Dingo's Dream

Tales from the Bush Mob is a series of books about the Bush Mob, a group of animals who work together to solve problems. Each book shares a rich landscape of characters and places, including Dingo, Willy-willy Wagtail, Eagle, Platypus, Koala, Wombat, Kookaburra, Echidna and Kangaroo. These stories emphasise the value of respect for First Nations culture and country, as well as the importance of courage, perseverance and wisdom to bind communities together. Dingo keeps dreaming there is someone in distress, but who? Dingo checks on everyone in his community but they’re all fine. With the help of the Bush Mob he mounts a search and rescue mission. Platypus draws up a search map and they search all over until Dingo reaches his homeland that he hasn’t visited for many years and is now an empty landscape. There is a strange animal at the bottom of a ravine and the field mice have been helping the stranger. They devise a plan: they weave a basket from the mangrove vines and lower Koala (the best climber) down the ravine – but they need Wombat (the best digger) to dig him out. So Dingo, Kangaroo and Koala pull the stronger out – it’s a Tasmanian devil called Tassa who has lost its way. Tassa is rescued and all the eagles guide Tassa home. Dingo remembers the dingoes who used to sing at sunrise and sunset long ago and he goes back and sings, and soon many dingoes are singing at sunset again. It was Dingo’s country that called him to rescue the stranger and to bring the Dingo’s back to his Country.