Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), Wednesday 17 December 1969, page 17


SKIPPY STARS IN A FEATURE FILM

RIGHT: Skippy with people from Waratah National Park at the abalone divers' camp. From right: Skippy, Sonny (Garry Pankhurst), Jerry (Tony Bonner), Matt (Ed Devereaux), Clancy (Lisa Goddard), and abalone diver Mal (Jeff Ashby). BELOW: Matt, annoyed by abalone divers, fights with Bernie (John Unicomb).

LOVE interest in "The Intruders" comes from Meg Curtis (Jeanie Drynan), above, and diver Pete

(Ron Graham).

RIGHT: Jerry (Tony Bonner), another ranger, talks with his boss, Matt Hammond, about the abalone divers.

SKIPPY, a TV star all over the world, has

made a movie, "The Intruders," an exciting adventure story of Australia's abalone divers from Mallacoota, Victoria. Hired in an illegal bid to salvage gold bullion, they surprise Matt Hammond by turning up to hunt for abalone

off Waratah National Park.

Skippy fans will see their hero hard at work with Sonny, investigating, and doing his bouncy best to draw the villains off and save Sonny. And — as if you didn't know — Skippy becomes the hero of the hour.

— NAN MUSGROVE

● "Skippy" may be seen on the National Nine Net-work in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane on Mondays, 7 p.m.; in Perth, on STW9, Sundays, 7.30 p.m.

RIGHT: The Hammonds' houseguest at Waratah, Clancy Merrick (Lisa Goddard), with the leader of the abalone divers. Curtis (Jack Hume), and Matt Hammond (Ed Devereaux).