0:00:02 > 0:00:04HE CALLS
0:00:04 > 0:00:09Deep in the heart of Central Australia lives a family like no other.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10CAWING
0:00:10 > 0:00:12This is Brolga...
0:00:15 > 0:00:21..a man who has sacrificed everything to give orphaned kangaroos a second chance at life.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Some people, they think that's a bit strange, a bloke being a mum to an orphaned kangaroo.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29But I do it because I see what other people don't see.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33I see that little joey call out for help.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37From his tin shack hidden in the bush,
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Brolga raises his babies until they're ready to be released.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48And, just as with any family, each new day brings fresh challenges.
0:00:50 > 0:00:56Tonight, we meet Rocky, a tearaway teenage wallaby who's ready to leave home.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59How do you keep control of him?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Well, basically, I don't!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Youngsters Rex and Ruby are hopping mad...
0:01:06 > 0:01:10They've got this massive spring in their step and they don't know how to control it.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And Brolga and Cynthia play catch the kangaroo...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I did it, I did it, I did it!
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Yippee!
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Good catch.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Welcome to the world of Kangaroo Dundee.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38It's morning in the outback,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42and breakfast time for seven-month-old Rex and Ruby.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52It's a big day for Brolga's youngest orphan joeys.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Recently, they've been getting curious about what lies outside the safety of home.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Today, they get to find out.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10They've been in the pouch most of their life, they haven't experienced anything else.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15So what I've got to do now is take them out the back and give them a little hop.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Since being rescued at the roadside three weeks ago,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25they've only left their pillowcase pouches whilst inside Brolga's shack.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31This is a whole new world to them, so this is really a great time.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37He aims to eventually release Rex and Ruby to the wilds of his sanctuary.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42It's a long way off, but their journey to freedom has to start somewhere.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48And the next important step is introducing them to Brolga's backyard.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52First out of the basket is Rex...
0:02:54 > 0:02:57..and he can hardly contain his excitement.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Rex, he's off, you can see it in him
0:03:02 > 0:03:07that he's really enjoying the outing of having a little trip away from the pouch.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Next, it's Ruby's turn to face the world.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21But for this timid little joey...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24..it's all a bit much.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Little Ruby is a lot more scared.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Don't go back to bed yet, you haven't had a run yet.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44I can see in her she's had a pretty traumatic experience with losing her mum.
0:03:44 > 0:03:52She's gone from a lot of love to no love, so she's really latching on to me to get that love back.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Brolga's backyard may be small,
0:04:00 > 0:04:08but for these young explorers it's full of new sights, smells and sounds.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10BIRD NOISES
0:04:23 > 0:04:25It's a small setback.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27You're supposed to be out having a run.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29You're supposed to be out having a run.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32This may all seem like a bit of fun,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34but there's a serious side to this adventure.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41It's essential that Brolga teaches Rex and Ruby the skills they need in order to survive.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Now is the time they've got to start to stretch those legs, and start to hop.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50But it's a very uncoordinated hop.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55They've got this massive spring in their step and they don't know how to control it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09You all right?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27All this hopping is tiring work,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31and Ruby decides it's time for a well-earned rest.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34That's not your pouch, that's not your pouch.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Ah, that's better, isn't it?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39You just wanted to go to bed.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50With Rex and Ruby safely back in the shack,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Brolga heads out into his sanctuary.
0:05:54 > 0:06:01This 90 acres of fenced-off bushland is home to Brolga's family of 28 kangaroos.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Today, he's come to check on Ella.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12She's been with Brolga for years, so he knows her well.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Normally outgoing, recently she's been withdrawn,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21and won't let youngest son Terry into her pouch.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Brolga thinks she may have had another baby.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32To find out, he'll need to examine her...
0:06:33 > 0:06:37..but first he must distract Ella with her favourite food.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I especially got these carrots today.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43It's all I went into town for.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- HE CLUCKS - Mmm?
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Wow!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56It's tiny, absolutely tiny.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Brolga's right, Ella has become a mum all over again.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15This little baby is under a day old.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19The baby just has two little forearms,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22its back legs are not yet developed.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29The eyes are just like little dots of a pen.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36The reason it's so small is that kangaroo babies, or pinkies,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39are born after just 33 days in the womb.
0:07:41 > 0:07:47A lot of people think the baby kangaroo is born in the pouch. No, it's not.
