Transcript: Surf Club Sleepover
Marine life navigates the ocean.
[Upbeat music plays]
A singer sings, OVER THE OCEAN
AND OVER THE REEF.
THERE'S A SUNNY LITTLE PLACE
CALLED KANGAROO BEACH.
The sun shines brightly over the Kangaroo Beach Lifeguard Headquarters. Text reads, Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation presents, A Cheeky Little Media production. Created by Tim Bain.
The singer sings, FRIZZY, GEMMA,
NEVILLE AND POUNCE.
Frizzy, a koala with blue fur, balances sunglasses on her head. Gemma, a platypus, wears goggles strapped over her head. Neville, a wombat, wears a bucket hat. Pounce, a kangaroo, hops over his friends and down a slide. All the friends wear a red and blue uniform.
The singer and others sing, CADETS IN THE CLUB,
SO COME ON, LET'S BOUNCE.
Gemma, Frizzy and Neville follow Pounce down the slide.
The singer sings, GOOD FRIENDS SURFIN'
SWIMMIN', LEARNIN’
Pounce surfs down the slide. Gemma slides down on her stomach. Fizzy follows with her paws in the air. Neville spins down the slide.
He screams, AAH!
Outside, on the Kangaroo Beach dock, he blows a whistle and points to the water.
[Whistle blaring]
The singer sings, BONDI, SANDY,
BIG TREV TOO.
Kangaroos Bondi and Sandy speed across the water on a boat with Pounce. Underwater, Frizzy travels in a submarine with Big Trev, a bearded koala with green fur.
The singer sings, TRAININ' WITH THE VERY BEST
LIFEGUARD CREW.
STAYIN' SAFE, BEING BRAVE,
RIDE A WAVE, MAKE A SAVE.
Gemma rides in a helicopter. The lifeguards and junior cadets return to the beach. The cadets surf a big wave.
The singer sings, WE'RE HERE ALL SUMMER,
IT JUST GETS FUNNER.
LET'S HOP DOWN TO...
A large wave crashes into the lifeguards and cadets on the beach.
The singer sings, …KANGAROO BEACH!
Title, Kangaroo Beach. A splash of water reveals the episode title on the beach.
Sammy reads, SURF CLUB SLEEPOVER.
Text reads, written by Lorin Clarke and Tim Bain. A wave rolls over the sand, revealing an aerial view of Kangaroo Beach at dusk, where Bondi waits for the junior cadets at a finish line.
[Breathing heavily]
Bondi says, COME ON, YOU'RE DOING WELL.
DIG IN THERE.
He stops his timer.
He says, BRAVO.
The cadets cross the finish line. Frizzy and Neville collapse onto the sand. Gemma sits down beside between them. Pounce leans forward.
[Breathing heavily]
Bondi says, GREAT RUN-SWIM-RUN, CADETS!
YOU'VE EARNED A REST.
[Breathing heavily]
The cadets walk across the beach. At the Kangaroo Beach surf club, lifeguard headquarters, they ride an elevator to the main floor.
Frizzy says, PHEW, I'M EXHAUSTED.
Neville says, OH, BUSHED.
Pounce says, I'M POOPED.
WHO'S READY FOR AN EARLY
BEDTIME?
Gemma says, NO BEDTIME!
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO STAY UP
TILL MIDNIGHT TO SEE A SPECIAL
SURPRISE.
Frizzy says, OOH!
Neville guesses, SANTA?
Frizzy guesses, A SPACE RAINBOW?
Gemma says, IT'S A SURPRISE.
Frizzy says, THIS SOUNDS VERY STRANGE AND
MYSTERIOUS.
Gemma asks, SO YOU'RE IN?
Frizzy says, OBVIOUSLY!
[Pounce yawning]
Gemma says, NO YAWNING!
IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
[Frizzy yawning]
Gemma says, SEE?
Pounce says, SORRY, GEMMA, BUT THERE'S NO
WAY THE LIFEGUARDS WILL LET US
STAY UP UNTIL –
Sandy interrupts as she hops over with Big Trev and Bondi.
She asks, WHO'S READY FOR GEMMA'S NO
SLEEP SLEEPOVER?
Philippa and Sammy run in.
Philippa says, SLEEPIES!
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
[Big Trev yawning]
Neville says, NO YAWNING!
IT'S OUTRAGEOUS!
[Pounce yawning]
[Frizzy yawning]
[Bondi yawning]
Neville says SEE?
Gemma says, FOCUS, TEAM.
WE JUST NEED TO DO SOME WAKE-UP
EXERCISES!
ARE YOU READY?
The cadets cheer, YES!
Neville cheers, SO FUN!
Sammy cheers, WHOO!
Under a soft light in front of the patrol room monitor, Gemma blows a whistle.
[Whistle blaring]
The junior cadets chant, GIVE US STRENGTH, GIVE
US POWER, TO STAY UP FOR FIVE
MORE HOURS.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Gemma leads her friends, along with Sammy and Philippa, through a march around the room.
The cadets chant, GIVE US STRENGTH, GIVE US
POWER, TO STAY UP FOR FIVE MORE
HOURS.
[Whistle blaring]
Gemma lowers her whistle.
She says, GOOD.
She checks drawings of everyone on her clipboard.
She says, ALL STILL AWAKE.
[Pounce yarning]
[Philippa sighing]
Frizzy says, HMM.
THERE'S SOMETHING THIS NO-SLEEP
SLEEPOVER NEEDS.
Gemma asks, MORE MARCHING?
Frizzy says, ENTERTAINMENT!
HAS ANYONE PLAYED THE WHEEL
OF WAKEY-WAKEY?
