Blinky Bill

Blinky Bill
Blinky Bill poster
Directed by	Yoram Gross
Written by	Yoram Gross Leonard Lee John Palmer
Produced by	Yoram Gross
Starring	Robyn Moore Keith Scott
Cinematography	Frank Hammond Paul Ozerski
Edited by	G.Y. Jerzy Lee Smith
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Distributed by	Beyond Distribution
Release dates	17 September 1992 Australia 24 September 1992 United States 30 March 1994 France 18 February 1995 Netherlands
Running time	80 min.
Country	Australia
Language	English

Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala who is a children's fiction character in three stories of New Zealand-born Australian author Dorothy Wall.

These stories are Blinky Bill, Blinky Bill and Nutsy and Blinky Bill Grows Up.

The main character, Blinky Bill, is known for his mischievousness and his love for his mother. His friends include his adopted sister Nutsy, his kangaroo friend Splodge and his mentor Mr Wombat or Wombo, as Blinky prefers to call him. In general throughout the stories he does things that are realistic for koalas as well as things that child readers would like to do.

On another level, the Blinky Bill stories also present messages of conservation. Wall tells the stories directly to the children and Blinky often interacts with the readers in an introduction. Her dedications are often to 'All the Kind Children', with her own son Peter and other common Australian names of the 1930s appearing. They are also illustrated by Dorothy Wall herself.

Though the books have never been out of print, the Blinky Bill story has also been adapted for television and cinema. The first television series from the 1980s featured actors interacting with puppet animals and went under the title of The New Adventures of Blinky Bill. Blinky Bill was also made into an animated movie by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions studios in 1992 and in 1994 there was a second children's series on the ABC Kids channel. It was called The Adventures of Blinky Bill. More recently there have been computer games based on the Blinky Bill franchise, and these have been moderately successful.

Blinky Bill is also the nickname of the light at the top of Sydney harbour Bridge.

Blinky The Character

Blinky Bill illustration

One of Blinkys favourite words is "extraordinary"

Song Lyrics

There are 2 versions of the song.

Version 1

G'day my mate I'm Blinky Bill I bet you heard of me
I'm living in Australia up A eucalyptus tree
Now don't you listen to a word those awful grownups say
I'm always on my best behavior nearly every day

I'm Blinky Bill
My whole lifes a thrill
I do exactly what I want; I'm Blinky Bill
He's Blinky Bill
His whole lifes a thrill
He does exactly what he wants; he's Blinky Bill

This is the story of Blinky Bill and Flap and Nutsy too.
And Wombo, Rough and Marcia and Splodge the kangaroo.
Now they all live in Green Patch Town as happy as can be
With friends and neighbors all around the same as you and me.

But it’s not always fun and games for Blinky and his crew.
Disasters shouldn't happen but alas they sometime do.
There's mysteries and secrets out there amongst the trees
And nobody needs enemies when you've got friends like these.

Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill You'll never catch him standing
Still, Life is pretty boring till you've met Blinky Bill.
Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill our cheeky mate from Green Patch hill
If you don't know him you soon will good old Blinky Bill.

So come and see what happens next to Blinky and his friends
But ten to one you'll never guess the way the story ends.
Our little mischief-maker the one who never fails
Enjoy his great adventure in these new exciting tales.

Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill you'll never catch him standing still,
Life is pretty boring till you've met Blinky Bill.
Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill our little mate from Green Patch hill
If you don't know him you soon will good old Blinky Bill.
Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill you'll never catch him standing still,
Life is pretty boring till you've met Blinky Bill.
Hey, Hey, Blinky Bill our little mate from Green Patch hill
If you don't know him you soon will good old Blinky Bill.

Good on ya Blinky.

Version 2 (incomplete)

Yahoo, didgeridoo
Blinky Bill and all his crew
Nutsy, Flap, and Marcia, too
and Splodge the Kanga... Splodge the Kanga... Splodge the Kangaroo

See also

• List of animated feature films

External links

• Blinky Bill, the quaint little Australian story and decorations by Dorothy Wall (Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1933) - digitised and held by the National Library of Australia
• Blinky Bill by Dorothy Wall, A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook
• Blinky Bill at the National Film and Sound Archive