As kids, many of us placed Enid Blyton’s the Famous Five amongst our favourite adventurers. Smugglers, kidnappings, buried treasure – as an 8 year old I loved reading them, and so did all my friends. Well, they’re back. Grown up a bit. But still with a thirst for adventure, in a series of spoofs of the original Famous Five books. The latest ones includes what must be their biggest adventure, a visit to Oz. They romp around Sydney, and then have an outback adventure in Wagga Wagga, where Timmy the dog is bailed up by a blue heeler as Julian fails to shear a sheep, and George faces a poisonous brown snake. They’re actually quite glad to return to Sydney, especially George who finds a job as a hotel bouncer. A wonderful little gift or stocking filler
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