 Similar techniques are seen in some forms of Japanese puppetry.At the time of shooting, the ABC network owned studios in the Sydney bush suburb of Frenchs Forest and the show was recorded using multi-camera and live sound recording on the back lot, with the puppeteers voicing the characters at the same time as operating the puppets.The only time that they would used one Camera was the scenes with Blinky Bill and Charlie Goanna talking in Blinky's Tree.