WEBVTT 00:00:09.825 --> 00:00:11.385 align:center I'm going up the country 00:00:11.465 --> 00:00:13.105 align:center Baby, don't you want to go? 00:00:15.225 --> 00:00:16.905 align:center I'm going up the country 00:00:16.985 --> 00:00:19.105 align:center Baby, don't you want to go… 00:00:19.185 --> 00:00:22.505 align:center Times are hard for everyone. Your father included. 00:00:23.385 --> 00:00:26.185 align:center How fortunate he has a friend in you, Mr. McSwat. 00:00:26.265 --> 00:00:27.545 align:center Indeed. 00:00:27.625 --> 00:00:29.905 align:center Nothing wrong with a man taking a risk in business. 00:00:29.985 --> 00:00:32.945 align:center Except when he sends his daughters out to repay his loans. 00:00:34.305 --> 00:00:36.905 align:center That's good. 00:00:36.985 --> 00:00:38.905 align:center You're cut from the same bolt of cloth, all right. 00:00:39.585 --> 00:00:43.065 align:center Very sharp. We'll need all those smarts with our boys. 00:00:43.985 --> 00:00:46.225 align:center - I thought you also had girls? - I do. 00:00:46.305 --> 00:00:48.505 align:center And between you and me, they're a lot brighter. 00:00:48.585 --> 00:00:50.545 align:center A shame they can't take over the business. 00:00:50.625 --> 00:00:52.385 align:center They can't? 00:00:56.225 --> 00:00:58.585 align:center Mrs. McSwat was expecting your sister. 00:00:59.105 --> 00:01:00.905 align:center Thought you'd been sent to be married. 00:01:02.065 --> 00:01:04.225 align:center You know what they say. Those that can, marry, 00:01:04.305 --> 00:01:06.665 align:center and those that can't, come work for you. 00:01:06.745 --> 00:01:09.225 align:center No use of you running 00:01:09.305 --> 00:01:11.545 align:center Or screaming and crying 00:01:12.345 --> 00:01:15.265 align:center 'Cause you've got a home, man 00:01:15.345 --> 00:01:16.345 align:center Here we are. 00:01:16.425 --> 00:01:19.985 align:center Your home for the year. Our little patch of paradise. 00:01:21.265 --> 00:01:22.985 align:center Whoa. Whoa. 00:01:23.505 --> 00:01:24.505 align:center Stand. 00:01:26.065 --> 00:01:28.225 align:center Cooee! McSwats! 00:01:28.305 --> 00:01:30.665 align:center - Hey! - She's here! She's here! 00:01:30.745 --> 00:01:32.425 align:center - Slow down. - Get her. 00:01:32.505 --> 00:01:36.105 align:center - I wanna bring her in. - Grab her dress! 00:01:36.185 --> 00:01:38.705 align:center - Stop pushing me. - Hey, I want to bring her in. 00:01:39.745 --> 00:01:41.665 align:center - Out of my way! - I've got it. 00:01:41.745 --> 00:01:43.465 align:center - Go on. - Okay. 00:01:44.625 --> 00:01:46.305 align:center Let me show you my room. 00:01:46.385 --> 00:01:48.825 align:center - Come on, hurry up. - Let me through. 00:01:48.905 --> 00:01:50.825 align:center - I'm gonna get ya! - Stop chasing me. 00:01:50.905 --> 00:01:52.065 align:center What are you doing? 00:01:52.145 --> 00:01:53.785 align:center - I'm gonna get you! - Come here. 00:01:53.865 --> 00:01:55.265 align:center Oi, let go. 00:01:55.345 --> 00:01:56.785 align:center - Careful. - Get off, you scamps. 00:01:56.865 --> 00:01:58.305 align:center - Hello my loves. - Stop! 00:01:58.385 --> 00:02:00.305 align:center - All of you! - Leave it. 00:02:00.385 --> 00:02:01.985 align:center I didn't, she did. 00:02:02.065 --> 00:02:04.945 align:center - Who's this? - Sybylla Melvyn, the sister. 00:02:05.025 --> 00:02:06.385 align:center We can't have two of them. 00:02:06.465 --> 00:02:09.145 align:center - It's just this one. - You said the other one was the nice one. 00:02:09.225 --> 00:02:10.225 align:center I'm the smart one. 00:02:12.585 --> 00:02:13.825 align:center So you're not married? 00:02:14.625 --> 00:02:16.585 align:center - That did not happen. - But you were engaged? 00:02:16.665 --> 00:02:17.625 align:center Yes. 00:02:18.345 --> 00:02:20.385 align:center - So? - It's complicated. 