Bambaloo Bambaloo is an Australian children ' s television program . The series was originally shown on the Seven Network , but more recently it has been shown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC ) . The series first debuted in 2002 . The series was produced by Flying Bark Productions , the Seven Network and The Jim Henson Company . 65 half - hour episodes were produced between 2002 and 2003 . Show Overview . Sam lives in a jungle treehouse along with her animal friends – Jet ( a fish ) , Fidget ( a dog ) and Portia ( a bird ) . Also living in the Bambaloo Tree , but unknown to many of the residents , are two mice named Jinx and Gypsy . Sam and her friends often will row across the river to meet their friend Jake , the local " make it " guy . Each episode of the show focuses on a different aspect of a weekly theme . Every episode of " Bambaloo " uses structured segments and elements ( music , stories , puzzles , games , songs and imagination ) that are ofen recurring and repeated . Each of the segments has a song that signals the viewer the transition between segments . Segments include : Characters . " Character descriptions from the official Bambaloo website : " Sam . Sam is absolutely crazy about animals . She lives for animals . She has books about animals , loves stories about animals and is friends with all sorts of animals who live all over the world . Her best friends are , of course , Portia , Fidget and Jet who live with her in the Bambaloo tree . Sam ’ s very favourite place in the Bambaloo tree is her comfy , comfy couch with lots of nice big cushions . She likes to sit there and read where it ’ s just so comfortable . When it comes to favourite food , it is very difficult for Sam to choose because she just likes everything . She does like rock cakes which she bakes for Jet . They ’ re not really rocks , but they ’ re a bit hard so they are like rocks . Sam ’ s favourite thing that she likes to do most of all is singing and dancing at the same time , because she has to use more skills . It is a bit exhausting , but it is mostly just lots of fun – especially if she has a friend do it with . Her favourite Bambaloo song is the song about senses : ‘ Look Around ’ seeing , smelling , tasting , touching and hearing . She likes to do all the actions while she sings . Jake . Jake lives across the river in a little hut . He ’ s a builder and has collected stuff from anywhere and everywhere . He ’ s a great doer and maker and is very creative . Jake ' s favourite friends are Jinx and Gypsy . He loves it when they visit so he can make something for them . A couple of favourite things he ’ s made are a crazy coconut head and a paper helicopter . He really does know Jinx and Gypsy come to sample his food but he just forgets . Sometimes though he has remembered and then he has tricked them . Like the time he made a pretend apple pie . He laughed a lot when Jinx and Gypsy tried to eat it . But , of course , he then shared a real apple pie with them because that ’ s another thing he loves doing - sharing . Fidget . Fidget is very playful , energetic and courageous and loves adventure . He ’ s a bit forgetful and sometimes can ’ t remember where he left his bowl or his bone . Fidget ’ s very favourite place in the Bambaloo tree is the kitchen , because that ’ s where Sam makes all the treats . His second favourite place is his kennel . It ’ s all cosy and warm . His very favourite food is banana cake , but he can ’ t have that very often . So his second favourite is doggy bics and water . The best thing about living in the tree is being able to run around outside in the jungle . There he just loves to go sniffing around the trees and chasing lots of sticks ; all the things that dogs love to do . Another good thing is having lots of visitors who come to see him and his friends in the tree : like Leo the Lion , Antonia Ant and Fernando the Frog . His favourite game is chasing his tail . Fidget holds the jungle record for the most tail chases . He just can ’ t remember how many it is … but it ’ s lots . Portia . Portia is an all - dancing , all - singing bird who loves to perform . She ’ s loud , bright and is gorgeous . Portia appears to be very confident – if not a little bossy Deep down inside , she isn ’ t half as confident as she seems . Portia always says exactly what she thinks and sometimes she thinks she knows more than she does . The truth is Portia is deeply concerned about her housemates though she doesn ’ t always show it . If you ask Portia what is her very favourite place in the Bambaloo tree she ’ d probably say it ’ s her nest . But it ’ s hard to choose , because she ’ s really happiest when she ’ s anywhere that ’ s near her friends Sam … … or Fidget … … … or Jet ! Portia has no trouble picking her favourite food , however . It ’ s homemade seed buns . Sam makes them and they ’ re deeeeee - licious . Her favourite Bambaloo song is “ I Can Fly ” which makes perfect sense because , of course Portia CAN fly . Being a bird she naturally has a lovely singing voice , though she still wishes she could sing as beautifully as Sam does . Portia thinks living in the Bambaloo tree is fantastic because it has an absolutely marvellous view . She can see way over the treetops of the jungle . It ’ s also a great place to come and land after she ’ s been flying around visiting all her friends in other trees . Being a well travelled bird , Portia has been to many places all over the world . Her favourites are the most interesting ones . She once flew over a volcano with amazing smoke coming out of it ( although she didn ’ t know it was a volcano – she thought it was just a very smoky mountain ) . Another of her favourite places is Peru but it was just so fascinating that she can ’ t describe it ! Jet . Jet has tanks scattered throughout the tree and these are connected so he can quickly swim from one side of the room to the other , or up to the kitchen . He does love to surprise the others when they are not expecting it . His very favourite place in the Bambaloo tree is his big tank because in it he can swim around a lot . He also likes his little tank because that ’ s where he can speak to Bronwyn . Who ’ s Bronwyn ? It ’ s his favourite piece of spiky weed , of course . Jet likes to name to his plants and talk to them … when he ’ s not eating them ! Apart from weed , Jet ’ s favourite food is the special food that Sam feeds him . Of all the Bambaloo songs , his favourite is – of course – H2O OK . Jet doesn ’ t think he can sing very well , but he does a lovely rendition of H20 if you ask him nicely . For Jet the best thing about living in the tree is living with Sam . He loves Sam and she takes such good care of him . And most special of all , Jet is the only fish he knows who lives in a tree ! Jet has two ambitions . He hopes to one day visit his uncle Gilbert in the Caribbean , and it is also his lifelong dream to become an astronaut . He ’ s just not sure if fish are allowed into astronaut school . But why not – after all , there are STARfish ! Jinx and Gypsy . These two little mice love to eat , so naturally their favourite place in the Bambaloo tree is where all the food is : the kitchen , and most specifically the fridge . That ’ s where the best stuff is – especially the cheese . Their favourite food is without doubt cheese . And more cheese . And just a little bit more as well . And cheese pizza . Any type of cheese will do – gouda , cheddar and mozzarella . Although Gypsy does hog the camembert , because she loves to suck the middle out . Gypsy and Jinx ’ s favourite song is “ Bambaloo ” . They love to sing “ Bam - bam - bam Bambaloo ” together because they are the ones who shout “ BAMBALOO ! ! ! ” For the mice , the best thing about living in the tree is that there ’ s always lots of food around . Sam goes to the supermarket every single week and always buys lots and lots of their favourite food : cheese ! Gypsy and Jinx are brother and sister – in fact they ’ re twins . They don ’ t fight very much , but when they do , Gypsy always likes to make up afterwards by giving her brother a big kiss ( which he pretends not to like ) and then a good tickle until they both laugh themselves silly . None of the others in the Bambaloo tree know about Gypsy and Jinx and they must NEVER find out – not even Sam . They have had a few close calls but have never been caught . Gypsy thinks this is because the others are just rather silly . One day the mice were hiding in the cupboard while the others were talking in the kitchen . Jinx ’ s tummy rumbled and others nearly heard it ! Phew that was close ! They also love visiting Jake as he always makes them such great things – oh and yes he also always has something yummy to eat ! !