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This is the place where I was born.

Some people call it the country.

I call it paradise.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Even though we're a long way from anywhere.

My friends are here.

I spend every morning with them before school.

They're special friends.

Can't you do anything for them?

Look.

See that little guy?

That's Joey. And those are his parents, Kim and Wol.

They love Joey.

They're a real close family.

Rise

and

shine, Joey.

Come here you little monster Dad why do you always have to do that?

Because I love you Joey

Because I'm your father

Old man Dixon.

There is he somewhere, Dad!

I can see him, Dad, I can see him!

I can't

see him.

Where are they?

If you had a brain, it'd rust.

No, it hasn't helped.

What made him go like that, Dad?

Billy McGregor.

Your mom will be real mad when she finds out you're in the Dixon's Land again,

Billy. See ya!

I'd be really angry if I find out you're on the Dixons' land again, Billy.

Then I guess it's better that you don't. Hey!

Bye, Mum. Bye.

You're a crazy one, Billy boy.

Cool it, Mick.

McGregor!

What are you standing there like that for, boy?

Sit down!

You're late again, aren't you?

You can see me after school.

There now, you're free. Remember, we can all be friends.

Let me up and I'll kill you.

That's enough.

Now, Billy McGregor, I want a word with you.

Go on, bust him. He was on my old man's land again this morning.

Him and his pestering roos. They're not pests. They've got just as much right to

be on the land as anyone.

They were here first. I said that's enough.

Billy, Mr. Dixon wants to press charges this time. But they were going to shoot

the runes. Billy, I think I better have a word with your mother.

Oh!

I'm perfectly capable of looking after my son...

Something to bump into Mr. Anderson today.

I know he's threatening to foreclose.

Well, you don't have to worry about that, David. I will get the money.

Well, 50,000 bucks by October... I will get the money!

Now, Pim... It doesn't have to be this way.

You and I, we could work together.

What are you talking about, David?

Like I said, the boy needs a father.

50,000's not gonna grow on trees.

Boy, Dad, where are you when we need you?

Falling in love with you.

Shall I stay?

Would it be a sin?

Can't charge us for looking at the stars, can they?

No.

Not unless you gave them the number for your credit card.

Don't worry, Mum.

I'll get you that money somehow.

Mum?

Mm-hm?

You think I'm weird?

Weird?

Everybody at school says I am.

Well, they are the experts, after all.

Who knows?

Maybe you are weird.

Oh, darling, you're not weird.

You've just got your father's passion in you, that's all.

And that's a really special thing.

You've got to treasure it and hold on to it.

Because it'll make you who you are.

You sure this was a good idea?

Shut up, son. I know what I'm doing.

Thanks for coming out here so quickly.

Half now, half when the job's done. That was the arrangement.

Just get rid of those kangaroos.

They're close.

You sure are a hard man to track down.

On the run from the missus, are you?

My card.

new kangaroo kingdom

they'll

be on the flats we'll find them we'll tranquilize them and they'll be fast

asleep before they ever know what hit them

Give it a shot.

The mob.

Whoa! Watch your step!

That's where the lightning hit.

Two trucks.

Came from both directions.

Ambushed them.

What happened to them? We didn't hear any guns.

No, mate, I'd say they were tranquilized.

Taken away.

How do you know that, Mick?

Old Aboriginal secret.

What did they want them for?

The all new Kangaroo Kingdom.

Sydney.

I don't know.

Joey?

What do you think, Mick? Your mum's not going to like it, mate.

We won't tell her.

We'll keep him in the treehouse for a few days.

I don't know, Billy.

They've got Kim on wall, Mick.

The little fella needs us.

Well, they took the lot of them. The whole mob.

Looks like it.

Kept them alive.

Took them to some kind of zoo in Sydney.

How's he taking it?

Pretty bad.

I'll go and see him. He says he needs to be alone right now.

Right, I'll send over some blankets.

I'll do it.

Here, Joey.

Drink this.

You're gonna be okay, Joey.

You're gonna be okay.

I wonder if he's up to going to school.

I'll go and wait.

Hi, Mum.

Bye, Mum.

Joey, you've got to eat something.

Here.