0:07:47 > 0:07:54It's born just like we were born, but then has a momentous climb, by instinct,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57holding onto Mum's stomach hair
0:07:57 > 0:07:59to get up to the pouch entrance
0:07:59 > 0:08:01and climb inside.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10The newest member of Brolga's family will stay safely tucked in Ella's pouch for around six months.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19Seeing a baby kangaroo in the pouch is the most exciting thing to me,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23it's an absolute miracle of life.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32But not all baby kangaroos are so lucky.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38Ten miles away in Alice Springs, a shaking little orphan has no pouch to go to.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42The next best place is an incubator.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45All right, young man,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49first cab off the rank, and time for your feed.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52This four-month-old pinky is being looked after by Brolga's friend
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and fellow kangaroo mum, Cynthia Lynch.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58That's a good boy.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Oh, yes, I know that you're ready for a feed, aren't you?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06That's a good boy. There we are. How's that?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10When he was first brought to Cynthia a week ago,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13his eyes were still shut, and he was in a bad way.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22Every day is a plus, and I think he's just got the attitude that he's going to make it,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24haven't you, sweetheart, eh?
0:09:24 > 0:09:30And now he's got his eyes open, he's got half an ear up, and that's a good start, yes.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34This pinky is firmly on the road to recovery,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37and Cynthia's confident he'll pull though.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40We've called him Mark now.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46We've actually done...given him a name, which I'm a little bit sceptical about doing to start with,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50because if you name them too soon I'm always scared they mightn't make it,
0:09:50 > 0:09:55but he's doing all the right things at the moment.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58He has taken to the bottle beautifully, haven't you?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01You're doing very well, aren't you?
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Big wide eyes these days! You're watching what's going on, eh?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10It's lovely to see their eyes open.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11They just feel a little bit more...
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Well, human's not the word,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17but you really feel you have got something that is a real baby.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Come on, that's a good boy.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Back to sleep for another hour or two, then we'll have another go.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Good boy.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Back at the sanctuary, Brolga is taking Rex and Ruby outside again.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47HE CLUCKS
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Their hopping is slowly improving,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52so now it's time for the second stage of their training...
0:10:54 > 0:10:56..learning how to stick together.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It's important for them now
0:11:02 > 0:11:06that they follow each other when they go for a hop.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10A little joey left by himself is extremely vulnerable.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13You can see it in his body language,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17he's sort of looking around, all frightened, his ears are right up.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20That really stresses the little joey.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28So what I'm trying to do now, is trying to get the babies to start following one another,
0:11:28 > 0:11:32or following me, because a little joey would be following its mother.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Mummy's girl Ruby is quick to follow Brolga...
0:11:45 > 0:11:48..unlike Rex, who's doing his own thing.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52HE CLUCKS
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Rex, Rexy!
0:11:55 > 0:11:56HE CLUCKS
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Come on.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- HE CLUCKS - Come on.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Time for Brolga to give reluctant Rex a pep talk.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13When I walk away, you're supposed to follow your mum.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15OK, come on, look, follow me.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Come on, come on...
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Come on! - HE CLUCKS
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Come on!
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Come on, good boy.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Finally, Rex gets the right idea.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43And soon the joeys even start following each other.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Mission accomplished.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50I think they're going to make a great little team, Ruby and Rex.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- HE CLUCKS - Come on!
0:12:59 > 0:13:06Each year around 200 orphaned kangaroos are rescued from the roadsides around Alice Springs.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16The hope is that all the joeys will eventually leave the homes and backyards they've been raised in,
0:13:16 > 0:13:17and be released.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22But training them to survive in the outside world takes time.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27They go from being in a bag to being outside
0:13:27 > 0:13:31to having other kangaroos with them so they learn to associate with kangaroos,
0:13:31 > 0:13:35and some take longer than others, and it's a bit like children.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39I had one of mine couldn't get out the door fast enough when he was 17,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42and I had to kick one out at 37, so they're a little bit the same.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Some do take longer than others, but eventually they all go.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51The journey from backyard to outback is a tough one.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Raised by human foster parents, the joeys lose some of their wild instincts.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04So before being released, they have to enrol in kangaroo boot camp.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16Three to four months in this holding pen with only kangaroos for company
0:14:16 > 0:14:19is enough to break the ties they've formed with humans.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26We just keep an eye on them, and make sure they're all right, but otherwise no love.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29And slowly, over the weeks,
0:14:29 > 0:14:34those orphan joeys that were raised in people's homes
0:14:34 > 0:14:36become a wild animal.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43The holding pen has covered sides to stop the prying eyes of predators,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46like dingoes and feral dogs.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Left to themselves, the roos grow wilder,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54and form bonds which will be vital when they're released as a group.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Today, Brolga and Cynthia are on their way to the pen
0:15:02 > 0:15:07to collect five older kangaroos that are ready to be returned to the wild.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14How we know that they're ready is one day we go into the enclosure,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17and as long as all the kangaroos run away from us,
0:15:17 > 0:15:21the same people that raised them when they were orphans,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24we now see fear in them, that they're seeing a person...
