About
Sky Trackers was a television series created by Jeff Peck and Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian Children's Television Foundation. The series was a winner of various Television Awards. The pilot was produced by Anthony Buckley.
Cast
Emily-Jane Romig
as Maggie Colbert
Mark Venn
as Brad
Dyen Vu
as Lisa
Kaz Hall
as Steve
Nelson Leongue
as Sam
Frank Veneziano
as Dick
Petra Yared
as Nikki Colbert
Zbych Trofimiuk
as Mike Masters
Steve Jacobs
as Tony Masters
Anna Maria Monticelli
as Marie Colbert
Paul Sonkkila
as Frank Giles
Marco Chiappi
as Christian
Roz Hammond
as Elfie
Justin Anderson
as Bruce
Gareth Yuen
as Joe
Kathryn Markey
as Kathy
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Skating the Dish
Mike Masters and his father, Tony, arrive at Kaputa after having been away for eight years. The dish is parked as it cools down to operating temperature and so Mike decides to put on his roller blades and skate the dish. Against Nikki's advice, Maggie joins Mike on the dish taking Polaroid's. Unexpectedly, the dish begins to move putting Maggie and Mike in danger. Nikki saves the situation. Tony discovers the Polaroid's and dresses down his son. Mike doesn't care. "Science sucks". Nikki is furious with Mike.
Meteor Rights
photograph the shower at night and track one meteorite that has hit the earth. Another student, Bruce, and his gang decide to find the meteorite as well, planning to sell it for money. The meteorite is eventually found in the middle of Mullins, a scrap metal yard, and a chase ensues between our kids and Bruce and his gang. Mullins, the owner of the scrap yard, decides that if it landed on his property, it must be his. A deal is finally struck. The meteorite is donated to the museum and exhibited along with advertising material for Mullins scrap yard.
The Beast
Mike convinces his father, Tony, that it's time to buy a horse. But when Mike goes for a ride, the horse throws him, and Tony decides it's too dangerous. Mike swears that something scared the horse. To prove his point, the kids lay bait containing a transmitter. Using radio telemetry, the animal is tracked. It turns out to be a feral cat. Mike eventually buys the horse and names it Hendrix in honour of Mike's guitar hero, Jimi Hendrix.
Tell Someone Who Cares
Tony asks Mike to go camping with him. Mike declines. Tony camps near where he and his late wife used to collect gemstones. Tony's vehicle gets bogged and his mobile phone is out of range so he is unable to contact Mike. Mike gets worried, fearing his father is not going to come back just like the day his mother didn't come back. Mike steals a 4-wheel drive and goes in search of his father. Nikki helps Mike locate Tony using GPS satellite navigation and stereoscopic map reading.
The Big Skip
Maggie, while listening into CB radio, hears a distress call from a child. But no one believes her. Nikki thinks Maggie's doing it for attention. Maggie has given a Valentine Card to Mike. But Mike has presumed it came from Nikki and so Mike's reciprocated with a Valentine card to Nikki. The distress call is heard again and a satellite link is established with a low orbiting satellite that has a CB band. The distress call is pinpointed and the child is rescued.
Goddess of the Dawn
Visiting Wright Foundation student Romy arrives to study an atmospheric phenomenon called The Southern Lights. Mike decides its time to try for the first kiss with Nikki. The kids observe sun spot activity and estimations made as to how many days before The Southern Lights will appear. A bet is made with Frank Giles who doesn't think they'll see the lights at all. On the third night of sky watching for The Southern Lights, they finally appear… just as Mike and Nikki are leaning in for the their first kiss. Giles is forced to pay up on the bet he made.
Dead Ducks
The local legend of "The Sundowner", a turn-of-the-century bushranger, sparks Mike's interest in looking for the bushranger's hideout. Dead ducks are discovered in a lake and an autopsy reveals that lead poisoning was the cause of death. Small traces of gold are also found in the duck's gullet. Using remote sensing, Mike and Nikki discover the exact location of The Sundowner's hideout, now covered by the lake. They search underwater and locate the submerged cave, but Bruce and his gang arrive to collect the spoils themselves. Much to their disgust, no gold is found. However, plenty of antique bottles are found and Mike and Nikki end up selling the antique bottles to a local dealer.
Is There Life on Earth?
Shane, a visiting student, is doing a project on the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. Mike gets jealous that Nikki and Shane are spending so much time together and hatches a plan to fool Shane into believing that radio signals are being sent from space. But Nikki and Shane uncover the plan, and make it backfire on Mike. When the radio signals are decoded, an image of Jimi Hendrix appears, and Mike becomes the brunt of his own joke.
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