Skippy le kangourou

Épisode 1 - Poachers

5 février 1968 - 5/5

The koalas of the Waratah National Park come under threat when three men try to sneak into the Park at night. Skippy sounds the alarm, but the Hammond's wonder if Dr. Stark was behind the attempted theft.

Épisode 2 - Sports Car Rally

12 février 1968 - 5/5

A local sports car rally threatens the peace, quiet and safety of the Waratah National Park. Matt must deal with it in full force when one of the cars crash, with the driver trapped underneath. The Rally organises decide to choose another, safer venue.

Épisode 3 - The Golden Reef

19 février 1968 - 5/5

Matt, Sonny and Skippy have to stop theives with spear guns, after a team of geologists find aluvial gold in a reef at Seal Rocks, near the mouth of Flinders River.

Épisode 4 - Long Way Home

26 février 1968 - 5/5

Skippy is in trouble when she is kidnapped by Doctor Alexander Stark who wants her in his zoo, after Matt refuses to sell her. Skippy escapes, but can she find her way home?

Épisode 5 - Cage Of Koalas

4 mars 1968 - 5/5

Matt Hammond is annoyed and angry when research scientist, Doctor Anna Steiner starts trapping koalas in the Waratah National Park. But he has to put his personal feelings aside, when she gets into trouble.

Épisode 6 - The Lyre Bird

11 mars 1968 - 5/5

A Botanist is missing in the Waratah Wildlife Park and it is Skippy and who leads the way for Sonny and his friend Lisa to find him.

Épisode 7 - Dead or Alive

18 mars 1968 - 5/5

Skippy is the centre of attention after an unknown disease starts spreading through the Waratah National Park and they believe that Skippy may be the source of the diease.

Épisode 8 - The Marine Biologist

25 mars 1968 - 5/5

A visiting marine biological is collecting specimens for her research. When Matt tells Mark to accompany her, he does so relucantly until he meets her. While collecting the specimens, Skippy and Sonny get into trouble on a runaway speedboat, which leaves Sonny unconscious.

Épisode 9 - No Time For Clancy

1 avril 1968 - 5/5

Clancy's father, Tom Merrick, is moving his family as he is going to be the Head Ranger of a new Park. Matt offers to take in Clancy, so she can finish her school exams and then join them. What they don't know yet is, Clancy likes to play the piano, early in the morning!

Épisode 10 - Time And Tide

8 avril 1968 - 5/5

While helping Dr Steiner with her research, Clancy finds herself in danger.

Épisode 11 - Can You Keep A Secret?

15 avril 1968 - 5/5

While out with Skippy, Clancy and Sonny stumble across an escaped prisoner who is desperate not to return to jail. The prisoner takes them hostage and Skippy heads for home to get Matt.

Épisode 12 - The Swagman

22 avril 1968 - 5/5

Matt is suspicious of an old swagman, Mr Trundle, who comes to the Waratah National Park. Sonny is taken in by all the man's tales of his life. When he leaves, he gives Sonny a present of an antinque watch. Worried about the gift, Matt takes it to the local police station, where he learns about the real person who owned the watch and his secret.

Épisode 13 - The Honeymooners

29 avril 1968 - 5/5

A woman comes to the Waratah National Park with plans to kill Skippy for his fur coat.

Épisode 14 - Many Happy Returns

6 mai 1968 - 5/5

A seal is missing and the Waratah National Park has a visitor named Sandy who is searching for the seal.

Épisode 15 - My Best Friend

13 mai 1968 - 5/5

Sonny has to paint a picture of his best friend, and decides that it has to be of Skippy.

Épisode 16 - When The Bough Breaks

20 mai 1968 - 5/5

Skippy is called in for help to rescue a baby.

Épisode 17 - The Waratah Festival

27 mai 1968 - 5/5

Skippy is implicated in a crime of theft, after a jewellry thief places a braclet in her pouch. However, when the Hammond's hop on their float with Skippy, the theif has to figure out how to get it back.

Épisode 18 - Summer Storm

3 juin 1968 - 5/5

When a storm hits the Waratah National Park, the communication lines go down. What makes matters worse it that Matt is bitten by a snake and with the radios out no-one can radio for help. It is up to Skippy to go for help and the antidote to save Matt's life.