Eat this.

It's good.

I'll be back at three.

For heaven's sake.

Cooley, I'm not going to tell you again.

Get off the bed.

Cooley, I'm not gonna tell you again. Off the furniture.

In a moment, Ken's cooking class.

vegetable soup day it's an inexpensive yet healthy meal to serve and the

closest your family ever gets to fresh vegetables is pizza sauce now for this

feast you'll need a large onion two tablespoons of olive oil

Sorry, Billy.

I was out running up some strays, mate.

It's okay, Mick.

I should have known a house is no place for a joey.

He needs his family, doesn't he?

A joey learns everything from his mum and dad.

He'll die if his parents aren't around to teach him how to live.

Well, they're in Sydney, in that zoo place, Kangaroo Kingdom.

Maybe we have to take him there.

Sydney's a dark place, Billy.

Been there once.

One of them cities, you know?

Not like here.

Land everywhere here as far as the eye can see.

Makes you think about the land and forget about the people.

In Sydney, there's people everywhere as far as the eye can see.

Makes you forget about the land.

Gotta take him there, Mick.

Your mum won't let ya.

But he needs his parents.

Sydney's miles away.

I know what it's like to not have a father.

I know, mate.

Sydney.

Come on, Joey.

Just think of it as a temporary patch until I get you back with your parents.

It's all right, Joey.

everything I use.

This is just a loan.

Excuse

me,

sir.

Oh, yes, sir.

What can I do for you?

When's the next train to Sydney?

Midnight Express at 1 o'clock.

At 1 o'clock?

That's right.

Why doesn't it come through at midnight?

Well, it comes at 1 o'clock, lad.

But if it's the Midnight Express... Son, I've worked here for 32 years and I

still can't work it out.

You ask me why the Midnight Express doesn't come through at midnight, I tell

you, because we don't have a Midnight Express that comes through at midnight.

And any train station worth the tracks it's laid on needs a Midnight Express.

The closest express we've got coming through near midnight is at 1 o'clock.

So by process of elimination, that's the midnight express. Now, do you want to

buy a ticket or don't you?

How much?

Huh?

Well, Joey, guess we're not in Harrisville anymore.

Thank you.

We'll camp here until the morning, Joey.

Come first light, we'll go straight to Kangaroo Kingdom.

Get you back with your folks.

Then we can get back home.

It's okay, Joey.

My dad always used to say...

Things seem much worse at night.

No matter how dark it gets at night, there's always going to be a sunrise.

Billy? Come on, sweetheart. Time to get up.

Billy, up.

You all right, young man?

Joey?

Joey, come here, boy.

Flash.

Joey.

Here, let me help you.

Joey.

Here,

let's patch this beauty up, eh, Caroline?

You promised.

I implied.

You welched.

I'm not going to get into this with you now, Linda. I'm just not, okay?

We'll go do this walking about in Sydney some other time.

Walk about, Dad?

It's called a walk about. Whatever.

You're not picking up on this culture at all, are you?

Would it be too much to ask for a little bit of cooperation from you?

It's just the two of us now, you know.

This is John O'Bannon. And behind me, you can see the limousine escorting

newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Mr. Ted Ross for a welcome reception with the

governor at his residence.

Escorting the ambassador is his 13-year-old daughter, Linda, who many

believe to... What are you doing, man?

Davo, this is supposed to be a real practice. If we don't get this shot, we

don't get the story.

And if we don't get the story, we don't hand anything in. And if we don't hand

anything in, we never make it to network.

You just look so ridiculous. Hey, this is how the big boys do it, okay?

You see, that's your biggest problem, Davo. You never take anything seriously.

I mean, the big story could come at any time.

I don't know about you, Davo.

It's my goal to have my own show one day. So can we just cut with the

preschool antics and focus on getting the shot when the limo passes by?

I have spoken, Davo.

G'day.

I hate these stupid receptions.

All they ever do is slobber all over my hand and tell me how cute I am. They do

not. Let me say right away, I've been looking forward to meeting each and

every one of you.

You're a very cute little girl.

Excuse me.

I have to sling-a-leek in the dining.

