Wombat Creek, Australia: The heart of the lush pastoral country and stud merino sheep flocks in Western Victoria. Ethan Bourke owns Karingal Park sheep station, fighting personal demons, torn between a long term comfortable relationship and his instant attraction for a radical newcomer to the district. Single mother, Summer Dalton, inherits the small 100 acre farm, Greenbanks, and arrives in the Western District to investigate settling on her grandfather's property, the scandal of her family's past still in people's memories. Ethan offers to buy Summer out. Planning to stay, she rejects his bid, hoping to succeed and become part of the local community. They struggle to resolve their attraction against the odds of a jealous old flame and Ethan's snobbish alcoholic mother who throws down the ultimate vindictive challenge.