![Wylie Watson](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/e4lPRPe3H6AEK2t1yKgt4k3LHQn.jpg)
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling and a race horse will all have a part in the final decision.