Neville says, NOT ME.
Pounce says, NO.
Gemma says, NUH-UH.
Frizzy says, THAT'S BECAUSE I JUST
INVENTED IT!
She pulls out a wheel with a surfboard pointer.
She says, THIS WILL TELL US WHICH GAME
TO PLAY.
SPIN IT, SAMMY!
[Sammy giggling]
Frizzy says, SPIN IT, SAMMY.
Sammy spins the pointer on the wheel. It lands on a drawing of a shark.
Frizzy says, YAY!
SHARK IN THE DARK!
YOU CAN BE THE SHARK, NEVILLE.
Neville wears a shark costume.
[Neville cackling]
Pounce says, THAT'S THE SHARK.
BUT WHAT'S THE 'DARK' BIT?
Frizzy turns off the last light.
Everyone says, OOH...
[Laughing]
In the dark, Neville says, HERE I COME TO GET YOU!
The others run away. He chases after them.
He says, CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Neville bumps into something.
He says, AAH!
WHAT WAS THAT?
[Snoring]
Pounce turns on the soft light, revealing Bondi asleep on the floor beside the control panel.
[Bondi snoring]
Bondi wakes up.
He says, HUH?
OH, I WAS JUST EXERCISING MY
EYELIDS.
Bondi counts his blinks.
He says, 98, 99, 100.
[Bondi clearing his throat]
Gemma runs over.
She says, HEY!
NO SLEEPING AT THE
NO-SLEEP SLEEPOVER.
Neville grabs Bondi’s arms with both hands.
He says, CHOMP!
YOU'RE IT.
Bondi groans, OH...
[Cadets laughing]
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
On another spin of Frizzy’s wakey-wakey wheel, the surfboard pointer lands on a drawing of swim fins.
Frizzy cheers, WHOO!
SCUBA DIVE DANCE-OFF!
HIT THE MUSIC!
[Funky music plays]
Downstairs in the equipment room, the junior cadets dance wearing their scuba helmets and swim fins. Sandy dances with them, while Big Trev dances from a chair.
Gemma cheers, LOVING IT!
Neville says, AWESOME!
Gemma says, BEST DANCE EVER!
Pounce cheers, GO, GEMMA!
He balances on one hand.
He cheers, ALRIGHT!
He slips and falls.
He yelps, WHOA!
[Big Trev chuckling]
[Pounce giggling]
[Frizzy singing]
Neville stumbles.
He yelps, WHOA.
Frizzy catches Neville before he falls.
[Frizzy and Neville laughing]
Philippa and Sammy hop across the floor in swim fins.
[Philippa and Sammy giggling]
Big Trev says, AHH... IT'S EXHAUSTING JUST
WATCHING YOU!
SORRY, KIDS.
I'M GOING TO HIT THE HAY.
Gemma sighs, OH.
She draws a line over the drawing of Big Trev on her clipboard. Neville continues dancing.
Pounce asks, AREN'T YOU TIRED, NEVILLE?
Neville says, NOT ME!
US WOMBATS ARE NOCTURNAL.
REMEMBER?
INTERESTING FACT - WE CAN
STAY UP ALL NIGHT!
[Pounce snoring]
Pounce sleeps standing up.
Neville says, WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS
INTERESTING.
Gemma yells, WAKE UP!
Pounce wakes up.
[Pounce yelping]
[Neville giggling]
Frizzy says, NEW GAME, CADETS.
She spins the pointer on her wakey-wakey wheel. It lands on a drawing of a boat.
Frizzy cheers, BOAT RACE!
[Water running]
[Laughing]
Beside the kitchen, a tap fills a small pool with water. A toy boat floats in the water. The cadets stand around it with Sammy and Philippa. Bondi supervises. Sandy hops over.
She says, OKAY, POP QUIZ, CADETS.
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH ALL THIS
WATER WHEN WE'RE FINISHED?
Neville says, UM, DRINK IT?
Sandy says, BAH-BOW
She turns her thumb down.
She explains, WE DRAIN IT!
NEVER LEAVE WATER IN A BATH
OR A KIDDIE POOL WHERE LITTLIES
COULD BE AROUND.
Sandy gives Neville a rubber duck and toy rescue boat.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Neville puts the rubber duck and rescue boat in the pool. Sammy and Philippa push the toy boat in the pool back and forth as the water reaches the edge.
He says, WOBBLY WOMBATS!
THE TAP!
He quickly turns off the tap.
He says, PHEW!
Frizzy announces, START YOUR ENGINES!
Gemma and Pounce hop over to Neville. They line up the three toys.
[Giggling]
Frizzy says, ALL RIGHT, ON YOUR MARKS….
She raises an oar.
She says, GET SET…
She sticks the oar in the pool.
She says BLOW!
Frizzy stirs the water, making a current with the oar. The rubber duck and boats move through the water with the duck in the lead.
[Cheering]
Gemma cheers, I'M WINNING!
Pounce cheers, GO, GO, GO!
Neville cheers, WHOO!
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Gemma cheers, GO FASTER!
Neville cheers, MINE’S WINNING!
YAY!
The toys reach the starting point.
Neville cheers, MINE WON!
[Laughing]
Frizzy says, AND THE DUCK WINS!
She hands Neville a large trophy.
Pounce says, WELL DONE, NEVILLE!
Frizzy says, POUNCE COMES SECOND.
She gives Pounce a small trophy.
She says, AND GEMMA SCORES THIRD!
She gives Gemma a medal.
[Cheering]
Frizzy says, BUT WE'RE ALL WINNERS.
