The Wiggles arrived in Canberra on Monday as part of their Fruit Salad TV Big Show Tour - the first for new yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins.

At just 16 - and without a drivers' licence to command any car, let alone the Wiggles' signature ride - Hawkins replaced outgoing member Emma Watkins in October. And despite the short timeframe, the teenager has already charmed fans, with many showing up with sunflowers in their hair, just like the new Wiggle herself.

"I did not expect such positive feedback and just love how the parents are embracing it, too," Hawkins said.

"Just to see everyone dressing up is great. Sometimes when we go out for a lunch break, I can see them all huddling around waiting and it reminds me of when I was little coming to a Wiggles show."

The tour not only marks the first for Hawkins - who joins blue Wiggle Anthony Field, purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie and red Wiggle Simon Pryce as part of the core band - it is also the first time the extended line-up from Fruit Salad TV has been on stage. These include blue Wiggle Evie Ferris, purple Wiggle John Pearce and yellow Wiggle Kelly Hamilton.

And if that wasn't a big enough line-up, Dorothy the dinosaur, Captain Feathersword, Wags the dog, Henry the octopus, Shirley Shawn the unicorn, Officer Beaples and Bok the hand puppet also make an appearance.

"We're going to need a bigger big red car," Pryce said.

The extended line-up is all part of creating a more representative Wiggles.

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Shirley Shawn the unicorn is non-binary, meanwhile, Ferris was the second First Nations woman to have joined The Australian Ballet - which she continues to do while performing with The Wiggles. Pearce, who is known for his involvement with pop group Justice Crew, is of Australian-Filipino background, while Hamilton is of Chinese-Australian heritage. Hawkins is of Ethiopian decent.

This of course is not the first time The Wiggles have had a change in line-up, with the only original member in the main band being Anthony Fields.

As changes have been made throughout the years, Fields said it was always the parents who had a harder time adjusting.

"Kids don't have a lot of the same constraints or hang-ups that adults have. It's been quite amazing, they're all still getting up and having fun," he said.

"We've always got negative reactions from the adults and not the kids. The kids are having fun and they just want to have fun. It's the same songs, just more singers."

The Fruit Salad TV Big Show Tour is capping off what has been a big couple of months for the iconic children's band. January saw them take out Triple J's Hottest 100 with their version of Tame Impala's Elephant, and last month they scored their first ARIA no.1 with their cover album, ReWiggled.

And while Canberra has been left off the OG Wiggles Over-18 Tour - which sees Fields joined by original members Murray Cook, Greg Page and Jeff Fatt to perform songs off ReWiggled - the band's cover of Elephant has found its way into the setlist for the Fruit Salad TV Big Show Tour.

"There's always a big response. And we do have elephants that go out into the audience as well for that one - blow-up elephants, not real elephants," Pryce said.

"So we incorporate a bit of everything that's been going on with The Wiggles this year into these big shows, which is exciting."

The Wiggles are at the Canberra Theatre on Tuesday. Tickets from canberratheatrecentre.com.au.

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