The Bourke family take time out and hit the far-flung roads of Australia in a battered old wagon. Ned learns a valuable lesson from a watery creature called the Wobbly Gurgle monster who is said to have drunk all the water from the desert.
Fitting in at a new school is never easy, but Danni's life becomes a misery when a teacher teams her up with a trio of surfing girls for a documentary project on surfing.