Sky Trackers
TV ShowEnded

Sky Trackers

7.0 / 10
1995
1 season
26 episodes
DramaAction & AdventureKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Skating the Dish

    25-03-199522m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.Meteor Rights

    01-04-1995

    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 mo...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Beast

    08-04-1995

    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...

  • Ep 4

    4.Tell Someone Who Cares

    15-04-1995

    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 o...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Big Skip

    22-04-1995

    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...

  • Ep 6

    6.Goddess of the Dawn

    29-04-1995

    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...

  • Ep 7

    7.Dead Ducks

    06-05-1995

    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 au...

  • Ep 8

    8.Is There Life on Earth?

    13-05-1995

    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 hatche...

  • Ep 9

    9.Letting Go

    20-05-1995

    Items that Tony's late wife Ellen had with her on her final, fatal flight wash up in a lake. Mike wants to find out more, but Tony doesn't. Tony thinks that he's dealt with the iss...

  • Ep 10

    10.To Tell or Not to Tell

    27-05-1995

    The magnetic field of Jupiter is a project that Zoe is supposedly studying as a Wright Foundation student. Unfortunately, it's Nikki's project as well. Zoe is not interested in sci...

  • Ep 11

    11.Kiss The Sky

    03-06-1995

    Nikki needs software to help her complete drawings for her project on Mars, but she can't afford the software. Nikki sets about making enough money to buy the software. Meanwhile,...

  • Ep 12

    12.Can't Buy Me Love

    10-06-1995

    Marie's old boyfriend offers her a position with RGM Research, a private research organization based in Sydney. Nikki doesn't want to leave Mike and live in Sydney. With Tony's hel...

  • Ep 13

    13.Rocket To Me

    17-06-1995

    An inter-school competition sees the local school pitted against other schools to build the best rocket. During rocket testing, Mike discovers that his friend Brad is being bashed...

  • Ep 14

    14.Aliens

    24-06-1995

    Nikki, Mike and Maggie see lights in the sky one night. They wonder if it's a UFO. Giles seems to be acting strangely and Maggie thinks Giles might be an alien. Mike and Nikki disc...

  • Ep 15

    15.Trees a Crowd

    01-07-1995

    Maggie's favourite tree is under threat, about to be cut down by a bureaucrat Mr. Carver to make way for a new building. Maggie and Tim and a visiting Wright Foundation student ban...

  • Ep 16

    16.Ice Balls

    08-07-1995

    As Tony is preparing to leave for America and the shuttle mission, Nikki discovers a comet. To verify her discovery, she needs to use the optical scope at a nearby observatory. Whi...

  • Ep 17

    17.Long Distance Call

    15-07-1995

    Tony is launched into space aboard the shuttle. Nikki and Mike make up after their argument and the two hurry back from school to speak with Tony in space. The space shuttle is hit...

  • Ep 18

    18.Star Time

    22-07-1995

    Tony returns to Australia a hero after his scientific experiments in space. Coral Lee, a television producer who wants him to become a celebrity on U.S. television, accompanies him...

  • Ep 19

    19.Secrets

    29-07-1995

    Wright Foundation student Simon comes to Kaputa to use remote sensing to locate ancient aboriginal sites. Simon uses both intuition and science to help him locate an ancient cave....

  • Ep 20

    20.The Wish Star

    05-08-1995

    Maggie and Nikki's father Robert arrives from France to do a story on Dr. Tony Masters. Maggie thinks she sees a new star in the sky, but when Nikki looks it's no longer there. Mea...

  • Ep 21

    21.Origins

    12-08-1995

    Cleo, a Wright Foundation student, makes a major discovery. She detects a mass of hydrogen far out in space but when it's suggested she and her parents have their photo taken for a...

  • Ep 22

    22.Penguin Point

    19-08-1995

    Tony and Marie and their children go on a holiday together. Nikki discovers what looks like an oil slick on the ocean and the discovery of an oil-soaked penguin confirms the childr...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Black Prince

    26-08-1995

    Nikki is accepted into Space Camp. In her view, this is the first step towards her life long dream of being the first woman on Mars. Meanwhile, Elfie is doing a study on the local...

  • Ep 24

    24.Wow

    02-09-1995

    Nikki is making a video on the Search for Extra Terrestrials which Tony is researching. But Tony seems like he is losing his enthusiasm for science, until a real signal momentarily...

  • Ep 25

    25.Precious Days

    09-09-1995

    Against the backdrop of Tony and Marie's impending marriage, Wright Foundation student Jake attempts to complete the "final experiment". At the point of his own death, he aims to t...

  • Ep 26

    26.Do or Die

    16-09-1995

    Tony, Marie, Nikki, Maggie and Mike fly to Melbourne where Nikki is attending Space Camp. During the flight Nikki gets motion sickness. This worries Nikki who fears that the exerci...

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