00:02:24.345 --> 00:02:26.385 align:center Drought-related financial collapse. 00:02:30.345 --> 00:02:32.745 align:center - He broke it off. - Ah. 00:02:33.265 --> 00:02:36.465 align:center Ah, well, we're happy to have you here for the year. 00:02:36.545 --> 00:02:37.985 align:center Even if you are an old spinster. 00:02:38.065 --> 00:02:40.465 align:center Spinster! 00:02:40.545 --> 00:02:44.385 align:center Spinster! Spinster! Spinster! Spinster! 00:02:44.465 --> 00:02:46.745 align:center - Spinster! Spinster! Spinster! - Hey! Hey! Hey! 00:02:46.825 --> 00:02:49.345 align:center - Stop! - Spinster! Spinster! Spinster! 00:02:49.425 --> 00:02:51.545 align:center - Dinner! - That's Mama's bowl. 00:02:51.625 --> 00:02:52.825 align:center This way. 00:02:52.905 --> 00:02:54.865 align:center - Sorry. - Move! 00:02:54.945 --> 00:02:57.905 align:center Both of you, get your hands off her. Time to eat some grub. 00:03:01.105 --> 00:03:04.145 align:center - Peter's courting Susie Duffy. - Yeah, and her dad owns 1,000 acres. 00:03:04.225 --> 00:03:05.585 align:center - Shut up, Jimmy. - But he does! 00:03:05.665 --> 00:03:08.985 align:center - Susie said it's rude to mention it. - Well, she is a catch. 00:03:09.065 --> 00:03:11.305 align:center And she sings the best of anyone else in the district. 00:03:11.385 --> 00:03:12.625 align:center Better. 00:03:15.185 --> 00:03:18.505 align:center She sings better than anyone else in the district. 00:03:20.425 --> 00:03:22.385 align:center We knew what you meant, Liza. 00:03:24.425 --> 00:03:28.625 align:center - Well, can we call you Sybylla? - Miss Melvyn's here to educate you. 00:03:28.705 --> 00:03:30.545 align:center - Not me. - Definitely not. 00:03:30.625 --> 00:03:33.425 align:center She will also do breakfast, sweeping, 00:03:33.505 --> 00:03:36.825 align:center chickens, vegetable garden, as well as helping out with the children. 00:03:37.745 --> 00:03:38.905 align:center All right. 00:03:38.985 --> 00:03:40.945 align:center - Dig in, McSwats. - Here you go, darling. 00:03:41.025 --> 00:03:42.345 align:center About time you had some help. 00:03:42.425 --> 00:03:47.425 align:center Well, it'll be nice to have someone else to scrub Jimmy's dirty pants. 00:03:47.505 --> 00:03:48.425 align:center I'm not dirty. 00:03:48.505 --> 00:03:49.425 align:center Are so! 00:03:49.505 --> 00:03:52.105 align:center Oh! Don't you start. Let's not get started on you. 00:03:52.185 --> 00:03:54.185 align:center Remember that dead rat sandwich? 00:03:54.265 --> 00:03:56.665 align:center Rat sandwich. 00:03:59.305 --> 00:04:02.265 align:center - Tommy, stop it. Stop it, Tommy! - That was disgusting. 00:04:02.345 --> 00:04:04.945 align:center May I see… my room? 00:04:05.025 --> 00:04:06.065 align:center I'll do it. 00:04:07.185 --> 00:04:10.225 align:center What about a Sunday watch? Does he have a Sunday watch? 00:04:10.305 --> 00:04:13.265 align:center Tell Mr. Duffy I have six fine gold watches in this week. 00:04:18.105 --> 00:04:19.625 align:center She thinks she's a toff, 00:04:19.705 --> 00:04:22.025 align:center but she's only old boozy Melvyn's daughter. 00:04:22.105 --> 00:04:24.545 align:center - Thought she'd be prettier. - That was her sister. 00:04:24.625 --> 00:04:27.225 align:center - This is the one we've got. - Well, why did we get this one? 00:04:27.305 --> 00:04:28.505 align:center Don't be mean. 00:04:28.585 --> 00:04:31.705 align:center They should be grateful we're taking her off their hands. 00:04:31.785 --> 00:04:33.825 align:center I had no choice. She had her bags packed. 00:04:33.905 --> 00:04:37.385 align:center - It's on your head. - No, it's on yours. 00:04:37.465 --> 00:04:39.625 align:center Mama, is she our servant now? 00:04:39.705 --> 00:04:41.905 align:center - I didn't eat it. - Yes, you did. 00:04:54.505 --> 00:04:55.825 align:center Goodbye my darling. 