Just drive in one more time. I mean, it's out and it's in. It'll take you

five seconds. That's it. Come on, sir. Please. Let's go.

Have we got any money?

Bribery is a federal offence. Oh, did I say money?

Excuse me.

Actually, 50 cents, Johnna.

G'day, mate.

Got a sec?

I'm a bit of a newbie in these parts.

And I was wondering if you could give us some info on what you feed the roos

around here.

Roos?

As in kangaroos? Mm-hmm.

Here? In the Royal Botanical Gardens? In the city?

I'd like to buy him some tucker with this. Dosh.

How much, uh, tucker? Come on, let's go.

33 more stops before lunch. Kangaroo!

Kangaroo! We'll see kangaroos at Naronga Zoo later on.

Kangaroo!

Anybody seen a root?

Thanks. Yippee!

Here, Kengi, Kengi, Kengi.

Where are you?

Got some muffins for you.

How could they be?

Oh, my God!

Hey, you!

Don't touch him!

Back off, Carver.

I'm the ambassador's daughter.

You touch me and it's an international incident.

Look, just give me back my job.

He's not yours.

He belongs to the wild.

I know. Well, I found him.

You didn't find him. I found him. I found him in the bush.

I found him in the bush.

This is the city.

I know this is the city, but this is the bush part of the city. Look, just give

me back my Joey.

Whenever you're ready.

Women.

What's wrong?

I'm not fighting you.

Afraid you'll lose?

Of course not. Then why?

Because it's wrong to fight a girl.

Why? I don't know why.

But right now, I wish I knew.

Joey, come here, boy.

Come to Linda, Joey.

Come on.

Nah, don't go to her, Joey. She's just a girl.

That's right, Joey. I am a girl.

Which means I'll give you all the love and attention you'll ever want.

Come on, Joey.

Be a good boy.

Come on.

Joey? Good boy, Joey.

Catch you later, mate.

Wait!

Joey, come back here.

Look, my name's Billy McGregor, and that's Joey.

His parents rounded up off my neighbour's land a couple of nights ago.

They were taken to a park somewhere in Sydney called Kangaroo Kingdom.

And if I don't get him back to his parents... He'll probably get sick and

die.

Looks fine to me.

You don't understand.

He needs his parents to survive.

It's in the city.

I've got the address.

See?

Kangaroo kingdom?

Right.

Bet there'd be a lot of kangaroos there, huh?

Charge it, please.

Thanks for the ruse, mate.

Thanks.

Hmm?

A few friends will make him a little less conspicuous.

Who?

Talk to me.

Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me? Are

you talking to me?

Where can I take you?

Can you please?

I'm sorry, this place doesn't exist.

Stuart. Hey, hey.

I've been driving cabs for a long time, ever since...

Well, I can't remember when I wasn't driving a cab, but this place, this

kangaroo, the kingdom, doesn't exist.

Just take us to that address anyway.

Look, I told you once, I told you twice.

I'm not going to tell you a second time. It doesn't exist.

Do you take plastic?

Do I take plastic?

Huh? Do I take plastic? Huh? Do I take plastic?

Charge it, please.

Missing?

Well, Mick's still out looking for him, but... What?

The other night he brought home a joey from the Dixons' land.

A joey?

Yes. Its parents... As in a baby kangaroo?

Yes.

His parents have been rounded up. Now, what the hell was he doing on old man

Dixon's land again? Would you listen to me, please, David?

His bicycle's gone.

I think he might have tried to get the joey back to its parents.

Okay, I'll go find him.

Thank you.

I told you we needed a father.

Look, Billy is a capable kid.

What kind of trouble could he possibly get into?

The sight on this gun's out.

Fix it.

I'll see you at a nightmaker for the big fight.

Yeah, it's a new place mate. Yeah, I'm on my way there now.

Well, what are you looking at, you nosy mongrel?

There it is.

That's it.

Ah, this place.

Hey, I know this place.

Spiros, you wait here. Yeah, sure, okay.

Don't worry, Joey.

We'll find your mum and dad.

You okay?

Yeah.

You?

Yeah, sure.

After the tingling, leave your name, number, a brief message.

That's your favorite way to cook kangaroo steak.