Épisode 19 - The Rustlers

10 juin 1968 - 5/5

Sonny decides to try his hand at something different than being a Park Ranger. He takes on a job as a sheep shearer, but instead of it being easier, he finds himself confronted by rustlers.

Épisode 20 - Double Trouble

17 juin 1968 - 5/5

Still determined to have Skippy in his zoo, Doctor Alexander Stark hires an actor to pose as a Park Ranger.

Épisode 21 - Trapped

24 juin 1968 - 5/5

Wildlife is going missing and Clancy has the proof, on a recorded security tape. When she goes to give it to Matt she is paralyzed by gas and it is Skippy who must get the tape to Matt to stop the fake Professor Lewis.

Épisode 22 - They're Singing Me Back

1 juillet 1968 - 5/5

A young Aboriginal girl, Moona, runs away and finds her way to the Ranger Headquarters. All is fine, until the elders come to take her back home. Matt makes them see that through the Moona's singing, she can help bridge the gap between people.

Épisode 23 - Tara (1)

8 juillet 1968 - 5/5

An Aboriginal chief believes he is going to die and asks Matt for a favour, to help. Unable to, Matt goes to Sydney to see a business man, Jefferson Judd, whose life the Aboriginal once saved.

Épisode 24 - Tara (2)

15 juillet 1968 - 5/5

In Sydney, Matt finds Jefferson Judd and begs him to help the Aboriginal that once saved his life. After thinking it over, Judd agrees to help.

Épisode 25 - Surf King

22 juillet 1968 - 5/5

At Bondi Beach, Jerry wants to win the Championship, but instead swims out to rescue a trapped Helen. While back at the Waratah National Park, Clancy and Matt have to fight a fire before it gets out of control.

Épisode 26 - The Runaway

29 juillet 1968 - 5/5

Épisode 27 - Last Chance

5 août 1968 - 5/5

The Hammonds help an aging film star who is desperate to revive their career after they are approached by a director who wants to do a documentary about the Waratah National Park. Not all as it seems however, and the real plan is to get rid of Skippy...for good.

Épisode 28 - No Trespassers

12 août 1968 - 5/5

Deep in the heart of the Waratah National Park, Skippy watches as Rocky Miller, who is attending a boxing camp, takes the Ranger Helicopter for a joyride. When he loses control of the helicopter and forced to land, Rocky gets the courage to stand up to his father and get out of the boxing business which he has hated all his life.

Épisode 29 - Mayday (1)

19 août 1968 - 5/5

Jerry takes the Waratah National Park's helicopter to go on a date with Babs. But when the helicopter crashes, can Skippy get to him in time?

Épisode 30 - Mayday (2)

26 août 1968 - 5/5

Still recovering from the crash, an investigation team is sent to verify Jerry's story. When they fail to clear him and Jerry faces charges, Sonny and Skippy go to do their own investigation.

Épisode 31 - Date In Dalmar

2 septembre 1968 - 5/5

Épisode 32 - Ten Little Visitors

9 septembre 1968 - 5/5

Sonny and Skippy become guides for foreign children stopping at Waratah National Park while touring Australia.

Épisode 33 - The Empty Chair

16 septembre 1968 - 5/5

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

Épisode 34 - Aunt Evelyn

23 septembre 1968 - 5/5

Sonny is wary when his Aunt Evelyn decides to take matters into her own hands and tells Matt to put him in a boarding school in the city (Sydney). When Sonny thinks nothing will change her mind, Aunt Evelyn is saved from drowning by Skippy and Sonny and Aunt Evelyn has a change of heart.

Épisode 35 - The Bushrangers

30 septembre 1968 - 5/5

The Hammond family and Jerry are shocked when they return to Ranger Headquarters to find it has been burglarised. When they finally catch up with a group of men, they discover they are a vocal group also trying to catch the buglars.

Épisode 36 - Man From Space

7 octobre 1968 - 5/5

Sonny gets his first real responsibilty after his father lets him be in chage of a new reading unit at the Waratah National Park.

Épisode 37 - Be Our Guest

14 octobre 1968 - 5/5

Clancy's mother is coming to see how she is going, before she is due to arrive, Clancy goes horse riding. Her short ride is soon change when she is thrown from her horse and is left stranded and lost in the Park. As she wanders, a group of Aborigines find her, and lead her back safely to the Park headquarters.

