Ian Benallack

For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to meet a mystery man who may be her ex-husband. The third & youngest daughter is an unmarried nurse aware of her ticking biological clock. The only son chases after his grumpy father who seems to not care a whit about his wife's circumstances. The four are also faced my their mother's dreams to accomplish a few things before she dies - to visit a beach she had visited in the past, to see her youngest married, and to visit Paris. She also wants to be embalmed and be honored with a 21 gun salute. Thus the whole group has to set off in the quest to fulfill their mother's wishes.

Hanif and Dean steal a cache of drugs from Dean's psychotic brother Jerry, and at the last minute get a lift with Mimi as she decides to drive to Perth. They pick up a drunken singer, Morris, as they cross the country, chased by Jerry.

Park ranger Steve Mitchell is torn between Lee, a beautiful sly political aide from Melbourne who supports the government's decision to turn the local grazing areas into a national park, and his old flame Joanna, a rancher who opposes it.

После смерти отца 18-летний Джим Крэйг покидает свою тихую ферму в горах Австралии и отправляется на заработки. Трудолюбивый и упорный, он не хочет расставаться с фермой, а для ее содержания нужны большие деньги. Джим поступает на работу к жестокому землевладельцу и торговцу скотом Харрисону и влюбляется в его дочь, красавицу Джессику. А вскоре становится втянутым в 20-летнюю вражду за право владения землей между своим боссом и его братом-близнецом Спером…