0:15:24 > 0:15:26that's when we know they're ready.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40We've got to now catch them, and that's the hard part.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47We go in with big nets and it's a bit like catching a butterfly that weighs 20 kilos.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54Now this animal is like a wild kangaroo being chased by a predator,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57so they're going to try to run round you like someone playing football.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03She's coming back!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06She was coming back!
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Here we go, three in one.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17You push them down here, Cynthia.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18I'm a-trying!
0:16:23 > 0:16:28I've got to be really careful because that kangaroo can jump two metres high,
0:16:28 > 0:16:29and it can almost take you with it.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Come on, mate.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41Some of the roos are reluctant, but experts Brolga and Cynthia know exactly how to handle them safely.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Settle down, settle down.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49One down, four to go.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I did it, I did it, I did it!
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Yippee!
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Cynthia's in her 70s. I mean, she's no spring chicken,
0:17:02 > 0:17:08but she's got the dedication and the motivation and the will to keep going like someone my age.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Good catch, good catch.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Life in the old girl yet!
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Now, I must admit that I don't do too much, I might catch them now and again,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21but usually that's Brolga's job these days, but I enjoy it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I did it, I did it, I did it!
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I guess I'll do it till the day I drop.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Two-all!
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Ow! Don't try and kick me!
0:17:48 > 0:17:50With five kangaroos safely on board,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Brolga and Cynthia head off to release them.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59They're travelling to a cattle station about 60 miles outside Alice Springs.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03It's an area with ample food and water,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05giving kangaroos who aren't used
0:18:05 > 0:18:06to living in the wild
0:18:06 > 0:18:08the best possible chance.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10TOOT!
0:18:10 > 0:18:11MOO!
0:18:14 > 0:18:17All right, let's do this, Cynthia.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18- Time to rock'n'roll? - Time to rock'n'roll.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22There's freedom.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26There we are! Oh, look at that, you're on grass.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Come on, mate, you're free now.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Oh, what's that? Birds and grass.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- No fences.- No.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Releasing an animal's an absolutely wonderful experience,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40a bit like sending a child off to school for the first time.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45There we are.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Every parent's always a little bit apprehensive,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50but it's an absolute joy to see the way they bound off.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Whoo, look at him!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It's taken a long time to get back out there, hasn't it?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56But you made it.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59There we are.
0:18:59 > 0:19:06These novice kangaroos are taking their first hops into a strange and potentially frightening new world,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09and they must help each other if they're to make it.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- There's a couple there, look. - Oh, look, yes.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- They're sticking together.- Yes.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22We've put what, six or eight months into each of these joeys?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Absolutely.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26And this is the best part of it for me.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28It's never a sad time for me, it's always happy.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- Yes, and you just hope that their second chance at life is really going to be a good second chance.- Yes.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Oh, freedom! Away you go.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40All yours, the whole thousand acres.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Million acres.- Million, sorry!
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Back at the shack, release is still a long way off for Rex and Ruby.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13A week after their first hop in the backyard,
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Brolga's newest recruits are on another training exercise.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Adult kangaroos mainly eat grasses and shrubs,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and Rex and Ruby are starting to seek out likely-looking morsels.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32To break down this difficult-to-digest food,
0:20:32 > 0:20:36kangaroos have special bacteria in their gut,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39which it's believed youngsters normally get
0:20:39 > 0:20:40from contact with their mothers.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Orphans Rex and Ruby don't have that option,
0:20:43 > 0:20:47but they've found an alternative source of the bacteria.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50He's eating poo.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00Adult kangaroo droppings contain bacteria the youngsters need,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02and there's plenty left in the yard
0:21:02 > 0:21:04by older kangaroos when they come to visit.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Little Rex in particular is picking up kangaroo poo and eating it.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18Now this may appear gross to some people, and he doesn't know the science of it,
0:21:18 > 0:21:25but it's instinct that he requires it in his diet to help him digest food properly.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33And that's not the only instinct Rex is displaying.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Most kangaroos are social creatures,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41and although for now he's stuck in the yard,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44that won't stop him making friends out in the sanctuary.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53HE CLUCKS
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Life's not quite so sociable for Brolga, living alone at the shack...
0:22:01 > 0:22:05..but raising orphans like Rex and Ruby makes it all worthwhile.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Looking after the joeys is number one for me.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Although I don't have any luxuries of the developed world,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21of a modern lifestyle like a lot of people around the world have...
