Bullfrogs and Lizards - A Kids' Storytelling Podcast

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Here's the full theme song to Bullfrogs and Lizards. Written by David Smith of Wardour Studios and sung by Aimee Horne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After some thought Ms Wombat and the children in the school decide to start a school orchestra and have a concert to raise money for the school. The results are even better than they expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the storm has taken down a big tree, Lucy and Larry start exploring what used to be buried under the tree and discover a mystery box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Larry has an unusual interaction with a snake, Lucy learns a lesson and both families prepare for some extreme weather. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Bullfrogs need a new shed so everyone starts thinking, measuring and calculating. After a LOT of research and discussion the solution is right under their noses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s time to properly explore Mountain Ash. By getting up early the children get to learn a lot about how the city works and how different it is from life on the farm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Having found themselves with a bit more money than they expected, the Bullfrog and Lizard families decide to go on a holiday trip to Mountain Ash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Bullfrogs do a bit of research and learn a bit more about where Grandad had searched for gold a long time ago. A bit more exploring in the right place leads to exciting results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In between Season two and three David is sharing a bit of history behind the stories in Bullfrogs and Lizards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Farm life has been tough for the farming families and they are keen to find some extra income. Lucy has a helpful idea based on one of her previous adventures with the magpie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The District Show is approaching and all the schoolchildren have to be creative so they can raise money to enter the show and show off their animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inspired by Lucy and her bicycle, Bill and Betty are delighted when Dad brings them home a warm, hairy friend who has a few more tricks up his sleeve than a bike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lucy absolutely loves her new bike, but she has to learn to ride it. Very soon, the bike becomes a very important bit of equipment on the farm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might remember that Lucy received a $5 note as a reward for catching the Magpie Thief in Series 1 Episode 7? In this episode the Bullfrog family heads into the town of Stringybark to see if Lucy can find something to spend her money on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The children at the school are told ‘an inspector’ is coming, but they then realise they don’t really know much about what inspectors actually do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Things don’t quite go to plan on the Lizard farm on this particular day and everyone ends up a little bruised, but a little wiser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Until Season 2 starts on the 6th of May, here's a brief note from Dave Smith, the host of Bullfrogs and Lizards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The children spend some time near the creek on their holidays and, inspired by beavers, they manage to create a big problem for people living downstream. Don’t try this at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lucy plans on being early to school but somehow she manages to get distracted and ends up somewhere entirely different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roberta gets Pansy her pig set up comfortably at home. Pansy makes new friends and learns a lot in a short amount of time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill and Betty learn a bit of history and have a surprising adventure with something in the shed they didn’t even know they had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The children at Gumtree School have fun getting ready for the fete and Roberta Rabbit has a creative idea and makes some clever choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Saturdays are different to school days on the farm. There are lots of animals to feed and some surprises too. Lucy learns that some creatures are best left alone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode we learn some more about Bill and Betty. We also learn that Bill can think and act quickly if he needs to! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this first episode we meet Lucy and Larry Lizard and Bill and Betty Bullfrog and they meet each other for the first time on their way to school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bullfrogs and Lizards is about the adventures of Lucy and Larry Lizard, and Betty and Bill Bullfrog. They live in a former gold mining town in north western Victoria, Australia in the early 20th century. Their world is a simple but amazing place, full of horses, greasy piglets, carts, thieving magpies, fire and flood. Come along and join us exploring the world of Bullfrogs and Lizards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this new season of Bullfrogs and Lizards the families have moved to the city, it’s the early 1980’s. Lucy and Larry are visiting the Milk Bar to get some supplies for their new house and they meet quite a few interesting characters while they are there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s time for the Bullfrogs and Lizards children to start at a new school. Some of the things at the new school are quite different to their old school and a few things are just plain strange. Luckily they find some friendly faces who will help them understand it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lucy really wants a new bike, but money is a bit short. The only way to make it happen is to get a job. Soon, she is riding her bike around the neighbourhood and making money as she goes. How long will it take before she gets her new bike? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After working hard at her after-school job for quite a while, Lucy’s old bike has nearly fallen apart. She decides it’s time to go into the bike shop and look at her dream bike, but, it doesn’t go very well. Thankfully Lucy’s mum comes to the rescue with a plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Something new, colourful and puzzling has arrived at school and Bill and Betty are VERY interested. Very soon they want one each but there’s a bit of work to do before they can buy one. Listen to this choko vine packed episode to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, part one of three, Lucy, Larry, Mum and Auntie Glynnis are driving in the car all the way to Queensland to have a week’s holiday. It’s quite hot and quite a long way but lots to see and plenty of games to play in the car. Come along for the ride, but be be warned, there’s no air conditioning! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, part two of three, Lucy, Larry, Mum and Auntie Glynis are still driving in the car all the way to Queensland. There’s still a lot of driving to do and when they stop midway Larry’s natural curiosity helps them discover something very important about the car! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this final episode of season 4 Lucy, Larry, Mum and Auntie Glynis finally arrive in Queensland and get to enjoy the sun, sand and the smell of surf shops, Larry tries to harvest food with a hammer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exciting news about Bullfrogs and Lizards season 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer has started to turn to autumn and Larry is starting to notice things that he noticed before. They start to make him think and inspired by something he’s heard at school he tries to do something new. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lucy saves up her work money to buy a skateboard and decides she wants to ride it to school. To keep it safely at school she has to meet someone new and perhaps start a new adventure. This is a two-part episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the second part of the skateboard episode Lucy meets Emmy after school to skate and Larry is roped in to help. It’s not all plain sailing though. Listen in to find out more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Betty has already mastered the puzzle cube, but she makes a new discovery while spending time at her Dad’s office. Soon she has different skills to learn and a new challenge to take on.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bill starts to become aware that people are quite interested in hair and hair styles. He starts to explore what that might mean for him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lucy and Larry’s cousins are visiting and the weather doesn’t look good, they might be struck inside. Lucy has to come up with a good idea to keep everyone entertained. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bean Bag Chair by vickyleao1 -- https://freesound.org/s/365998/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 Slide Door by RandomRecord19 -- https://freesound.org/s/739824/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Lego Bricks Falling.mp3 by LoafDV -- https://freesound.org/s/94391/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane and his mum have never had a pet before but now they have moved house it might be possible.  When he hears that someone at school has some kittens to give away, Shane has some convincing to do. --------------------------------------------------- Brzęczyk drzwiowy by Boryslaw_Kozielski -- https://freesound.org/s/647157/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a particularly cold morning Maria tries something new on the Monkey bars and it leads to an unusual encounter and a new sensation in the school yard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A bit of news and what's coming next for Bullfrogs and Lizards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Winter has set in and Shane is feeling the cold wind through his old coat, can he get a new one? He soon gets inspiration for a solution and discovers a few unexpected things along the way.  

