Barrumbi Kids
A coming-of-age adventure about two best friends, Tomias and Dahlia, growing up together on Country, dealing with the dreams and challenges of childhood in a remote Northern Territory community. Tomias and Dahlia, Fire Hawk and Crow, have been best friends since forever, growing up together in Mandjarkkorl - FireTree town - a remote Top End community on the edge of Arnhem Land. Life in Mandjakkorl is never dull for these kids: with crazy cracker nights, lost treasure, huge grass fires, initiation ceremonies, feral chooks, ancestral spirits, outsiders trying to change things and of course, big salty crocs. In short, a whole outback of adventure and sometimes trouble, not that they go looking for trouble...it sort of manages to find them. Now in their final year of primary school, Tomias and Dahlia know that change is coming and whether they like it or not, they'll both find themselves torn between loyalty to each other and the growing demands of the outside world. In this unique and vibrant Australian setting, Barrumbi Kids explores the universal themes of friendship and change, the weight of expectations, of home and culture, and the age-old problem of battling a giant salty that's moved into your favourite swimming hole.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Family
A coming-of-age adventure about two best friends, Tomias and Dahlia, growing up together on Country, dealing with the dreams and challenges of childhood in a remote Northern Territory community. Tomias and Dahlia, Fire Hawk and Crow, have been best friends since forever, growing up together in Mandjarkkorl - FireTree town - a remote Top End community on the edge of Arnhem Land. Life in Mandjakkorl is never dull for these kids: with crazy cracker nights, lost treasure, huge grass fires, initiation ceremonies, feral chooks, ancestral spirits, outsiders trying to change things and of course, big salty crocs. In short, a whole outback of adventure and sometimes trouble, not that they go looking for trouble...it sort of manages to find them. Now in their final year of primary school, Tomias and Dahlia know that change is coming and whether they like it or not, they'll both find themselves torn between loyalty to each other and the growing demands of the outside world. In this unique and vibrant Australian setting, Barrumbi Kids explores the universal themes of friendship and change, the weight of expectations, of home and culture, and the age-old problem of battling a giant salty that's moved into your favourite swimming hole.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
The Burn Off
24 mins
Best friends Tomias and Dahlia decide to skip school and find themselves with no choice but to fight fire with fire.
Episode 2
Gordon's Boat
24 mins
Three turns out to be a crowd when the new kid in town, Gordon, comes between best friends Tomias and Dahlia.
Episode 3
Big Barra Bonanza
24 mins
Best friends Tomias and Dahlia leave Lizzie and set out to catch prize barramundi, but trouble arises with a crocodile who has other ideas.
Episode 4
Actual Reality
24 mins
Tomias, Dahlia, and Gordon are out on country doing a VR film shoot when they find reality colliding with virtual reality as things don't go to plan and they find themselves stranded.
Episode 5
The Festival
22 mins
The Mandjarkkorl Festival is fast approaching, and the friends want to practice their new dance routine, but their responsibilities pull them in different directions.
Episode 6
Cracker Night
23 mins
Tomias and Dahlia find a box of fire crackers and decide not to hand them, but things get out of hand.
Episode 7
Speech Comp
25 mins
Dahlia and Tomias select the same subject for a school speech competition, and their research leads them on a quest for treasure that reveals Dahlia's connections to Mandjakkorl and danger.
Episode 8
Transitions
25 mins
Tomias loses his cousin after he arrives home for initiation ceremony, and it fuels his own anxieties around boarding school; Dahlia confronts her own purpose in Mandjakkorl.
Episode 9
Free Range
Episode 10