
[Whirring]
In the helicopter, Bondi says, GREAT
JOB ALERTING US, NEVILLE.
Sandy says, AND GREAT JOB THINKING AHEAD.
THAT IS ONE HANDY BACKPACK.
[Giggling]
Pounce says, THANKS FOR BEING
SO PREPARED, NEVILLE.
Gemma says, YOU'RE NOT A WORRY
WOMBAT, YOU'RE A WARRIOR WOMBAT.
Frizzy says, GOODBYE, FRIZZY ISLAND.
Sandy gestures at Neville’s underwear flapping on top of a stick.
Sandy says, I THINK YOU MEAN NEVILLE ISLAND.
[Neville gasps, whirring]
Neville says, MY UNDIES! GO BACK!
[Everyone laughs]
[Upbeat music plays]
Voices sing, WE'RE HERE ALL SUMMER
IT JUST GETS FUN-ER,
LET'S HOP DOWN TO
KANGAROO BEACH.
End credits roll.
Cast:
Pounce: Harriet Hynes.
Frizzy: Eliza Hynes.
Gemma: Millie Egerton.
Neville: Jerra Wright-Smith
Sandy: Kitty Flanagan.
Bondi: Matthew Hardie.
Big Trev: Rupert Degas.
Gherkinn: Rupert Degas.
Developed with the assistance of Australian Children’s Television Foundation.
A Cheeky Little Production.”
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