When contracted in 1942 by Ida Elizabeth Osbourne to write a serial for the ABC Children's Session, she wrote the series "The Wide-awake Bunyip". When the lead actor Albert Collins died suddenly in 1951, she changed its direction and "The Muddle-Headed Wombat" was born, with first Leonard Teale then John Ewart in the title role. The series ended when the radio program folded in 1970. Such was its popularity that between 1962 and 1982 she wrote a series of children's books about the character.