Season 1
39 episodes · Jun 3, 1969
0/39 watched
Swipe a row to mark watched · long-press to mark up to there
- S1E1
Not My Kind of Country
Jun 3, 196930mA raging bushfire threatens the life of a runaway boy, and of Kevin and the boy's mother who have gone to look for him. All three are trapped by the fire.
- S1E2
Smoke Signals
Jun 9, 196930mWhile flying in the outback, John Stevens encounters an Aboriginal with acute appendicitis and must co-operate.
- S1E3
Crocodile Hunter
Jun 16, 196930mThree American business executives set off on an outback photographic safari in crocodile infested swamps, but only two of them return to Stevens' home.
- S1E4
Trouble With Chico
Jun 23, 196930mStevens finds himself involved with a diamond robbery when he baby-sits a trained chimpanzee named Chico.
- S1E5
The Exterminators
Jun 30, 196930mA group of cattlemen decide to organise a hunt for the kangaroos which they believe are the carriers of the deadly disease Anthrax, which is being spread among their cattle.
- S1E6
Eye Witness
Jul 7, 196930mStevens discovers that a young immigrant has smuggled a puppy into the country and, afraid that he will now lose it, the boy runs away, and innocently becomes involved in a bank robber chase.
- S1E7
The Crop Duster
Jul 14, 196930mWhen a farmer sprays his crops with insecticide, Stevens discovers that the powder is threatening a colony of koalas.
- S1E8
Birds Of A Feather
Jul 21, 196930mWhile returning a champion mare to its owner, Jack and Kevin come across men illegally trapping birds for smuggling overseas.
- S1E9
The Rustler
Jul 28, 196930mA dishonest vet tries to convince a cattle owner that his cattle are seriously ill and should be immediately removed from the property and destroyed. The vet then plans to steal and sell the herd.
- S1E10
Nine Lives
Aug 4, 196930mA cat has been left a large sum of money in its master's will, a sum which can only be claimed by the relatives on the natural death of the animal. The late eccentric master's nephew, Willy, has some gambling debts which need urgent attention, and his attempts to liquidate the cat and claim the money do not succeed. When he tries to push it over a quarry, he himself falls down and has to be rescued; when he tries to drown it in a dam, he ends up floundering for his life; and when he abandons it in a remote forest, the cat uncannily finds its way back, just in time to stop Willy getting his clutches on the money.
- S1E11
Bounty Hunter
Aug 11, 196930mA valuable thoroughbred horse escapes from its horsebox after a road accident, and Kevin goes out to search for it.
- S1E12
Panic
Aug 18, 196930mAn Army plane carrying an atomic device and a deadly virus crashes in the Gattens Creek area.
- S1E13
That's What Friends Are For
Aug 25, 196930mColin Greaves, a champion polo player, is thrown from his horse during a match and suffers a severe leg injury. He becomes disillusioned and loses the will to recover.
- S1E14
Sound Of Danger
Sep 1, 196930mTiggie and Kevin's efforts to care for a sick platypus are ruined by the sudden arrival of mining prospectors.
- S1E15
A Dog's Best Friend
Sep 8, 196930mAn eccentric old man who cares for a house full of stray dogs is to be evicted from his home by a new and ruthless owner.
- S1E16
Nobody Comes Here Anymore
Sep 15, 196930mThe Stevens family goes to an island bird sanctuary so Kevin can release a bird that he has been caring for. They cross paths with a dangerous gang of counterfeiters using the island as a hideout.
- S1E17
The Runaways
Sep 22, 196930mWhile flying a seriously ill dog back to Gattens Creek, Kevin and Peter Fischer find themselves involved in an elopement and are forced to make a detour.
- S1E18
Deadly Cargo
Sep 29, 196930mJohn Stevens investigates a case of rabies and unwittingly gets involved with a gang of smugglers.
- S1E19
Trapped
Oct 6, 196930mJack, Peter and Kevin work feverishly to save the life of a prize Australian Silkie dog trapped under tons of rock from an excavation site.
- S1E20
Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie
Oct 13, 196930mThe Stevens family go to Sydney to attend a veterinary convention and become involved with an eccentric old woman who takes them on a hair-raising tour of Sydney Harbour.
- S1E21
The Champion
Oct 20, 196930mFoul play is discovered the night before a big sheepdog competition in Gattens Creek. Stevens is called in and catches the culprit.
- S1E22
Doctor Fugitive
Oct 27, 196930mStevens is attacked by two prison escapees, and through loss of memory is mistaken for one of the prisoners.
- S1E23
Noel's Ark
Nov 3, 196930mAn eccentric pianist arrives in Australia on his yacht with his pets - exotic animals and birds collected from all over the world. While ashore, his yacht is set adrift.
- S1E24
A Life For A Life
Nov 10, 196930mPeter and Kevin become involved with an old Aboriginal and his dying camel, and Jack Johnson narrowly misses death.
- S1E25
Where Dead Men Lie
Nov 17, 196930mWhen Kevin, Peter and Tiggie are transporting a lamb for special surgery, they spot an 'injured' man lying beside his car. They land, and the man hijacks their plane, leaving them stranded without water.
- S1E26
Ghost Town
Nov 24, 196930mPeter Fischer takes the Land Rover for a day's sightseeing. Arriving at a ghost town, he is bitten by a poisonous snake, and his life is saved by a tribe of Aborigines.
- S1E27
No Love For Theodore
Dec 1, 196930mWhen Stevens is appointed to look after an anteater from South America destined for an Australian zoo, the animal's defection to the Australian way of life causes a diplomatic controversy.
- S1E28
The Joker
Dec 8, 1969The activities of a practical joker cause a sequence of events that results in property owners suffering from the effects of a drought finding water on their land.
- S1E29
The Companion
Dec 15, 196930mA child who secretly blames her father for her mother's death in a boating accident forgives him when he saves her Persian cat.
- S1E30
The Rescue
Dec 22, 196930mThe owner of a dog kennel develops a tracking system using dogs with radios to assist in search parties.
- S1E31
Talk To My Agent
Dec 29, 196930mWhen Kevin becomes an animal's agent, it looks as though he'll send the movie producers broke.
- S1E32
The Carrier
Jan 5, 197030mA valuable dog is loose in the area, carrying a deadly disease. Stevens and Fischer are faced with the task of rescuing the animal before the local farmers find it and destroy it.
- S1E33
Gallena Ridge
Jan 12, 197030mKevin assists in bringing into the open the unjust dealings of the manager of a large cattle station.
- S1E34
Lenny
Jan 19, 197030mTiggie sets out to train a wild brumby, but runs foul of a brutal stockman.
- S1E35
Second Sight
Jan 26, 197030mA blind man has his faith restored when he has to rescue Tiggie.
- S1E36
Loaded Message
Feb 2, 197030mStevens has only hours to unmask the perpetrator of a scheme to poison all the stock in the Gattens Creek area.
- S1E37
Caesar Was Shot
Feb 9, 197030mStevens and Fischer have to perform a dangerous operation when a spear fisherman accidentally shoots a horse with an explosive-headed spear.
- S1E38
Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio
Feb 16, 197030mGattens Creek is terrorised by a tiger with a passion for ice-cream.
- S1E39
Silent Witness
Feb 23, 197030mDriving out to see Stevens, a man accidentally knocks down and injures a pedestrian. He is frightened away by the man's dog, and then begins to feel that the dog is hunting him.