One of a package of five family oriented pictures produced by Australia's Independent Productions which were acquired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The others were: Platypus Cove, Wilde's Domain, Mystery at Castle House and Run Rebecca, Run!. All five titles had early 1980s home video release on tape.
One of two early 1980s Australian theatrical feature films based on Robert Browning's poem ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin''. The movies are Fluteman (1982) and Abra Cadabra (1983).
''Minyaka'' is a fictional Australian town in the film and does not exist in real life.
The name of the small country town was ''Minyaka''.