Épisode 38 - The Long Night

21 octobre 1968 - 5/5

Mark is accused of a hit-and-run accident, but Skippy knows who is really responsible. Two spies are trying to find a roll of microfilm are the one's who did it and disguise themselves as detectives. Little do the spies know, as Skippy has already found the film and hidden it under Sonny's pillow.

Épisode 39 - View Matt

28 octobre 1968 - 5/5

Sonny decides to answer an advertisment in the newspaper for a person looking for love. Things go from bad to worse though when the letter is answered and Sonny had written using his father's name.

Épisode 1 - The Perfect Hosts

20 janvier 1969 - 5/5

Sonny and Clancy get into trouble as they mistake a person for someone else!

Épisode 2 - Honest Jack

27 janvier 1969 - 5/5

Sonny finds a man chopping down trees in Waratah National Park, and when Sonny tells him it is illegal, the determined young man insists that he owns the land.

Épisode 3 - Flying Saucers

3 février 1969 - 5/5

Alien fever grips the Waratah National Park when Sonny and Skippy see a flying saucer.

Épisode 4 - Marco Polo

10 février 1969 - 5/5

Mark starts to plan for a trip overseas, but his father Ranger Matt is dead set against it. Matt decides that he'll have to come up with something special in order to deter Mark's plans.

Épisode 5 - The Raft

17 février 1969 - 5/5

A boy who has runaway from home is in trouble after he gets struck in river mud. Matt comes to his rescue and Sonny sees his father in a new light, forgetting for a moment that he just isn't a Park Ranger.

Épisode 6 - Follow My Leader

24 février 1969 - 5/5

When a young child wants a baby koala for a pet, his family heads for the Waratah National Park. Matt refuses, but the spoiled and very talented violinist, isn't used to not getting his own way and heads out on his own; only to be saved from being killed by Skippy.

Épisode 7 - Tex N Ranger

3 mars 1969 - 5/5

Skippy teaches a class of stunt men a few tricks after he saves the teacher from injury.

Épisode 8 - Chicken

10 mars 1969 - 5/5

A local chicken farmer wants to get even with Matt and gives Skippy poisoned meat. Skippy survives, but Matt has to try and get the farmer to confess.

Épisode 9 - Belinda

17 mars 1969 - 5/5

Sonny takes care of a thoroughbred mare named Belinda who was stolen from her owner.

Épisode 10 - The Mine

24 mars 1969 - 5/5

When an old friend comes to visit Matt, they don't except to be trapped in an abandoned mine when the entry is accidently blown up.

Épisode 11 - Rockslide

31 mars 1969 - 5/5

When out exploring, Sonny is caught up and trapped in a rockslide. Fearing he won't be found, Sonny is relieved when a young National Service deserter, Cooper, stops to help him.

Épisode 12 - Hide And Seek

7 avril 1969 - 5/5

Clancy notices someone lurking near the helicopter hangar, and Mark and Jerry go to investigate. Jerry is astounded to find someone he has known since childhood.

Épisode 13 - Esmeralda

14 avril 1969 - 5/5

Esmeralda, a gypsy woman decides to teach Matt, Mark and Sonny a lesson which even poor Skippy can stop and which leaves the Hammonds very red faced.

Épisode 14 - Puppets

21 avril 1969 - 5/5

A puppeteer becomes envious of Steven's talents. Skippy entertains children at the Waratah National Park, showing Uncle Carl the way to work together with Steven to make an even better show.

Épisode 15 - Vice Versa

28 avril 1969 - 5/5

Skippy's talent lands him in hot water after a scientist, Professor Clifton wants to take Skippy away to do studies on the intelligence of marsupials. Sonny, unwilling to let Skippy go, comes up with a plan to make Professor Clifton think that Skippy is the dumbest kangaroo in Australia.

Épisode 16 - Oats

5 mai 1969 - 5/5

The Waratah National Park is up for inspection, and the assigned Inspector wants everything down his way or its not right. When a crisis arises at the Park, the Inspector's fear is reveaed and he comes to realise that there are many ways of running a sitution which can work out well.

Épisode 17 - The Black Spider

12 mai 1969 - 5/5

A blackmailer is lurking around the Waratah National Park, but will anyone believe Sonny when he tells them?

