Captain Cookaburra's Road to Discovery


Captain Cookaburra's Road to Discovery
Written byGrange Calveley
Hanny Calveley
Directed byGrange Calveley
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerLouise Meek
Running time30 mins
Original release
NetworkABC
Release12 August 1985 (1985-08-12)

Captain Cookaburra's Road to Discovery is an Australian children's television program that originally aired on ABC from 12 August 1985. It was a magazine style program featuring puppets. The two main characters were Captain Cookaburra, a large pink bird with bulging eyes and lots of teeth, and Boomerfang, a green snake who swallowed a boomerang. Other characters include Dishy Doreen, Spotty Ron, Mind Boggler, Million-Year-Old Fred, Syd Courier, Nosey Rosey and Twenny and Weeny. It features short stories, jokes, quizzes and documentary sections.[1][2] Both Captain Cookaburra and Boomerfang had previously featured on Captain Cookaburra's AustraliHa.

References

  1. ^ Watson, Bronwyn (12 August 1985), "Weirdos at the ABC", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ^ Morris, Jill (8 August 1985), "Discovery with the Captain", The Age
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