BRAVO, BRAVO!
[Giggling]
Sandy says, WHOA, HANG ON!
Bondi says, THOSE ARE OUR TROPHIES!
[Giggling]
Frizzy says, NEXT CHALLENGE!
She starts to leave with the others.
Sandy says, WAIT A RED-HOT MINUTE!
FORGETTING SOMETHING?
Neville says, OH, YEAH, THE WATER.
He pulls a plug in the pool and the water pours out into a drain in the floor.
Frizzy says, ONE HOUR TILL
MIDNIGHT!
Neville puts the plug back in the drained pool and grabs his trophy. Slowly, water from the tap drips into the pool.
[Dripping]
On Frizzy’s wakey-wakey wheel, the surfboard pointer lands on a pillow drawing.
Frizzy cheers, PILLOW SURFING!
Gemma, Pounce, Neville, Philippa and Sammy stand on pillows as if they were surfboards.
[Laughing]
[Giggling]
Frizzy spins the surfboard pointer.
She announces, SEA ANIMAL SHADOW PUPPETS!
Bondi shines a flashlight on a blank wall. Gemma holds her hands in front of it, creating a shape on the wall that looks like a fish.
[Laughing]
[Giggling]
Neville makes a bird shadow puppet.
He says, CAW, CAW, CAW!
An octopus shadow puppet appears on the wall.
Frizzy and Gemma say, HUH?
Lying on her back, Philippa holds her flippers in front of the light.
[Philippa giggling]
In the cadet’s bedroom, Neville runs up to the slide with a beach ball.
Frizzy announces, BOWLING FOR BONDI!
The beach ball bounces down the slide. At the bottom of the slide, it bounces off Bondi.
[Bondi grunting]
Frizzy cheer, GREAT!
Bondi stretches his arms.
He says, OH.
GOOD NIGHT.
He lies down on the floor and falls asleep.
[Bondi snoring]
[Gemma groaning]
Gemma crosses out the drawing of Bondi on her clipboard. She and Frizzy run upstairs to the cadet’s bedroom, where Pounce is asleep on his feet.
[Pounce snoring]
[Gemma gasping]
Gemma says, IT'S TIME!
An alarm clock strikes midnight.
[Alarm clock ringing]
Pounce says, THANK GOODNESS.
I CAN BARELY STAND.
Neville says, WAIT, WE NEED SNACKS!
FOR US WOMBATS, MIDNIGHT IS
BASICALLY LUNCHTIME.
He hurries over to the fridge.
Gemma says, COME ON, NEVILLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO MISS IT!
Neville takes a stack of sandwich’s out of the fridge.
He says, COMING!
Neville walks past the small pool, now partially filled with water that continues to drip from the tap.
[Dripping]
Outside, Sandy follows Phillipa, Sammy, and the junior cadets out onto the watchtower.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Frizzy says, SO, THIS IS THE SURPRISE?
CLOUDS?
Clouds fill the night sky.
Neville says, WOW.
THEY'RE SO, UH... FLUFFY.
Sammy grabs one of Neville’s sandwiches and takes a bite.
[Sammy munching]
Sammy says, YUMMY!
[Sammy giggling]
Neville smiles at Sammy.
Gemma says, NO, THE CLOUDS ARE RUINING
IT!
WE JUST NEED TO STAY UP A BIT
LATER.
Standing beside her, Pounce looks exhausted.
He says, LATER?!
[Pounce yawning]
[Philippa yawning]
[Frizzy yawning]
Philippa says, SLEEPY...
Frizzy says, WE CAN DO THIS, TEAM, WITH...
She spins the pointer on her wakey-wakey wheel.
She announces, BEACH SONG KARAOKE!
In the patrol room, Sandy and the others sit on the benches in front of the large monitor while Frizzy stands, singing into a microphone.
Frizzy sings, SEAGULL
DO YOU HAVE ONE LEG?
OR ARE YOU JUST
STANDING WONKILY?
[Pounce groaning]
Pounce closes his eyes.
Neville says, POUNCE, COME ON.
BEDTIME.
He follows Pounce to his bunk. Pounce hops in his bed with his eyes still closed.
Neville says, GOOD NIGHT, POUNCE.
Pounce says, GOODNIGHT, MUM.
[Neville gasping]
[Neville giggling]
[Pounce snoring]
On the benches, Sammy plays with a beach ball.
Frizzy sings, SAND IS EVERYWHERE.
Sammy tosses the beach ball to Philippa and Philippa tosses it to Gemma.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Frizzy sings, IN YOUR FOOD
AND IN YOUR HAIR.
Gemma tosses the beach ball to Sandy. Sandy tosses the ball toward Sammy, and it bounces off Gemma’s head. Gemma runs after the ball.
[Sandy laughing]
Frizzy closes her eyes.
[Frizzy softly snoring]
Neville walks over to Frizzy.
He says, COME ON, EVERYONE.
He leads her away from the benches.
[Sammy yawning]
Philippa says, NIGHT-NIGHT.
She hops off the bench.
[Philippa grunting]
Neville walks with Frizzy to her bunk.
He says, GOOD NIGHT, FRIZZY.
Frizzy falls face first onto her bed.
[Thudding]
Frizzy rolls over and says, GOOD NIGHT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
[Frizzy sighing]
By the control panel, Gemma grabs the beach ball.
She turns around and says, WAIT.
WHERE IS EVERYONE?
In Neville’s bunk, he reads a book. Sammy sits on his right with the rubber duck, and Philippa sits on his left with the toy boat.
Neville says, THEN THE ELEPHANT SAID,
"THAT'S NOT A HAT.
