Recently Mr. Wombat has been suffering backaches and moves to an elderly people's home. However the matron has very strict rules. Blinky and his gang prompt the old folks how to enjoy themselves and Mr. Wombat decides to go back home.
Ms. Magpie takes her class camping. Meanwhile Danny has his camping plans with Meatball. Blinky's gang do their dull camping work with some rewarding results. Danny and Meatball get washed away by a storm, but Blinky's gang saves them.
While on their quest to get back to Greenpatch, Blinky and the gang come across an apple orchard run by humans. However, Shifty is mistaken as one of the apple thieves.
While on their extraordinary adventure, Blinky and co. come across an abandoned Cuckoo's egg. Flap makes it is responsibility to find an appropriate nest for it.
Many months have passed since Blinky Bill and his friends found themselves lost, unable to get back home to Greenpatch, and in all that time they have never been closer to getting home than they are now.