Ah, good to hear you're back in business.

Got some fresh meat.

Eight o'clock tonight.

Keep your place ringside for me.

Joey, wait!

Stay here. Keep a lookout.

Be careful.

um

Joey? Joey?

Earl.

Dodge.

Mac.

Don't worry.

I'm gonna get you all out of here.

Joey.

What sort of people could have done this to you?

Hey! Hey!

Who are you?

Huh? I'm Billy McGregor, and you're busted.

Ain't sure of the rules.

Where'd you find it?

Ticketmaster found it in the bushes this morning. Seems young Billy vandalized a

collection box and bought a ticket on the Midnight Express to Sydney. Oh, God.

Should have got there early hours of this morning.

I have to go to Sydney. Now, Penn. There's no way that old truck's gonna

make it. Can you hold on a second?

When's the next train to Sydney?

Oh, that'll be the midday train.

Leaves at one o'clock.

Penn.

Don't you think it would be a good lesson if you didn't go running after

the boy every time he got himself into trouble?

I mean, if he was my son... He is not, all right?

Give it up, will you?

If I could ask her, Ambassador, what your daughter was wearing.

She was wearing a blue dress and she had a ribbon in her hair.

Think.

Should we mark this as evidence?

Everything's evidence.

Everyone's a suspect.

But nobody.

is without a motive. Who is it?

George Washington, first president of the United States.

Should we dust it for prints? Everything's dustable, everyone's

printable, and nobody is without a record.

Learning yet?

Ambassador, this is a gentleman from ASIO. ASIO?

It's Australian Secret Intelligence Organization.

Like your CIA.

Only more secret.

Nobody... really knows what we do.

I'm sorry, I don't think I got your name.

He won't give us his name. If I gave you my name, it wouldn't be secret.

Do we really need all this? I mean, we don't even know if my daughter's been

kidnapped. We won't know if your daughter's been kidnapped or not until

you answer some questions.

What kind of questions?

You are Ambassador Ross, are you not?

Of course.

Can you confirm that?

Do you realise how valuable that shot of the limo arriving would have been to us

about now?

Our entire careers!

Now look at us, we're at the starting gate, aren't we? We're just waiting for

a golden opportunity to pass us by. Excuse me. Yeah, sure.

What kind of opportunity, Johnno?

Well, we're dead unless we get our hands on those kids.

She's back. They found her.

Linda?

Dad, Dad, you have to call the Prime Minister. They've got all these

kangaroos trapped underground. Where have you been?

Dad, this is Joey, and that's Billy McGregor. He's the one who saw them. I

don't care. Do you have any idea what I've been going through since you

wandered off?

With all I've got to think about, you run off in some foreign city with this

scruffy kid and an oversized rat. He's not a rat. He's a joey. Oh, thank you

for drawing the distinction, but I don't care.

God knows what kind of diseases it has. It lost its parents. I don't care what

it's lost, okay? You're grounded, Missy. And you.

Let's go.

After him! Linda!

Get back here!

Now we have a kidnapping.

Oh, yeah?

What sort of kids?

Come on.

Hang on, hang on.

What's this?

Just great. Again, we've got nothing for the five o'clock news.

It's not our fault if nothing exciting happens.

I don't know, John, I feel like it's all my fault.

What?

Well, I missed getting that shot.

Hey, hey, hey, don't worry about it.

Our big break will come someday, Davo.

Obviously, we're just meant for something bigger.

We'll get it back from that little kid.

Did anyone get his name?

My daughter said what his name was.

You're all cops. Did anyone catch his name?

Perfect. No worries, Mr. Ambassador.

Got it all right here.

On tape.

That was on?

Not this.

This.

You hid a tape recorder inside a tape recorder?

I know.

Brilliant, isn't it?

Don't forget you're dealing with ASIO now.

Could you have picked anything slower?

Who are you and what is that?

Dad, this is Joey.

And that's Billy McGregor. He's the one who saw... I don't care. Billy McGregor.

Do you have any idea what I've been going through since I wandered off?

Okay, let's... Hold it.

Dad, I'm sorry.

With all I've got to think about, you run off in some foreign city with a

scruffy kid and an oversized rat.