THOSE ARE MY UNDERPANTS."
Gemma runs into the room.
She says, NEVILLE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Neville says, UM... NOTHING.
He closes the book, leaving Sammy and Philippa asleep.
[Sammy and Philippa softly snoring]
[Pounce and Frizzy snoring]
Neville leaves his bunk.
Gemma says, YOU'VE RUINED MY SURPRISE!
She runs away.
Neville says, WAIT, GEMMA.
I'M STILL AWAKE!
[Neville sighing]
On the watchtower, Gemma sits beside Sandy.
She says, AT LEAST YOU'RE STILL AWAKE,
SANDY.
She looks at Sandy, asleep with her head on her hand.
[Sandy snoring]
Gemma says, SANDY?
She crosses out Sandy’s picture on her clipboard.
Gemma says, AWW...
SLEEPING AT A NO SLEEP
SLEEPOVER.
[Gemma groaning]
Inside, Neville is asleep on his pillow with Sammy and Philippa sleep on the other side the bed.
[Snoring]
Philippa moves in her sleep. She bumps against the toy boat, and wakes up.
She says, BOATIE!
She grabs her boat.
She cheers, BOATIE!
Sammy wakes up.
He says, BOATIE?
HAH!
He grabs the rubber duck and runs out of the bunk with Philippa.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Neville slowly wakes up.
He says, HUH?
He looks around the room.
He says, LITTLE ONES?
Neville looks under his pillow.
[Neville gasping]
Neville says, THE LITTLIES ARE MISSING!
EMERGENCY!
He hits the alarm button on the wall of his bunk.
[Alarm blaring]
[Upbeat music plays]
In a montage, the Kangaroo Beach lifeguards prepare for rescue with radios, first aid kits, and rescue boards. The travel in their rescue vehicles, a helicopter, boat, submarine and golf cart. The junior cadets gather, ready for action, and pose.
In the workshop, Pounce searches the rescue golf cart.
He says, SAMMY?
PHILIPPA?
KIDS?
He looks under the cart. In the bay, Gemma searches the rescue boat.
She says, PHILLIPA?
SAMMY?
In the equipment room, Bondi and Big Trev check the surfboard rack.
Bondi says, NOTHING HERE.
Big Trev says, GREAT GUMNUTS!
In the patrol room, Sandy looks under a bench.
She says, HUH?
[Sandy groaning]
In the cadet’s bedroom, Neville checks Gemma’s bunk.
He says, PHILIPPA?
LITTLE ONES?
From afar, Sammy says, BOATIE!
[Neville gasping]
Neville says, THE POOL!
OH, NO!
In the small pool, Philippa sits in the water with the toy boat. Sammy sleeps against the side of the pool with the rubber duck.
[Sammy snoring]
Philippa slowly closes her eyes. Neville runs over with Gemma.
[Neville panting]
He yells, WAKE UP!
Gemma wakes up Sammy. Neville wakes up Philippa and lifts her out of the pool.
[Neville grunting]
The lifeguards hurry over.
Sandy asks, ARE YOU OKAY, LITTLE ONES?
Sammy says, I THINK SO.
Bondi says, YOU HAD US WORRIED.
Neville says, THIS IS ALL MY FAULT.
I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE POOL.
Gemma says, NO.
STAYING UP LATE WAS MY IDEA.
IT'S MY FAULT.
Sandy says, HEY, IT'S A GOOD LEARNING
LESSON FOR EVERYONE.
Big Trev says, OH, YES.
IT JUST SHOWS HOW EASILY TROUBLE
IN THE WATER CAN HAPPEN, EVEN AT
HOME.
Bondi says, NEVER LEAVE A POOL OR BATH
FULL OF WATER OR EVEN AN EMPTY
ONE WITH THE PLUG IN.
Sandy unplugs the pool, draining the water.
She says, LET'S LEAVE THIS BAD BOY UP
HERE, SO THERE'S NO MORE DRAMA.
She leaves the plug on a countertop.
Gemma says, GOT IT.
[Gemma yawning]
Gemma asks, CAN WE GO TO BED NOW?
Back in the cadets bedroom, Frizzy, Gemma and Pounce are asleep in their bunks. Sammy and Philippa sleep in Neville’s bunk.
[Snoring]
Neville walks in with a sandwich. He glances out the window at a streak of glowing green light in the sky.
He says, HUH?
OH...
GEMMA, WAKE UP!
Gemma wakes up.
She says, WHAT?
HAVE I MISSED IT?
Neville quietly says, NOT YET.
COME ON.
Gemma runs onto the balcony with Neville.
Neville asks, WHAT IS IT?
Gemma says, AURORA AUSTRALIS -
THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS.
A second green streak of green light brightens the night sky.
Neville says, OH, AMAZING.
Gemma says, I'M SO GLAD I GET TO WATCH IT
WITH YOU, NEVILLE.
[Soft snoring]
Gemma says, NEVILLE?
She looks at Neville, asleep against the railing.
Gemma says, YOUR TURN, EH?
GOOD NIGHT, NEV.
[Upbeat music plays]
End credits.
Cast: Pounce, Harriet Hynes. Frizzy, Eliza Hynes. Gemma, Millie Egerton. Neville, Jerra Wright-Smith. Sandy, Kitty Flanagan. Bondi, Matthew Hardie. Big Trev, Rupert Degas.
A singer sings, WE'RE HERE ALL SUMMER,
IT JUST GETS FUNNER
LET'S HOP DOWN TO...
KANGAROO BEACH!
Developed and Produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Logo: A Cheeky Little Production.
Copyright 2023.