Épisode 18 - Tread Softly

19 mai 1969 - 5/5

Two waring farmers get the chance to put it all behind them after Matt organises a sheep dog trial.

Épisode 19 - The Shark Taggers

26 mai 1969 - 5/5

A young scientist, Paula, studying sharks is put in a dilemia with Sonny as their boat overturns. Can Skippy get Jerry and Mark to make it to them in the helicopter - before the sharks do?

Épisode 20 - Surprise, Surprise

2 juin 1969 - 5/5

Clancy's birthday is here and Mark has a surprise planned for her. That morning Clancy heads out with Ranger Matt, but unknown to the rest is that they become stuck in the middle of nowhere with no way of getting back to the station.

Épisode 21 - Wombat

9 juin 1969 - 5/5

Sonny decides to skip a test at school in favour of saving the life of a young wombat. What will his father say? and will he be allowed to resit the test? or will Sonny get a second chance.

Épisode 22 - Axeman

16 juin 1969 - 5/5

A Champion in tree-felling, a man has turned to gambling after loosing his will to continue. Ranger Matt and Jerry do their best to help him turn his life around and to compete to regain his title.

Épisode 23 - Up and Beyond

23 juin 1969 - 5/5

While mucking around in a hot air balloon, Sonny and Skippy accidently cut the rope. In order to save their lives, they must jump into the river.

Épisode 24 - Round-Up

30 juin 1969 - 5/5

Ranger Matt hires a couple of Rodeo champions in order to capture wild horses which are causing damage to the vegetation in the National Park.

Épisode 25 - The Hikers

7 juillet 1969 - 5/5

Skippy comes to the rescue of two bushwalking teachers, Helen Macauley and Judith Wright, after Judith is bitten by a snake. Skippy heads for base with the snake and finds Jerry. Jerry heads out to find the teachers, and to tell them the snake was, after everything, harmless.

Épisode 26 - For My Next Trick

14 juillet 1969 - 5/5

Skippy becomes part of a magician's act when he makes her disappear. Sonny, thinking that she isn't far, goes off to do an errand and while he is gone the magician tries to make off with Skippy.

Épisode 27 - A Bird In the Hand

21 juillet 1969 - 5/5

Sister Ruth is visiting the Waratah National Park and Jerry finds that she too is passionate about the stopping bird poaching which has been occuring in the park.

Épisode 28 - Marathon

28 juillet 1969 - 5/5

When a marker on the marathon track in the Waratah National Park is changed in direction, people start to believe that Mark is responsible.

Épisode 29 - The Best Man

4 août 1969 - 5/5

If something is going to go wrong, it always does when you don't want it to. This is the day that Jerry faces when he tries to get to the church on time to be bestman at the wedding!

Épisode 30 - Plain Jane

11 août 1969 - 5/5

A young single girl is literally transfered from a Plain Jane to a country beauty, leaveing Jerry and Mick astounded.

Épisode 31 - Hi-Fi

18 août 1969 - 5/5

Bored and with nothing else to do, Mark sets about to build himself his very own Hi-Fi. Unbeknown to Mark though, is the greater role the Hi-Fi will play saving his father, Matt Hammond's, life.

Épisode 32 - Maggie

25 août 1969 - 5/5

Jerry finds himself in trouble after his girlfriend, Maggie, gets mixed up with smugglers.

Épisode 33 - Mixed Company

1 septembre 1969 - 5/5

When water-skiers arrive on the river, an elderly retired ornithologist, Doctor Martin Ames, doesn't want the local wildlife disrupted. But when the feud between him and water-skiers gets out of hand and a fire starts, the entire Waratah National Park is put at risk

Épisode 34 - Treasure Hunt

8 septembre 1969 - 5/5

To raise money for charity, Ranger Matt organises a fundraiser Treasure Hunt, to be done at the Waratah National Park. But when two bank robbers start to hang around, Matt and Skippy must make sure the right people get the money.

Épisode 35 - Cobber

15 septembre 1969 - 5/5

Two old, hard-headed bushmen are involved in an embittered and hostile feud over the ownership of a champion sheepdog.

Épisode 36 - Tiger

22 septembre 1969 - 5/5

Two con-men attempt to cover up their trapping of native animals in Waratah National Park by starting rumours about the sighting of an extinct Tasmanian Tiger.

