An itinerant rural worker and swagman who returns to Sydney to find his wife, Lily, living with another man. He takes his young daughter, Buster, on the road, struggles to find work with his former employer Parker, and fights for legal custody after Buster is severely injured in a car accident.
Past employment relationship seeking reactivation.
Biological father-daughter bond that drives the narrative.
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