[Upbeat music plays]
A singer sings, OVER THE OCEAN
AND OVER THE REEF.
THERE'S A SUNNY LITTLE PLACE
CALLED KANGAROO BEACH.
The sun shines brightly over the Kangaroo Beach Lifeguard Headquarters. Text reads, Screen Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation presents, A Cheeky Little Media production. Created by Tim Bain.
The singer sings, FRIZZY, GEMMA,
NEVILLE AND POUNCE.
Frizzy, a koala with blue fur, balances sunglasses on her head. Gemma, a platypus, wears goggles strapped over her head. Neville, a wombat, wears a bucket hat. Pounce, a kangaroo, hops over his friends and down a slide. All the friends wear a red and blue uniform.
The singer and others sing, CADETS IN THE CLUB,
SO COME ON, LET'S BOUNCE.
Gemma, Frizzy and Neville follow Pounce down the slide.
The singer sings, GOOD FRIENDS SURFIN'
SWIMMIN', LEARNIN’
Pounce surfs down the slide. Gemma slides down on her stomach. Fizzy follows with her paws in the air. Neville spins down the slide.
He screams, AAH!
Outside, on the Kangaroo Beach dock, he blows a whistle and points to the water.
[Whistle blaring]
The singer sings, BONDI, SANDY,
BIG TREV TOO.
Kangaroos Bondi and Sandy speed across the water on a boat with Pounce. Underwater, Frizzy travels in a submarine with Big Trev, a bearded koala with green fur.
The singer sings, TRAININ' WITH THE VERY BEST
LIFEGUARD CREW.
STAYIN' SAFE, BEING BRAVE,
RIDE A WAVE, MAKE A SAVE.
Gemma rides in a helicopter. The lifeguards and junior cadets return to the beach. The cadets surf a big wave.
The singer sings, WE'RE HERE ALL SUMMER,
IT JUST GETS FUNNER.
LET'S HOP DOWN TO...
A large wave crashes into the lifeguards and cadets on the beach.
The singer sings, …KANGAROO BEACH!
Title, Kangaroo Beach. A splash of water reveals the episode title on the beach.
Sammy reads, SURF CLUB SLEEPOVER.
Text reads, written by Lorin Clarke and Tim Bain. A wave rolls over the sand, revealing an aerial view of Kangaroo Beach at dusk, where Bondi waits for the junior cadets at a finish line.
[Breathing heavily]
Bondi says, COME ON, YOU'RE DOING WELL.
DIG IN THERE.
He stops his timer.
He says, BRAVO.
The cadets cross the finish line. Frizzy and Neville collapse onto the sand. Gemma sits down beside between them. Pounce leans forward.
[Breathing heavily]
Bondi says, GREAT RUN-SWIM-RUN, CADETS!
YOU'VE EARNED A REST.
[Breathing heavily]
The cadets walk across the beach. At the Kangaroo Beach surf club, lifeguard headquarters, they ride an elevator to the main floor.
Frizzy says, PHEW, I'M EXHAUSTED.
Neville says, OH, BUSHED.
Pounce says, I'M POOPED.
WHO'S READY FOR AN EARLY
BEDTIME?
Gemma says, NO BEDTIME!
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO STAY UP
TILL MIDNIGHT TO SEE A SPECIAL
SURPRISE.
Frizzy says, OOH!
Neville guesses, SANTA?
Frizzy guesses, A SPACE RAINBOW?
Gemma says, IT'S A SURPRISE.
Frizzy says, THIS SOUNDS VERY STRANGE AND
MYSTERIOUS.
Gemma asks, SO YOU'RE IN?
Frizzy says, OBVIOUSLY!
[Pounce yawning]
Gemma says, NO YAWNING!
IT'S CONTAGIOUS.
[Frizzy yawning]
Gemma says, SEE?
Pounce says, SORRY, GEMMA, BUT THERE'S NO
WAY THE LIFEGUARDS WILL LET US
STAY UP UNTIL –
Sandy interrupts as she hops over with Big Trev and Bondi.
She asks, WHO'S READY FOR GEMMA'S NO
SLEEP SLEEPOVER?
Philippa and Sammy run in.
Philippa says, SLEEPIES!
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
[Big Trev yawning]
Neville says, NO YAWNING!
IT'S OUTRAGEOUS!
[Pounce yawning]
[Frizzy yawning]
[Bondi yawning]
Neville says SEE?
Gemma says, FOCUS, TEAM.
WE JUST NEED TO DO SOME WAKE-UP
EXERCISES!
ARE YOU READY?
The cadets cheer, YES!
Neville cheers, SO FUN!
Sammy cheers, WHOO!
Under a soft light in front of the patrol room monitor, Gemma blows a whistle.
[Whistle blaring]
The junior cadets chant, GIVE US STRENGTH, GIVE
US POWER, TO STAY UP FOR FIVE
MORE HOURS.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Gemma leads her friends, along with Sammy and Philippa, through a march around the room.
The cadets chant, GIVE US STRENGTH, GIVE US
POWER, TO STAY UP FOR FIVE MORE
HOURS.
[Whistle blaring]
Gemma lowers her whistle.
She says, GOOD.
She checks drawings of everyone on her clipboard.
She says, ALL STILL AWAKE.
[Pounce yarning]
[Philippa sighing]
Frizzy says, HMM.
THERE'S SOMETHING THIS NO-SLEEP
SLEEPOVER NEEDS.
Gemma asks, MORE MARCHING?
Frizzy says, ENTERTAINMENT!
HAS ANYONE PLAYED THE WHEEL
OF WAKEY-WAKEY?
