Mr Tripdoodle (1962)
This marionette is a floating magical character which was hand carved from wood and took up the position as the protector of Ehmer's Family of Puppets. On his shoulder is his pet bird who whispers in his ear to let him know when a puppet is in trouble.

Minksy Mouse (1962)
This little fellow is a fully carved marionette with special features such as moving mouth, eyes, ears, wobbly bottom and can take his handkerchief out, wipe his nose and return it to his pocket. This puppet is our most elaborately strung marionette.

Minksy was a central character in Ehmer's Puppets original stage production, "A Puppet is Born". His character was a close friend of the puppet maker, but caused disturbance occasionally in the workshop; a mischievious but likable little mouse!

Boko and Beany (1965)
These two wood carved marionettes are circus clowns who perform a harmonica duo. A popular feature of their performance is when their bottoms wiggle to the beat of the music.

A wall portrait of Boko was commissioned by Eileen to celebrate this very popular and treasured marionette. The portrait was presented to Bernie as a surprise birthday present.

Baringa Bahloo (1971)
This fully carved wooden marionette is a traditional Australian Aboriginal. He took part in the Puppeteers of America's National Festival (1972) to represent Australian puppetry.

This overseas journey was memorable for more than one reason. For safety, Baringa was carefully packed into a wooden box and air freighted to St Louis for the Festival, as a representative of Australian puppetry. As an Indigenous Australian character he created a lot of interest.

On his return to Australia, Customs disassembled him in a roughshod manner to examine for the possibility of concealed illegal items. This caused us considerable distress, but Baringa was carefully restored to his original state.