Rat, he's a joey. Oh, thank you for drawing the distinction, but I don't

care. God knows what kind of diseases it has. It lost its parents. I don't care

what it's lost, okay? You're grounded, Missy, and you...

Don't worry.

We'll get her back.

Let me ask you something, Senator.

How many times did I say to her, I don't care?

I think you'll find, Ava, that...

Life works in mysterious ways.

Somewhere out there, there is a story with our name on it.

And if we're looking, we're going to find it.

We're slowing down.

What was that? I don't know.

Probably the gearbox again.

Should that thing be hanging down like that, David?

What are you doing?

Don't!

We've just got to consider ourselves lucky, Davo. And luck will surely shine

upon us.

Lights green, Davo. Let's go right ahead.

Where are we going?

Trust me!

Stop! Cannon drop that, Joey!

Excuse me, sir.

Mr. Ross, an American citizen and my father, the ambassador, would consider

it an extreme courtesy if you could please grant me, him, and that Joey

diplomatic immunity at this time.

Sure, kid.

Let us in!

The girl claimed diplomatic immunity.

Well, we claim it too.

Well, she's an American. Are you American citizens?

No.

Well, I'll get the paperwork.

Um, nice uniform.

What's that badge for?

Hi, Mum.

Are you well, son?

Oh, busy.

That's nice, dear. Mum, what was your maiden name again?

Okay, Crimestoppers.

We've got our work cut out for us.

So let's do the job and get this little lady safely home.

Oh, and let's keep a tight lid on this one.

If we're smart, we can keep the media from ever finding out about this.

According to a police spokesman, a young boy and, strangely enough, his pet,

Joey, that's a baby kangaroo, kidnapped the 13-year-old daughter of the new

American ambassador, Mr. Ted Ross, and sought refuge here inside the consulate.

Sources now say that the police are currently conducting a round of very

sensitive negotiations in an effort to convince the Marines to let them in.

He lives out of town with his mother.

Kidnapping?

You know, it's understandable.

That boy's got an arrest record as long as the snake's back.

Trespassing, destruction of private property, illegal animal possession,

assault, robbery.

There was no discipline, no father.

Look, there's just one other thing.

The boy's mother and a farmhand took the midday train to Sydney.

My bet is they taught him everything he knows.

Now they're probably in on this with him.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Yeah, the fight's off.

We're relocating again.

Once again, this boy, Billy McGregor. is wanted by police for the kidnapping of

13-year-old Linda Ross, daughter of the American ambassador.

McGregor, travelling with an accomplice known only as Joey, is said to be headed

interstate. Actually,

it just came back on again.

Yeah, 8 o'clock.

See your inside, champ.

Mrs. McGregor, it's about Billy, your kid.

What

has

your son done with my daughter?

What has your daughter done with my son?

Oh, please, my Linda would never hurt anyone.

Well, neither would Billy. I saw him run off with my daughter.

Probably because you shouted at him. I don't shout!

Would you excuse us for a moment, please?

Penny, is it?

Penny McGregor.

Please.

Ted Ross.

Penny, where do you think our kids have gone off to?

The fight starts in two hours.

God, I hate him.

Who?

My father.

I don't really remember my father.

He died when I was five.

He was out in the fields with Mick.

He was struck by lightning.

Mick says when the lightning struck, it took his

spirit up into the clouds.

But he's proud of you.

What about your mum?

She died about a year ago.

My mom's probably worried sick about me by now.

Your dad's probably the same.

Good.

You two seem so connected.

Animals are my passion.

Mum says your passion makes you who you are.

You're so lucky.

Lucky?

I'm in Sydney. I'm lost.

No money. No way home.

I'm wanted by the police.

I've got a stranded Joey who still needs his parents.

An illegal boxing match. I've got to stop.

And no one will believe me.

Believe what?

Who are you?

I'm Sylvia Vanderberg. We met here earlier this morning, remember?

What's your name?

Billy.

Billy? And where'd you get this young fella?

In the country.

His parents were taken to a place called Kangaroo Kingdom.

Kangaroo Kingdom was shut down.

It used to be a nature park.

But an animal activist shut it down 15 years ago.

