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Not My Kind of Country
Episode number: 1
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 number: 2
Overview: While flying in the outback, John Stevens encounters an Aboriginal with acute appendicitis and must co-operate.
Crocodile Hunter
Episode number: 3
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 number: 4
Overview: Stevens finds himself involved with a diamond robbery when he baby-sits a trained chimpanzee named Chico.
The Exterminators
Episode number: 5
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 number: 6
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 number: 7
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 number: 8
Overview: While returning a champion mare to its owner, Jack and Kevin come across men illegally trapping birds for smuggling overseas.
The Rustler
Episode number: 9
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 number: 10
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 number: 11
Overview: A valuable thoroughbred horse escapes from its horsebox after a road accident, and Kevin goes out to search for it.
Panic
Episode number: 12
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 number: 13
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 number: 14
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 number: 15
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 number: 16
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 number: 17
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 number: 18
Overview: John Stevens investigates a case of rabies and unwittingly gets involved with a gang of smugglers.
Trapped
Episode number: 19
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 number: 20
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 number: 21
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 number: 22
Overview: Stevens is attacked by two prison escapees, and through loss of memory is mistaken for one of the prisoners.
Noel's Ark
Episode number: 23
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 number: 24
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 number: 25
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 number: 26
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 number: 27
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 number: 28
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 number: 29
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 number: 30
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 number: 31
Overview: When Kevin becomes an animal's agent, it looks as though he'll send the movie producers broke.
The Carrier
Episode number: 32
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 number: 33
Overview: Kevin assists in bringing into the open the unjust dealings of the manager of a large cattle station.
Lenny
Episode number: 34
Overview: Tiggie sets out to train a wild brumby, but runs foul of a brutal stockman.
Second Sight
Episode number: 35
Overview: A blind man has his faith restored when he has to rescue Tiggie.
Loaded Message
Episode number: 36
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 number: 37
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 number: 38
Overview: Gattens Creek is terrorised by a tiger with a passion for ice-cream.
Silent Witness
Episode number: 39
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.