Épisode 37 - The Sport of Kings

29 septembre 1969 - 5/5

Sir Adrian Gillespie is entering a horse in the Corinthian Handicap, which is for amateur jockey. He asks Mark if he would like to ride and he accepts. Mark is unexpectantly injured at the Randwick Racecourse and convinces Clancy to take his place, without Sir Gillespie's knowledge.

Épisode 38 - Luna Park

6 octobre 1969 - 5/5

The police are searching for a pickpocket, Nimble, at a local fair, the pickpocket however has found a couple of new victims, Sonny and Skippy - can Nimble's ways be changed?

Épisode 39 - Bon Voyage

13 octobre 1969 - 5/5

Years of practising the piano at 6 in the morning have payed off for Clancy as she passes the final music examinations. Her joy is compounded when she wins a scholarship to study in London. She doesn't have a way to get there - unless Sir Adrian Gillespie can come up with an idea.

Épisode 1 - A Work of Art

20 octobre 1969 - 5/5

A struggling painter come to the Waratah National Park to paint the different animals. Knowing she needs help, Skippy poses for her. Later a well-known politician come to the park and decides to buy one of the paintings.

Épisode 2 - A Manner of Speaking

27 octobre 1969 - 5/5

When a new girl comes to the area, Mark tries to make friends with her but finds her father is unwilling to allow it. Mark then makes an effort to learn their language, Italian, but stuggles.

Épisode 3 - The Prince of Siam

3 novembre 1969 - 5/5

After a Siamese Cat goes missing, Skippy comes to its aid and earns $200. Sonny meanwhile learns about what hunger really is when he heps to raise money for needy children.

Épisode 4 - High Fashion

10 novembre 1969 - 5/5

Skippy is sent to get help, after a fashion model is bitten by a spider. The photographer had thought the Watatah National Park would make a great background. Will it turn out the spider was a funnel-web, or will it all be okay?

Épisode 5 - El Toro

17 novembre 1969 - 5/5

Sonny and Skippy are enjoying themselves at a picnic ground when a bull attacks a pair of picnickers, who end up trapped in their car. Sonny does his best to distract the bull, but just as things start going wrong for Sonny, his father, Mark and Gus turn up and Sonny watches in surprise as Gus calms the bull down.

Épisode 6 - Mr Duffy

24 novembre 1969 - 5/5

Mr Duffy arrives at the Waratah National Park, ready to weave a touch of Irish Leprechaun magic. But is he all he seems? Aboringal paintings start appearing in the park - are they real? or just a clever forgery?

Épisode 7 - The Medicine Man

1 décembre 1969 - 5/5

Sonny comes down ill and Matt asks the neighbour to get some cough medicine for him. The neighbour agrees as he is going to town to get some medicine for his horse, which he accidently gives to Matt. A stubborn Sonny doesn't want the medicine, which gives the neighbour enough time to return and swap them back.

Épisode 8 - The Veteran

8 décembre 1969 - 5/5

An old war veteran, who suffers from delusions, is determined to take off in one of the Park's planes. But Matt can't allow him to take off, because Sonny is trapped in the plane.

Épisode 9 - The Rainmakers

2 mars 1970 - 5/5

A drought hits New South Wales and all people are out to come up with an invention. A cloud seeding plane which an old inventor has made and a young Aboriginal child also try. Will one of them be able to break the drought.

Épisode 10 - Up the Waratahs

9 mars 1970 - 5/5

Wanting to do something different, other than work for his father, Mark decides to join the local football team. It doesn't take long before two members of an opposition team want to take out Mark, so his team doesn't make it to the final.

Épisode 11 - Merry-Go-Round

16 mars 1970 - 5/5

Skippy decides to run away and join a visiting carnival with a girl named Carrie Mason. She wants to be clown and Skippy is good company...but will they both miss home?

Épisode 12 - Pigeon Pair

23 mars 1970 - 5/5

When a retired Colonel and an old spinster go head to head competing for the pigeon race over 600-miles, Sonny and Skippy learn a whole lot about competition!

Épisode 13 - Fred

30 mars 1970 - 5/5

Sir Adrian, Mark, Matt, and Skippy search for a flower thief known as "Fred" who picks protected flowers in the National Park.