They were boxing kangaroos for sport.

How do you know about it?

I'm the one who shut it down.

I've done it before, and I'll do it again.

So you rescue animals for a living?

Mm-hmm. But occasionally I switch to lost children.

keep all your animals in there?

No.

They're just the ones I picked up this weekend.

The rest are being looked after at my house.

It's a big house.

It is.

Greetings, everyone.

I've got a sulphur-prested.

I've got a galah.

Here's an oriental blue. Careful, careful.

There's a busted leg there.

And Megan's. I've got a joey, a very hungry joey. How about some milk?

Look,

joey. That's you.

There you go.

How's that? Better?

You'll be back with your mum soon.

I promise.

Guess you're getting to like my backpack, huh?

Well, what do you think, Billy?

Stunning, I'd say.

Now, listen, you two. You're in some kind of trouble.

What do you mean?

Well, I just called a police friend. He seemed more interested in the pair of

you than anything I had to say about the new Kangaroo Kingdom.

This is the agent running the McGregor case.

Sylvia Vandenberg lives with animals

in a big house.

Where?

Good work, officer.

By the way, how did you get my number?

Yellow pages.

My lady,

telephone. A reporter, something to do with a police matter.

We got split.

I tried taking your sunglasses off.

This is insane.

The fight starts at 8. If the cops come, they'll arrest me.

By the time we've explained everything, it'll be all over.

Just stay on this road for a while. I'm trying.

That's funny.

Where have they gone?

Oh, you know, children, milady.

Here one moment and gone the next.

That was odd, Meghans.

The reporters seem to think the boy might be involved in some sort of...

How exactly are we planning on stopping this thing? We'll stop them. No cops, no

Sylvia, and no media.

Look, everything that could have possibly gone wrong for us has gone

wrong for us. Don't you think we're due for a bit of luck?

I don't know where they were going.

They said something about the new kangaroo kingdom.

That could be anywhere.

Of all the hopeless, low-down, miserable luck.

Hey, Dago.

Maybe there's a phone in here.

Hey,

you got a phone in this thing?

Who are you?

This is John O'Bannon. We're community TV news reporters. Our van broke down.

Reporters? Yeah.

Like with TV cameras and things?

Yes.

Why?

We apologise

for interrupting your regular broadcast, folks. This is John O'Bannon, live at

the all-new Kangaroo Kingdom, downtown Sydney, with a growl. Breaking story.

Billy McGregor did not kidnap Linda Ross.

Everything he's done has simply been in the noble quest to reunite a young Joey,

who also happens to be called Joey, with his parents.

This idiot is going nationwide.

Can we get him off? Yes, mister.

Yes, mister.

Linda, just get him off or we'll be driving him back. for the rest of our

lives. I can't override it. It's some sort of VHF feed.

He's good. He is?

The television signal. It's a VHF feed.

We can track it.

Sorry, I can't let family go on from here.

What? Excuse me?

Well, I think you're all getting a little too close to this case.

You see, I once...

had a partner and uh well he got a little

too close to a case

miss

vandenberg we may need you you know how this guy thinks fine

they'll be all right

John Nobunin, first with the news. Do you realize that you're guarding an

illegal animal boxing event?

Well, what have you got to say to yourself, huh? Your mother's probably

watching this right now. Come back here, Porky. This way, come on.

Starlin.

Friends,

punters, countrymen, lend me your ears.

Welcome.

To the new kangaroo kingdom.

This is what it's all about, eh, boys?

We've got to get a camera down there.

Don't look at me. I'm not going down there.

Dave-o.

Wait, I've got an idea.

There you go, Joey.

I built this camera to get in amongst the roos without scaring them.

Wait a second.

Did you think you could get a VHF feed to work off that thing?

Well, it's an old camera, but it has a VHF port.

Tonight, 12 new kangaroos will test their might far away

from the public eye.

And so I have put together a star-studded event.

of world class.

Few punters have had the opportunity to witness a match between man and beast.

And you are the chosen few.

Fellow punters, gamblers, and dare I say, the odd sportsman.

You've not come here to watch a lady's netball match.

You've come for blood.

Let me reassure you, punters.

