To Catch a Rainbow ...or an Aussie Bushwalk

To Catch a Rainbow ...or an Aussie Bushwalk © 199? Adventure Probe Soft.

It is a fine Saturday morning and you have decided to ride your bike to the nearby bush forest to observe the wildlife. Dismounting from your bike, you lean it against a notice by the bush track. Picking up a sturdy stick lying close by, you head along the track into the bush, when you hear a yell. It comes from the car park; you run back to see what all the commotion is about and find a small, dark-skinned man sitting on a log under the banksia trees, looking miserable as he rubs his ankle. He asks for your help, and then tells you a story.

"I was given a task to do for Mother Nature, but alas, I sprained my ankle and I can't continue. The Rainbow Bunyip has turned against us small people, and is destroying the rainbow, scattering all its colours around the countryside. If I don't find all the colours and put them back into the great crystal prism before the next shower, we will never see another rainbow again, please find them." He puts some stones into his dillybag and hands it to you, adding "You will need these."

You take the bag and sling it over your shoulder. "Here, take my stick: you reply, as you hand the sturdy stick to the little man," He says, "My name is Narkoor, It means 'gum tree' in my native language. What is yours?" "Oh mine," you reply, "it's Gillian. I don't think it means anything." You both
laugh. Narkoor stands up. "Ouch, ow! I think I will get back if I take it slowly. Good luck, Gillian." He tums and hobbles slowly away along the track, out of the car park...

Can you, as Gillian, find the seven colours and restore the rainbow?