Neville says, NOT ME.
Pounce says, NO.
Gemma says, NUH-UH.
Frizzy says, THAT'S BECAUSE I JUST
INVENTED IT!
She pulls out a wheel with a surfboard pointer.
She says, THIS WILL TELL US WHICH GAME
TO PLAY.
SPIN IT, SAMMY!
[Sammy giggling]
Frizzy says, SPIN IT, SAMMY.
Sammy spins the pointer on the wheel. It lands on a drawing of a shark.
Frizzy says, YAY!
SHARK IN THE DARK!
YOU CAN BE THE SHARK, NEVILLE.
Neville wears a shark costume.
[Neville cackling]
Pounce says, THAT'S THE SHARK.
BUT WHAT'S THE 'DARK' BIT?
Frizzy turns off the last light.
Everyone says, OOH...
[Laughing]
In the dark, Neville says, HERE I COME TO GET YOU!
The others run away. He chases after them.
He says, CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Neville bumps into something.
He says, AAH!
WHAT WAS THAT?
[Snoring]
Pounce turns on the soft light, revealing Bondi asleep on the floor beside the control panel.
[Bondi snoring]
Bondi wakes up.
He says, HUH?
OH, I WAS JUST EXERCISING MY
EYELIDS.
Bondi counts his blinks.
He says, 98, 99, 100.
[Bondi clearing his throat]
Gemma runs over.
She says, HEY!
NO SLEEPING AT THE
NO-SLEEP SLEEPOVER.
Neville grabs Bondi’s arms with both hands.
He says, CHOMP!
YOU'RE IT.
Bondi groans, OH...
[Cadets laughing]
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
On another spin of Frizzy’s wakey-wakey wheel, the surfboard pointer lands on a drawing of swim fins.
Frizzy cheers, WHOO!
SCUBA DIVE DANCE-OFF!
HIT THE MUSIC!
[Funky music plays]
Downstairs in the equipment room, the junior cadets dance wearing their scuba helmets and swim fins. Sandy dances with them, while Big Trev dances from a chair.
Gemma cheers, LOVING IT!
Neville says, AWESOME!
Gemma says, BEST DANCE EVER!
Pounce cheers, GO, GEMMA!
He balances on one hand.
He cheers, ALRIGHT!
He slips and falls.
He yelps, WHOA!
[Big Trev chuckling]
[Pounce giggling]
[Frizzy singing]
Neville stumbles.
He yelps, WHOA.
Frizzy catches Neville before he falls.
[Frizzy and Neville laughing]
Philippa and Sammy hop across the floor in swim fins.
[Philippa and Sammy giggling]
Big Trev says, AHH... IT'S EXHAUSTING JUST
WATCHING YOU!
SORRY, KIDS.
I'M GOING TO HIT THE HAY.
Gemma sighs, OH.
She draws a line over the drawing of Big Trev on her clipboard. Neville continues dancing.
Pounce asks, AREN'T YOU TIRED, NEVILLE?
Neville says, NOT ME!
US WOMBATS ARE NOCTURNAL.
REMEMBER?
INTERESTING FACT - WE CAN
STAY UP ALL NIGHT!
[Pounce snoring]
Pounce sleeps standing up.
Neville says, WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS
INTERESTING.
Gemma yells, WAKE UP!
Pounce wakes up.
[Pounce yelping]
[Neville giggling]
Frizzy says, NEW GAME, CADETS.
She spins the pointer on her wakey-wakey wheel. It lands on a drawing of a boat.
Frizzy cheers, BOAT RACE!
[Water running]
[Laughing]
Beside the kitchen, a tap fills a small pool with water. A toy boat floats in the water. The cadets stand around it with Sammy and Philippa. Bondi supervises. Sandy hops over.
She says, OKAY, POP QUIZ, CADETS.
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH ALL THIS
WATER WHEN WE'RE FINISHED?
Neville says, UM, DRINK IT?
Sandy says, BAH-BOW
She turns her thumb down.
She explains, WE DRAIN IT!
NEVER LEAVE WATER IN A BATH
OR A KIDDIE POOL WHERE LITTLIES
COULD BE AROUND.
Sandy gives Neville a rubber duck and toy rescue boat.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Neville puts the rubber duck and rescue boat in the pool. Sammy and Philippa push the toy boat in the pool back and forth as the water reaches the edge.
He says, WOBBLY WOMBATS!
THE TAP!
He quickly turns off the tap.
He says, PHEW!
Frizzy announces, START YOUR ENGINES!
Gemma and Pounce hop over to Neville. They line up the three toys.
[Giggling]
Frizzy says, ALL RIGHT, ON YOUR MARKS….
She raises an oar.
She says, GET SET…
She sticks the oar in the pool.
She says BLOW!
Frizzy stirs the water, making a current with the oar. The rubber duck and boats move through the water with the duck in the lead.
[Cheering]
Gemma cheers, I'M WINNING!
Pounce cheers, GO, GO, GO!
Neville cheers, WHOO!
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Gemma cheers, GO FASTER!
Neville cheers, MINE’S WINNING!
YAY!
The toys reach the starting point.
Neville cheers, MINE WON!
[Laughing]
Frizzy says, AND THE DUCK WINS!
She hands Neville a large trophy.
Pounce says, WELL DONE, NEVILLE!
Frizzy says, POUNCE COMES SECOND.
She gives Pounce a small trophy.
She says, AND GEMMA SCORES THIRD!
She gives Gemma a medal.
[Cheering]
Frizzy says, BUT WE'RE ALL WINNERS.
BRAVO, BRAVO!