Call it. Nobody even knows this place exists.

That's what you think, Mr.

Bozo.

They might have shut down the old place, but still we prosper.

We prosper here in this hidden underground world beneath the city.

First fight of the night.

This strong eastern grave.

That's Wal.

It's Joey's dad.

What's that?

Oh,

rats.

King good. Signal strong.

Right on target, Wines.

Roger.

Name's not Roger, Wines.

I ship this.

Somebody has to do something.

Wow, cool shot.

No more bets.

Gentlemen, meet our challenger.

In the far corner, weighing a hell of a lot, a man who needs no introduction, a

man we all love and admire, our very own Trang the Boxer.

Since O'Bannon broke into our airwaves, people have been overwhelming us with

donations. So far, $8,185 have been raised by viewers

for the Help Billy Help Joey Get His Parents Back appeal.

Stop!

Look at you all.

Shouting and screaming.

Frightening us poor animals.

Caging us like we're lower than you.

Like we're different from you.

We aren't so different, you know.

We're animals.

All of us.

But just because you're smarter than most, because you're bigger than most,

you treat us like this?

Joey, look at me, boy.

My father used to say, none of us are born mean.

Just get that way.

And I think he was right.

Kangaroos have lives and personalities and families, just like all of you.

So how can you stand there and do this?

Because there's money to be made!

Say goodbye to your mum, McGregor!

It's gone.

Signal's gone.

How?

I don't know.

Without the signal, we won't find them.

We lost it.

Davo, this is it.

We've got to get down there.

Go, go, go.

Come on, stay close, stay close.

That's him, all right.

This is the big one.

Let's go.

This is John Nova, first with the news.

Care to comment on gang rule cruelty?

Go! Go!

All right, maggot, where are you?

John O'Bannon first with the news.

The world awaits your pathetic confession, Kanga boy.

I'm sorry, just leave me alone.

Freeze!

Sylvia!

I thought we'd fix you the first time, Skippy. Don't you call me that! You know

I hate that name!

It's my duty to warn you that everything is usable in a court of law.

Everyone has the right to a lawyer, and nobody's getting away with this one.

I think you're getting the hang of this.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, you big old dag.

Now hop it.

The cuffs are a bit tight, mate.

Come on, Joey.

Let's go see your mum and dad.

Yes!

Mum.

Knock it off, will you?

I thought I'd lost you.

It's just who I am.

You were mean.

I was wrong.

You yelled at me.

I am so, so sorry.

Yeah, you will be when you get the credit card, Bill.

Reckon your old man would be proud of you, mate.

Yeah, Mick.

Reckon he is.

Billy McGregor. I thought they said Willie McGregor.

Yes, sir. Oh, no, no. Billy McGregor. He's a great kid, yeah.

Oh, no, no, no, no. I don't believe I said that, sir.

Well, yes, it is a very clear recording.

Transfer.

Well, yes, I like that very much.

I didn't know we had a station in Antarctica.

Welcome to the John O Show.

I'm John O'Ban.

Good night.

As part 17 of the Kangaroo Kingdom saga, we have with us a woman who was almost

as instrumental as me in the exposure of this amazing turn of events, Miss Sylvia

Vanderberg. Sylvia, welcome. John.

Sylvia, it's been three weeks now since I... we broke this story. Tell

us what's happened since on your side of things.

Well, one thing...

Help Billy, help Joey. Callers have raised $50,000 for him. $50,000?

Davo! What does he plan to do with all that money?

Well, he gave $49,962.37 to his mother to pay

off the mortgage.

And the remaining $37.63?

He said he needed that to tie up some personal loose ends.

Why, thank you.

So where exactly is the mob now?

You're in a very safe place. The McGregor farm.

They'll never be harmed again.

I'll get that.

How's it feel to be back home, eh?

See ya, Joey.

This is good.

Honey. Now look what you've done.

Here, try some. What?

You've gone and made a friend for life.

That's better.

No zippers, no stitching, no polyester.

Just soft, fuzzy fur.

Friendship.

It's about sharing.

It's about caring.

Friendship is the union of our minds.

Be my friend.

stronger I can tell I don't have to say it's understood

so