The Characters of 'Tazzie Tales'
The Thylacine is the central character in the first volume, Thylacine Secrets;
The Swift Parrot plays a big role in the two young friends' lives in Swift Parrot Miracles;
Tazzie the Tasmanian Devil is an unlikely hero 'on the high seas', in Devil Troubles;
Lucky the Tiger Quoll narrowly escapes a wayward fox, in Quolls and Foxes;
Goldie the young Wedge-tailed Eagle finds a caring place to recover from injury, in Eagles in Peril; and
Tasmania's micro bats play a central part in the Halloween adventure of the children in
Sassafras Creek Valley, in Bats at Halloween.
The Swift Parrot plays a big role in the two young friends' lives in Swift Parrot Miracles;
Tazzie the Tasmanian Devil is an unlikely hero 'on the high seas', in Devil Troubles;
Lucky the Tiger Quoll narrowly escapes a wayward fox, in Quolls and Foxes;
Goldie the young Wedge-tailed Eagle finds a caring place to recover from injury, in Eagles in Peril; and
Tasmania's micro bats play a central part in the Halloween adventure of the children in
Sassafras Creek Valley, in Bats at Halloween.
Map of Sassafras Creek Valley
The stories in these six children’s adventure novels set in Tasmania draw upon the rich history and complex folklore of the island. All animals, but especially the main characters—the thylacine, the swift parrot, the Tasmanian devil, the tiger quoll, the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle, as well as the Tasmanian micro bats—are portrayed within their natural habitat.
Tasmania even now has untouched wilderness in its more remote corners, and adventures like the ones Benjamin, Samantha, Rebecca and Geoffrey experience are still possible on this remote, exotic island in the Southern Ocean.