Runtime: | 30 mins |
Director: | Grange Calveley |
Producer: | Louise Meek |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Network: | ABC |
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 lot's 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. Both Captain Cookaburra and Boomerfang had previously featured on Captain Cookaburra's AustraliHa.