Bruce, the Kangaroo Rider in the Ayerstone-Opal Expedition : Tellwell Talent : 9781922368768 : 1922368768 : 11 May 2020 : In a 1950s era Australia, Sydney is under siege by giant carnivorous animals from the outback. A new expedition is planned to uncover the secret of the powerful Ayerstone which caused vast magical changes in the wildlife, along with attempting to find a fortune in valuable opals. A meeting is organised and in attendance are the allied leaders of the city: the boxing champion of the kangaroos, the Lord Mayor of the wombats, King Larrikin of the kookaburras, and Prime Minister Koullas of the humans and koalas. The proposed route of the expedition is explained by a soldier during the briefing: "the consensus is that our best bet's to head through the Blue Mountains to start with, bypassing the thickest concentration of spiders that infest destroyed towns along the main highway. We can also try and make contact with the flying foxes at Jenolan Caves. Afterwards we make