Michael Veitch

Bunyip Bluegum est un jeune koala qui est à la recherche de ses parents. Il croise la route de Bill Barnacle, un vieux marin, et de Sam Swanoff, un pingouin. Tous deux sont accompagnés d'Albert, un gâteau magique qui change de saveur à volonté et ne disparaît jamais. Buncle le wombat, un ancien marin de Bill, cherche à s'emparer du gâteau magique pour avoir une réserve de nourriture éternelle.

Susy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion Lee, Susy comments that the trauma experienced should entitle her to a compensation payment of $40,000.00.

Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding her disability from Eddie. As Sophie struggles to win over Eddie and hide her disability, Eddie's jealous fiance and a police officer investigating a jewel heist threaten their relationship.