0:22:22 > 0:22:25..to me, I don't need that,
0:22:25 > 0:22:30cos what you need is love and love will get you through all the time.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41Model students Rex and Ruby are making great progress towards the day when they'll be released.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47But not all animals are this well-behaved,
0:22:47 > 0:22:53as one of Brolga's oldest friends, Anne-Marie Docherty is finding out.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Don't bite...don't bite.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I was going to wash it anyway.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11This is Rocky, and he's my little black-footed rock Wallaby,
0:23:11 > 0:23:17who has just about outgrown his welcome...
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Ow!
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Too young to be an adult, too old to be a child,
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Rocky's at that difficult age when rules are made to be broken...
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Don't!
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Don't!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Rocky is a teenager.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37You can't leave anything anywhere.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42He chewed the aerial off my stereo, so I can't listen to my radio inside now.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45He'll drink my coffee.
0:23:45 > 0:23:53There's usually lava lamps and other photos around and he's managed to knock them all down.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56He's broke some of my cow collection, he's broken that.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00He jumps up on the cupboards, he's on the fish tanks...
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I've had to put a book on my other fish tank because he jumped on it one night,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05and he landed straight in the fish tank.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08He's left his little trademark here,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10we have a nugget.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Yes, he's becoming a little terror.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20As much as I love him, I don't think he's really who he should be,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24because he's here in this environment, you know.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26He's really not where he should be.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34In the wild, rock wallabies live in steep, rocky terrain.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Like kangaroos, they raise their young in a pouch,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40but they're smaller, about the size of a cat.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Rock wallabies are very agile,
0:24:43 > 0:24:48able to leap long distances and cling on to precarious ledges,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51ideal if you live in the mountains...
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Stop being silly!
0:24:53 > 0:24:55..Frustrating if you live in a bungalow.
0:24:58 > 0:25:06I think he really has grown out of being Anne-Marie's wallaby, haven't you, Rocky, eh?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I can't keep him any longer.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I'm going to have to get some help with this one,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and I think Brolga's going to be the one to help me out here.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Anne-Marie and Brolga have been friends for years,
0:25:21 > 0:25:26working together to rescue and protect wildlife whenever it's in danger.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35In the past, Anne-Marie has helped Brolga when he's taken on too much,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and now she's hoping he'll return the favour.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Anne-Marie is... gee, she's a character.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48She is the most loving person I've met in a long time,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52and her heart is in those kangaroos,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56and any orphaned wildlife that comes in, she gives it 250 per cent.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01So I've got nothing but admiration for Anne-Marie.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13To see if they'll get on, Anne-Marie wants to introduce Rocky to Brolga.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Yeah, well, this is Rocky, Brolga.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18..But Rocky has other ideas.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Rocky!
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Rocky!
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Come on, quick! Good boy, good boy, you ready?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27OK.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Up, up, up!
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Over here, come on. Up here on mummy's sh... All right.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Oh, Jeez!- Come on!- Wow, he's unreal.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- He's a terror, isn't he?- Oh, yeah.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41How do you keep control of him?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Well, basically, I don't!
0:26:43 > 0:26:45You can't!
0:26:45 > 0:26:47He's just non-stop.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49He's a most remarkable animal.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55He obviously likes the mirror, like a lot of teenage boys, they like the mirror too.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00He looks great, he's in perfect condition, and he's got such character.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Hey, ooh, Jesus, Rocky!
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Here, come on, up you get, quick.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Come on, no, you don't want to.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10He's a character! I love him. Hey!
0:27:10 > 0:27:13You can't but not love him, honestly.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Are you going to bite? No, no.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Oh, you are beautiful.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I would love to look after him.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Oh, that would be amazing. - I'll take him on, for sure.
0:27:26 > 0:27:32Oh, I was keeping my fingers crossed, believe me, because I was at my wits' end.
0:27:32 > 0:27:38They've hit it off, and Brolga's got a plan to keep Rocky out of trouble in the future.
0:27:38 > 0:27:47I think it's now time for him to be jumping over rocks and boulders, not beds and pillows.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53So I'll make a rockery, almost like Rocky's little mountain.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Oh, that would be great.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00I love him already.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03He will keep you entertained, believe me.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04- I reckon he will.- Yeah.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Next time, rocks...
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and roll.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Brolga moves a mountain for his latest orphan.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Not bad, eh?- Wow!
0:28:15 > 0:28:18There's drama at dinner time...
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Little Ruby's taken the milk down the wrong way,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22which is a big problem.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25And Rocky moves in to his new home.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27He's like a kid in a playground.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29You can almost see his little mouth smiling.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd