Hazard River Characters

Hi, I’m Jack Wilde. I’m the narrator of Hazard River. I’ve listed a few things you might want to know about me and the other members of the Hazard River gang.

Jack Wilde

Age: 10

Favourite saying: Flying custard pies!!!! 

Favourite food: Pancakes with maple syrup, chocolate sauce, strawberry sauce, caramel sauce and sprinkles. Heaven!!!!

Nickname: Boy Genius (OK, so I gave myself that nickname. It still counts.)

Likes: Coming up with the most brilliant plan ever. (And I normally do!)

Most outstanding achievements: Saving my brother from quicksand, saving my brother from floating away in a boat, saving a colony of ghost bats, saving grey nurse sharks, saving injured koalas … (Do you want me to go on?)  

Ben Wilde

Age: 6

Favourite saying: Can I keep this?

Favourite food: Spicy pork dumplings

Nickname: The Stink Collector (Doesn’t everyone call him that?)

Likes: Collecting stuff

Most outstanding achievements: Finding a bike on the side of the road, finding a Swiss Army knife, finding a screw driver, finding a dead jellyfish, finding … (I don’t think you want to know any more.)

Lachlan Master

Age: 12

Favourite saying: I can’t believe you fell for that one!!!!

Favourite food: Spaghetti with kangaroo poo bolognese (I actually made that up. Lachlan will kill me!)

Nickname: Master of Disaster (That is perfect for Lachlan.)

Likes: Playing practical jokes

Most outstanding achievements: Umm… Errr… None comes to mind, unless you count shaking up a whole case full of beer and really annoying people.

Mimi Fairweather

Age: 12

Favourite saying: Did you know…?

Favourite food: Garlic-fried centipedes (Mimi says they’re a lot tastier than they look.)

Nickname: Professor Bigbrains (She’s got a brain the size of Uluru, I swear!)

Likes: Saving the planet

Most outstanding achievements: Sailing around the world with her parents, dodging pirates in the Philippines, whales in the Pacific Ocean and avoiding a ghost boat on Hazard River (with my help.)