Woobinda: Animal Doctor (Season 1)

Not My Kind of Country (Episode 1)

Air date: 1969-06-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A 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.

Smoke Signals (Episode 2)

Air date: 1969-06-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: While flying in the outback, John Stevens encounters an Aboriginal with acute appendicitis and must co-operate.

Crocodile Hunter (Episode 3)

Air date: 1969-06-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Three American business executives set off on an outback photographic safari in crocodile infested swamps, but only two of them return to Stevens' home.

Trouble With Chico (Episode 4)

Air date: 1969-06-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Stevens finds himself involved with a diamond robbery when he baby-sits a trained chimpanzee named Chico.

The Exterminators (Episode 5)

Air date: 1969-06-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A 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.

Eye Witness (Episode 6)

Air date: 1969-07-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Stevens 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.

The Crop Duster (Episode 7)

Air date: 1969-07-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When a farmer sprays his crops with insecticide, Stevens discovers that the powder is threatening a colony of koalas.

Birds Of A Feather (Episode 8)

Air date: 1969-07-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: While returning a champion mare to its owner, Jack and Kevin come across men illegally trapping birds for smuggling overseas.

The Rustler (Episode 9)

Air date: 1969-07-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A 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.

Nine Lives (Episode 10)

Air date: 1969-08-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A 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.

Bounty Hunter (Episode 11)

Writer: Malcolm Hulke

Air date: 1969-08-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A valuable thoroughbred horse escapes from its horsebox after a road accident, and Kevin goes out to search for it.

Panic (Episode 12)

Air date: 1969-08-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An Army plane carrying an atomic device and a deadly virus crashes in the Gattens Creek area.

That's What Friends Are For (Episode 13)

Air date: 1969-08-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Colin 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.

Sound Of Danger (Episode 14)

Air date: 1969-09-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tiggie and Kevin's efforts to care for a sick platypus are ruined by the sudden arrival of mining prospectors.

A Dog's Best Friend (Episode 15)

Air date: 1969-09-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An 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.

Nobody Comes Here Anymore (Episode 16)

Air date: 1969-09-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The 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.

The Runaways (Episode 17)

Air date: 1969-09-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: While 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.

Deadly Cargo (Episode 18)

Air date: 1969-09-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: John Stevens investigates a case of rabies and unwittingly gets involved with a gang of smugglers.

Trapped (Episode 19)

Air date: 1969-10-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Jack, Peter and Kevin work feverishly to save the life of a prize Australian Silkie dog trapped under tons of rock from an excavation site.

Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie (Episode 20)

Air date: 1969-10-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The 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.

The Champion (Episode 21)

Air date: 1969-10-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Foul play is discovered the night before a big sheepdog competition in Gattens Creek. Stevens is called in and catches the culprit.

Doctor Fugitive (Episode 22)

Air date: 1969-10-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Stevens is attacked by two prison escapees, and through loss of memory is mistaken for one of the prisoners.

Noel's Ark (Episode 23)

Air date: 1969-11-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An 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.

A Life For A Life (Episode 24)

Air date: 1969-11-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Peter and Kevin become involved with an old Aboriginal and his dying camel, and Jack Johnson narrowly misses death.

Where Dead Men Lie (Episode 25)

Air date: 1969-11-17

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When 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.

Ghost Town (Episode 26)

Air date: 1969-11-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Peter 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.

No Love For Theodore (Episode 27)

Air date: 1969-12-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When 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.

The Joker (Episode 28)

Air date: 1969-12-08

Overview: The 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.

The Companion (Episode 29)

Air date: 1969-12-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A child who secretly blames her father for her mother's death in a boating accident forgives him when he saves her Persian cat.

The Rescue (Episode 30)

Air date: 1969-12-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The owner of a dog kennel develops a tracking system using dogs with radios to assist in search parties.

Talk To My Agent (Episode 31)

Air date: 1969-12-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When Kevin becomes an animal's agent, it looks as though he'll send the movie producers broke.

The Carrier (Episode 32)

Air date: 1970-01-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A 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.

Gallena Ridge (Episode 33)

Air date: 1970-01-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Kevin assists in bringing into the open the unjust dealings of the manager of a large cattle station.

Lenny (Episode 34)

Air date: 1970-01-19

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Tiggie sets out to train a wild brumby, but runs foul of a brutal stockman.

Second Sight (Episode 35)

Air date: 1970-01-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A blind man has his faith restored when he has to rescue Tiggie.

Loaded Message (Episode 36)

Air date: 1970-02-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Stevens has only hours to unmask the perpetrator of a scheme to poison all the stock in the Gattens Creek area.

Caesar Was Shot (Episode 37)

Air date: 1970-02-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Stevens and Fischer have to perform a dangerous operation when a spear fisherman accidentally shoots a horse with an explosive-headed spear.

Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio (Episode 38)

Air date: 1970-02-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Gattens Creek is terrorised by a tiger with a passion for ice-cream.

Silent Witness (Episode 39)

Air date: 1970-02-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Driving 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.