With their parents in trouble once again, the Kidds must traverse the
Australian Outback, recover a pair of stolen gems, and defeat
treasure-hunting pirates to save them! The Kidd family is on their way
to Australia to find Lasseter's Gold when they are challenged by fellow
treasure hunter Charlotte Badger, who challenges them to a race to the
gold! But when the Kidds pull into port in Australia, their parents are
suddenly arrested--they've been framed! It turns out Charlotte Badger is
a pirate, and she's planted a priceless stolen black opal on the Kidds'
ship, The Lost! Now Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have seven days to
traverse the Australian Outback, find Charlotte Badger and her pirate
cronies, and bring back the evidence that will prove their parents
innocent. If they fail, their parents will be found guilty and thrown in
prison . . . forever!