Comedy and bodily humour
Blacky is presented as a farting dog whose smelliness is a prominent part of the adventure.
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Barry Jonsberg - Author
This is a deliberately silly wilderness adventure built around Blacky's rude bodily humour, a time-pressured search and escalating obstacles. Alongside the jokes, the mission concerns finding a supposedly last Tasmanian tiger and saving it from extinction.
A third wacky adventure with Blacky the farting dog. Blacky's sending Marcus and Dylan to the Tasmanian wilderness on a mission. But between giant bully boys, unintelligible Scottish camp instructors and the need for thermal underwear - will they find the last remaining Tasmanian tiger?Blacky's back, smellier than ever. And he's got a new mission for Marcus and Dylan: track down the very last Tassie tiger and save it from extinction. Simple, really.But throw in some bumbling thylacine hunters, a bully out to get you, a hairy Scotsman on your trail, and anything can - and will - happen. Especially as time is running out.You can read more Blacky adventures in The Dog that Dumped on My Doona and A Croc Called Capone.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a deliberately silly wilderness adventure built around Blacky's rude bodily humour, a time-pressured search and escalating obstacles. Alongside the jokes, the mission concerns finding a supposedly last Tasmanian tiger and saving it from extinction.
Blacky is presented as a farting dog whose smelliness is a prominent part of the adventure.
Be ready for repeated fart and smell jokes, bullying, pursuit and danger implied by the hunt and the race against time.
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