Cirrus@Austlit

'Welcome to the Clancy of the Outback series.

'Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle's sheep station, Overflow Station.

'In this book, the school bus runs over a mother kangaroo outside the gate to Overflow Station and Clancy and Little Bill find a joey in the pouch. Eventually the whole family become involved in looking after the joey. The story becomes more complicated when Big Bill announces a kangaroo cull. Clancy and Little Bill decide to mount a campaign to save the local wildlife which coincides with Little Bill declaring herself vegan. Nevertheless, the campaign goes on and is a huge success.

'At the conclusion of this story the Outback facts provides information about native wildlife, lyrics to a Don Spencer song, called Kangaroo and the all-important, Outback Jokes section.'  (Publication summary)