Bored of the local playground, Dad and the kids go out on a journey to their local creek. Cast out of her comfort zone, Bluey's eyes are opened to the beauty of the natural world.
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Bluey, Bingo and their friend Mackenzie have grown bored of the playground, having played all the swings available to them. The kids run over to Bandit and ask him to play with them. However, Bandit tells them to play on the swings again... no dice. Still. Bored. They return, but Bandit tells them he's too big for the swings. Mackenzie suggests a trip to the creek - indeed, a good idea! On the way to the bushes, Bluey tries to balance on the benches, but fails to; Mackenzie tells her it's just a matter of balancing. Bluey isn't really keen on going... the dirt isn't really her forte. Mackenzie excitedly drags her within despite some resistance.
Indeed, the path is infested with bugs, thorns, a potential dropbear ambush... not really, and actually snakes. Bluey comes face-to-face with a dragonfly and literally a spider-web, and a leech. Now terrified of the many creatures within, Bluey insists to head back, but Bandit shows them a beautiful lizard - nature really is truly beautiful. Bluey ends up skidding the rather steep descent down to the creek and ends up hurting her knee. However, she forgets about the pain when Bandit cracks another joke, this time telling her he'll chop it off. Bandit winks a sly wink towards Bingo as they finally reach the creek.
"The creek is beautiful!" - Bingo Heeler.
Indeed it is, Bingo, but there is much more to it. The gang hops on rocks to cross the creek, Bluey still struggling to stay balanced. Mackenzie tells her to tell her time and to avoid the pointy rocks as she slips on a wobbly rock. Bluey has also swallowed mud and panics, but Bandit tells her it's no big deal. Bluey repeats Bingo's creek is beautiful talk, turning it into a mantra. She'll power through - she needs to see the creek! She has finally mastered balance and must now clear a waterfall that divides two parts of the creek. However, she remains scared; Bluey is confused when Mackenzie tells her it's like jumping on sheep. Bluey, repeating the creek is beautiful mantra, is able to clear the waterfall!
They finally reach the part of the creek that Bandit used to play on when he was a pup. It's glorious. Bluey has finally embraced the forces of nature. Bluey asks Bandit what they could play; he tells her she can go nuts. As she enters the water, she encounters tadpoles nibbling her toes and a dragonfly. Finally seeing the beauty of the nature around her, she remarks that it really is beautiful. She then pulls off a leech without flinching. The kids then play skimming rocks, with Bluey using a bigger rock. They then play boats, build a dam, and tend to Bandit at a day spa. As Bluey heads out the spa to grab more bud for Bandit's face mask, she encounters a wallaby.
The creek is truly beautiful.
The kids eventually head back to the playground; now it's all clear. However, they decide to pass on it. Bluey shows her perfect balance on the benches from earlier, and high-fives her friend Mackenzie as they head off home. Bandit also jokingly tells Bingo to look out for ticks.
A form of fourth wall break can be seen when Bluey refused to jump and Mackenzie mentions being a herding dog saying that it's like "jumping from one sheep to another".
This is one of three season 1 episodes to have sneak peaks in 2019, the other two being Grannies and Asparagus.
Dropbears are a fictitious creature that are said to be a carnivorous and highly dangerous relative of the koala, hunting their prey by dropping on them from the treetops in a surprise attack. Foreign tourists and the highly gullible are often told to watch out for dropbears as a joke, much like how Bandit warned the kids in the episode. Gazontapedes, however, don't exist in Australian folklore.
The wallaby is likely a pademelon, a small scrub-dwelling marsupial native to coastal Queensland. Pademelons are also mentioned in Zoo.
In the spa scene, there are orange leaves on all the rocks. This is art made by the kids, after Andy Goldsworthy[1].
The episode reveals that Bandit used to play by a creek as a puppy.
