G’DAY NEIGHBOUR album by Shir's Neighbourhood

A Richard Bence Production / Seven Network. 1979. Producer: Jennifer Hooks.

LP (OP) Neighbourhood Records. L-25377. (CA C 25377). 1982.
“G’DAY NEIGHBOUR”.

Our Neighbourhood. (3:34).
(Best). v: Everybody. (Festival).

Bad Habits. (3:54).
(Field - Price). v: Claude. (Chappell).

You Mowed Your Way. (2:45).
(Coffey - Reeve).
v: Liz and Possum. (Control).

Heartbreak Hotel. (1:25).
(Axton - Durden - Presley).
v: Greenfinger and the Sham Rockers. (Albert).

Kangaroo Rock. (2:37).
(Bridges). v: Norm. (Neighbourhood).

I Love You Claude. (3:02).
(Rule). v: Claude. (Neighbourhood).

I Don’t Know If I’m A Dreamer Possum’s Song. (3:09).
(Reeve). v: Liz and Possum. (Control).

She Loves You. (2:20).
(Lennon - McCartney). v: Greenfinger and the Sham Rockers.
(ATV Northern).

Waltzing Matilda. (3:43).
(Paterson - Cowan).
v: Possum and The Glees. (Allans/Non-Copyright).

Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport. (3:29).
(Harris). v: Norm, Liz, Possum, Stanley, Greenfinger,
Claude. (Castle).

Shirl's Neighbourhood was an Australian afternoon children's television series which first aired on the Seven Network on Monday the 2nd April 1979 and continued Monday to Fridays till 1983. The half-hour show featured former Skyhooks frontman Graeme "Shirley" Strachan and co-host Liz Rule alongside a cast of characters including Norm The Kangaroo, Ol' Possum, Claude The Crow, Stanley The Snake, Greenfinger the Garden Gnome, Yippee the Bunyip, Igor the Spider, Bartholomew the Sheep and a band of monkeys. Bruce Spence was a gardener early in the series.

Norm the Kangaroo was played by Don Bridges. The other characters were puppets created and brought to life by Ron Mueck.

Production
Shirl's Neighbourhood was produced by Jenifer Hooks and Richard Bence of Puppetstuff. It ran from 1979 till 1983 and clocked up over 900 episodes. Jenifer Hooks later went on to head Film Victoria and Cinemedia.

Regular segments were Possum's Patterns with Auntie Mae, Greenfinger's Garden with Laurie Ryan and later Bruce Spence. Fritz Martin appeared regularly with various animals and wildlife.

The show was very popular with kids and adults alike. This was due mainly to the character of Claude the Crow. Claude had a slightly more cynical view of the world than the other characters (like Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street), and adults could identify with this