[Giggling]
Sandy says, WHOA, HANG ON!
Bondi says, THOSE ARE OUR TROPHIES!
[Giggling]
Frizzy says, NEXT CHALLENGE!
She starts to leave with the others.
Sandy says, WAIT A RED-HOT MINUTE!
FORGETTING SOMETHING?
Neville says, OH, YEAH, THE WATER.
He pulls a plug in the pool and the water pours out into a drain in the floor.
Frizzy says, ONE HOUR TILL
MIDNIGHT!
Neville puts the plug back in the drained pool and grabs his trophy. Slowly, water from the tap drips into the pool.
[Dripping]
On Frizzy’s wakey-wakey wheel, the surfboard pointer lands on a pillow drawing.
Frizzy cheers, PILLOW SURFING!
Gemma, Pounce, Neville, Philippa and Sammy stand on pillows as if they were surfboards.
[Laughing]
[Giggling]
Frizzy spins the surfboard pointer.
She announces, SEA ANIMAL SHADOW PUPPETS!
Bondi shines a flashlight on a blank wall. Gemma holds her hands in front of it, creating a shape on the wall that looks like a fish.
[Laughing]
[Giggling]
Neville makes a bird shadow puppet.
He says, CAW, CAW, CAW!
An octopus shadow puppet appears on the wall.
Frizzy and Gemma say, HUH?
Lying on her back, Philippa holds her flippers in front of the light.
[Philippa giggling]
In the cadet’s bedroom, Neville runs up to the slide with a beach ball.
Frizzy announces, BOWLING FOR BONDI!
The beach ball bounces down the slide. At the bottom of the slide, it bounces off Bondi.
[Bondi grunting]
Frizzy cheer, GREAT!
Bondi stretches his arms.
He says, OH.
GOOD NIGHT.
He lies down on the floor and falls asleep.
[Bondi snoring]
[Gemma groaning]
Gemma crosses out the drawing of Bondi on her clipboard. She and Frizzy run upstairs to the cadet’s bedroom, where Pounce is asleep on his feet.
[Pounce snoring]
[Gemma gasping]
Gemma says, IT'S TIME!
An alarm clock strikes midnight.
[Alarm clock ringing]
Pounce says, THANK GOODNESS.
I CAN BARELY STAND.
Neville says, WAIT, WE NEED SNACKS!
FOR US WOMBATS, MIDNIGHT IS
BASICALLY LUNCHTIME.
He hurries over to the fridge.
Gemma says, COME ON, NEVILLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO MISS IT!
Neville takes a stack of sandwich’s out of the fridge.
He says, COMING!
Neville walks past the small pool, now partially filled with water that continues to drip from the tap.
[Dripping]
Outside, Sandy follows Phillipa, Sammy, and the junior cadets out onto the watchtower.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Frizzy says, SO, THIS IS THE SURPRISE?
CLOUDS?
Clouds fill the night sky.
Neville says, WOW.
THEY'RE SO, UH... FLUFFY.
Sammy grabs one of Neville’s sandwiches and takes a bite.
[Sammy munching]
Sammy says, YUMMY!
[Sammy giggling]
Neville smiles at Sammy.
Gemma says, NO, THE CLOUDS ARE RUINING
IT!
WE JUST NEED TO STAY UP A BIT
LATER.
Standing beside her, Pounce looks exhausted.
He says, LATER?!
[Pounce yawning]
[Philippa yawning]
[Frizzy yawning]
Philippa says, SLEEPY...
Frizzy says, WE CAN DO THIS, TEAM, WITH...
She spins the pointer on her wakey-wakey wheel.
She announces, BEACH SONG KARAOKE!
In the patrol room, Sandy and the others sit on the benches in front of the large monitor while Frizzy stands, singing into a microphone.
Frizzy sings, SEAGULL
DO YOU HAVE ONE LEG?
OR ARE YOU JUST
STANDING WONKILY?
[Pounce groaning]
Pounce closes his eyes.
Neville says, POUNCE, COME ON.
BEDTIME.
He follows Pounce to his bunk. Pounce hops in his bed with his eyes still closed.
Neville says, GOOD NIGHT, POUNCE.
Pounce says, GOODNIGHT, MUM.
[Neville gasping]
[Neville giggling]
[Pounce snoring]
On the benches, Sammy plays with a beach ball.
Frizzy sings, SAND IS EVERYWHERE.
Sammy tosses the beach ball to Philippa and Philippa tosses it to Gemma.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Frizzy sings, IN YOUR FOOD
AND IN YOUR HAIR.
Gemma tosses the beach ball to Sandy. Sandy tosses the ball toward Sammy, and it bounces off Gemma’s head. Gemma runs after the ball.
[Sandy laughing]
Frizzy closes her eyes.
[Frizzy softly snoring]
Neville walks over to Frizzy.
He says, COME ON, EVERYONE.
He leads her away from the benches.
[Sammy yawning]
Philippa says, NIGHT-NIGHT.
She hops off the bench.
[Philippa grunting]
Neville walks with Frizzy to her bunk.
He says, GOOD NIGHT, FRIZZY.
Frizzy falls face first onto her bed.
[Thudding]
Frizzy rolls over and says, GOOD NIGHT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
[Frizzy sighing]
By the control panel, Gemma grabs the beach ball.
She turns around and says, WAIT.
WHERE IS EVERYONE?
In Neville’s bunk, he reads a book. Sammy sits on his right with the rubber duck, and Philippa sits on his left with the toy boat.
Neville says, THEN THE ELEPHANT SAID,
"THAT'S NOT A HAT.
