Angie Elliot loves her home on an outback station, and intends to stay and marry Rick, the manager.
But her widowed mother has definite plans for her youngest daughter, and they don't include letting her marry a local stockman. Angie is persuaded to leave all she loves.
Estranged from her family, she learns the power of friendship. She discovers her own interests, and, growing in self-confidence, defies her mother.
When she returns home, her hopes and plans fail. She must choose a different future.