*A word of warning, this episode contains a confrontation with an angry character, so may not be suitable for just before bedtime*

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After all his hard work Shane is ready to visit the market and manages to take some friends along too, what will he find in the market and who will he meet? Listen in to find out all about it. 

 

 

 

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Harry has a lot of siblings and all he wants is to hang out and chat, but everyone is busy. Is a bit of quality time too much to ask? Harry sets out on a quest…

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There’s a great cubby spot in the playground that everyone wants to use but the children can’t really find a way to share. A lesson in class gives them an idea on how to work it out but something else mysterious might be going on too...

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It was that time of year and everyone wanted to go to the Melbourne Show, particularly to get the showbags. There’s something for everyone at the show, which bit do you think you’d like to see?

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An unexpected new sport kicks off two kinds of crazes at school and soon everyone is learning what can be done! 

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The trampoline story continues with the help of some heavy machinery but then, things take an unexpected turn.

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In this episode we find out a bit more about what Larry was up to at the beach on holiday in Queensland

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A quick reminder to send us your Sand Bubbler Crab inspired artworks by the 30th of June to be in the running to win a prize. Ask your grownup to send it to us at http://instagram.com/bullfrogsandlizards

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More Queensland holiday fun for our intrepid Lizard family! This time we learn to surf with Lucy. Will she find her sea legs?

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In the summer holidays Bill and Betty have to learn about water safety and they also get an unwelcome visitor

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Something notable changes about Lucy’s day to day life but a surprise discovery makes it a bit easier to deal with.

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