THOSE ARE MY UNDERPANTS."
Gemma runs into the room.
She says, NEVILLE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Neville says, UM... NOTHING.
He closes the book, leaving Sammy and Philippa asleep.
[Sammy and Philippa softly snoring]
[Pounce and Frizzy snoring]
Neville leaves his bunk.
Gemma says, YOU'VE RUINED MY SURPRISE!
She runs away.
Neville says, WAIT, GEMMA.
I'M STILL AWAKE!
[Neville sighing]
On the watchtower, Gemma sits beside Sandy.
She says, AT LEAST YOU'RE STILL AWAKE,
SANDY.
She looks at Sandy, asleep with her head on her hand.
[Sandy snoring]
Gemma says, SANDY?
She crosses out Sandy’s picture on her clipboard.
Gemma says, AWW...
SLEEPING AT A NO SLEEP
SLEEPOVER.
[Gemma groaning]
Inside, Neville is asleep on his pillow with Sammy and Philippa sleep on the other side the bed.
[Snoring]
Philippa moves in her sleep. She bumps against the toy boat, and wakes up.
She says, BOATIE!
She grabs her boat.
She cheers, BOATIE!
Sammy wakes up.
He says, BOATIE?
HAH!
He grabs the rubber duck and runs out of the bunk with Philippa.
[Sammy and Philippa giggling]
Neville slowly wakes up.
He says, HUH?
He looks around the room.
He says, LITTLE ONES?
Neville looks under his pillow.
[Neville gasping]
Neville says, THE LITTLIES ARE MISSING!
EMERGENCY!
He hits the alarm button on the wall of his bunk.
[Alarm blaring]
[Upbeat music plays]
In a montage, the Kangaroo Beach lifeguards prepare for rescue with radios, first aid kits, and rescue boards. The travel in their rescue vehicles, a helicopter, boat, submarine and golf cart. The junior cadets gather, ready for action, and pose.
In the workshop, Pounce searches the rescue golf cart.
He says, SAMMY?
PHILIPPA?
KIDS?
He looks under the cart. In the bay, Gemma searches the rescue boat.
She says, PHILLIPA?
SAMMY?
In the equipment room, Bondi and Big Trev check the surfboard rack.
Bondi says, NOTHING HERE.
Big Trev says, GREAT GUMNUTS!
In the patrol room, Sandy looks under a bench.
She says, HUH?
[Sandy groaning]
In the cadet’s bedroom, Neville checks Gemma’s bunk.
He says, PHILIPPA?
LITTLE ONES?
From afar, Sammy says, BOATIE!
[Neville gasping]
Neville says, THE POOL!
OH, NO!
In the small pool, Philippa sits in the water with the toy boat. Sammy sleeps against the side of the pool with the rubber duck.
[Sammy snoring]
Philippa slowly closes her eyes. Neville runs over with Gemma.
[Neville panting]
He yells, WAKE UP!
Gemma wakes up Sammy. Neville wakes up Philippa and lifts her out of the pool.
[Neville grunting]
The lifeguards hurry over.
Sandy asks, ARE YOU OKAY, LITTLE ONES?
Sammy says, I THINK SO.
Bondi says, YOU HAD US WORRIED.
Neville says, THIS IS ALL MY FAULT.
I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE POOL.
Gemma says, NO.
STAYING UP LATE WAS MY IDEA.
IT'S MY FAULT.
Sandy says, HEY, IT'S A GOOD LEARNING
LESSON FOR EVERYONE.
Big Trev says, OH, YES.
IT JUST SHOWS HOW EASILY TROUBLE
IN THE WATER CAN HAPPEN, EVEN AT
HOME.
Bondi says, NEVER LEAVE A POOL OR BATH
FULL OF WATER OR EVEN AN EMPTY
ONE WITH THE PLUG IN.
Sandy unplugs the pool, draining the water.
She says, LET'S LEAVE THIS BAD BOY UP
HERE, SO THERE'S NO MORE DRAMA.
She leaves the plug on a countertop.
Gemma says, GOT IT.
[Gemma yawning]
Gemma asks, CAN WE GO TO BED NOW?
Back in the cadets bedroom, Frizzy, Gemma and Pounce are asleep in their bunks. Sammy and Philippa sleep in Neville’s bunk.
[Snoring]
Neville walks in with a sandwich. He glances out the window at a streak of glowing green light in the sky.
He says, HUH?
OH...
GEMMA, WAKE UP!
Gemma wakes up.
She says, WHAT?
HAVE I MISSED IT?
Neville quietly says, NOT YET.
COME ON.
Gemma runs onto the balcony with Neville.
Neville asks, WHAT IS IT?
Gemma says, AURORA AUSTRALIS -
THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS.
A second green streak of green light brightens the night sky.
Neville says, OH, AMAZING.
Gemma says, I'M SO GLAD I GET TO WATCH IT
WITH YOU, NEVILLE.
[Soft snoring]
Gemma says, NEVILLE?
She looks at Neville, asleep against the railing.
Gemma says, YOUR TURN, EH?
GOOD NIGHT, NEV.
[Upbeat music plays]
End credits.
Cast: Pounce, Harriet Hynes. Frizzy, Eliza Hynes. Gemma, Millie Egerton. Neville, Jerra Wright-Smith. Sandy, Kitty Flanagan. Bondi, Matthew Hardie. Big Trev, Rupert Degas.
A singer sings, WE'RE HERE ALL SUMMER,
IT JUST GETS FUNNER
LET'S HOP DOWN TO...
KANGAROO BEACH!
Developed and Produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Logo: A Cheeky Little Production.
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