FORGET Neighbours, Home And Away and Kylie Minogue. Australia's brightest exports by far are the Hi-5 team.

Their early morning children's programme on Channel Five is watched by more than 200,000 youngsters every day, and so it was no surprise to find their three back-to-back shows in York on Saturday were sell-outs.

The Grand Opera House was buzzing as hundreds of children waving huge Hi-5 hands on sticks, waited patiently to get a glimpse of the famous five - Kathleen, Charli, Nathan, Tim, and Kellie.

And when they finally came on stage in a puff of smoke, there was probably more noise than at a York City match.

Soon the all-singing, all-dancing Aussies were firing up their rocket ship for a fun-packed space odyssey with a difference.

They landed at weird and wonderful new planets, with names such as Planet Move A Lot, Planet Jupland, Planet Magic and Planet Disco.

It was song after song, dance routine after dance routine, with youngsters and their parents urged to join in every step of the way.

It was a slick, highly-polished production from a very talented team, who obviously love what they do.

It fizzed with energy from start to finish, and there wasn't a child, or adult for that matter, who didn't leave with a smile on their face. Pure magic.

Elliot Ritchie, aged three, with a little help from his thirtysomething dad, Simon

Updated: 11:05 Monday, April 25, 2005