Yompers!
A new Australian children’s TV series for ages 5–9
Yompers follows the social lives of children who attend a whimsical, multi-species vacation care run by four wise, but hilarious Yompers who bring insight, peace, love and laughter. Each donning a colourful backpack, Yompers carry the heavy load of life’s biggest lessons. It takes a Yomper to raise a community.
Yompers is a fast-paced, fun and funny children’s TV series for ages 5–9 and their families that shines a light on the individual, social and community life of children using humanities, arts and social sciences education. Each 11-minute episode includes a snappy live action storyline, creative cutaways and a different two-minute song per episode as the outro.
Featuring over 15 puppet characters per episode, human actors include children in vacation care and the teenage and young adult assistants who help run things – the Yomper “Helping Hands”.
The Yompers theme song is by Australian rock legends Regurgitator!
Their calling is to impart wisdom to some of the youngest humans on earth in a super fun way, supporting them to understand important and exciting ideas in the areas of HASS (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences).
The main characters are four puppet Yompers: A Polar Bear, a Greater Glider, a Crested Porcupine and a Pine Marten. They are peacemakers who run Yompers Vacation Care Centre, which is a converted war bunker on Bribie Island. Each Yomper carries a heavy load – a colourful backpack. Each of them has something special inside their backpacks that is revealed to support their care for the children.
Note, ‘Yomping’ was revealed by journalist Charles Laurence in 1982 as the word which the British Royal Marines used to describe carrying heavy loads long distances on foot. It’s used here as euphemism for “taking on the heavy load to help others achieve their goals”. The twist is that these Yompers are harbingers of global peace which is, let’s be honest, the HARDEST of jobs.
The Yompers TV series proof of concept was filmed in February 2025 at Pluggas Studio on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
