This is nuts! It took the Australian animator a year to produce because it was made with clay stop-action animation (claymation).
What
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_animation
How
http://library.thinkquest.org/22316/home.html
Who
http://www.animateclay.com/
More animations
http://video.google.com/videosearch?rls=en&q=claymation