00:05:01.305 --> 00:05:02.225 align:center Oh, Syb. 00:05:06.345 --> 00:05:08.105 align:center You don't have to do this. 00:05:08.625 --> 00:05:09.625 align:center Have you met me? 00:05:11.865 --> 00:05:17.025 align:center You're a Bossier. We bend, but we do not break. 00:05:18.465 --> 00:05:20.825 align:center That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me. 00:05:32.585 --> 00:05:33.625 align:center Chin up. 00:06:17.945 --> 00:06:19.665 align:center What's your favorite book, Liza? 00:06:19.745 --> 00:06:21.145 align:center Mum and I like the catalogs. 00:06:21.825 --> 00:06:23.145 align:center Do you know those? 00:06:23.705 --> 00:06:24.625 align:center For buying things? 00:06:24.705 --> 00:06:27.665 align:center Exactly. I like the pictures. 00:06:29.865 --> 00:06:31.065 align:center Come on, miss. 00:06:33.145 --> 00:06:35.945 align:center - Tommy's as slow as a wet rag! - Too slow, Tommy! Beat it. 00:06:36.025 --> 00:06:37.505 align:center Slow, slow, slow. 00:06:39.625 --> 00:06:42.185 align:center - Time to sit down now, children. - Take that! 00:06:42.265 --> 00:06:43.785 align:center - Move! Move! - Sit down! 00:06:44.665 --> 00:06:46.665 align:center That's my desk. 00:06:47.225 --> 00:06:49.265 align:center Yes! It's come from Possum Gully. 00:06:49.345 --> 00:06:50.745 align:center So what? Toughen up! 00:06:50.825 --> 00:06:53.145 align:center - Haha, you missed me! - Stop! 00:06:54.625 --> 00:06:57.585 align:center Good job, Lucy! 00:06:57.665 --> 00:06:59.465 align:center You named her after my Mama? 00:06:59.545 --> 00:07:00.625 align:center She's a good layer. 00:07:00.705 --> 00:07:02.465 align:center Get Jimmy! Don't aim for me! 00:07:02.545 --> 00:07:03.985 align:center - Get Liza! - Got you! 00:07:04.065 --> 00:07:06.305 align:center - Stop! - Friends! Stop fighting! 00:07:06.385 --> 00:07:08.225 align:center Children! Liza! 00:07:08.305 --> 00:07:09.545 align:center Ouch! 00:07:10.785 --> 00:07:12.665 align:center - Stop! - Liza! 00:07:12.745 --> 00:07:16.305 align:center When I count to three I want everybody to freeze. 00:07:25.825 --> 00:07:27.625 align:center Dearest Harry, 00:07:28.985 --> 00:07:31.345 align:center If you could see me now. 00:07:31.865 --> 00:07:34.705 align:center My days, filled with drudgery. 00:07:35.225 --> 00:07:38.305 align:center Time here passes slow as mud. 00:07:39.505 --> 00:07:43.345 align:center Like Mama's stolen piano, my keys exist, 00:07:43.425 --> 00:07:45.825 align:center but I've long since lost my tune. 00:07:47.585 --> 00:07:50.625 align:center All this solitude makes my mind wander. 00:07:50.705 --> 00:07:54.505 align:center And of course, I journey towards you. 00:07:55.305 --> 00:07:57.625 align:center My heart flies through the skies, 00:07:57.705 --> 00:08:01.305 align:center across this vast country to try and find you. 00:08:03.345 --> 00:08:04.985 align:center Where are you, my love? 00:08:09.425 --> 00:08:10.545 align:center - Oh, Mum. Mum. - Mm? 00:08:10.625 --> 00:08:11.945 align:center Look at these gloves. 00:08:12.545 --> 00:08:14.425 align:center - "Finnest"? - "Finest leather." 00:08:14.505 --> 00:08:15.625 align:center Oh, shall we have some? 00:08:19.345 --> 00:08:21.825 align:center One letter from you would make my heart sing again. 00:08:22.905 --> 00:08:27.425 align:center But your silence only multiplies my loneliness. 00:08:29.705 --> 00:08:31.505 align:center Jimmy, if I have two shillings in my purse, 00:08:31.585 --> 00:08:34.825 align:center and the bread comes to one and six, how much change do I get? 00:08:34.905 --> 00:08:35.865 align:center None. 00:08:35.945 --> 00:08:39.025 align:center 'Cause your family don't have two shillings to rub together no more. 00:08:39.105 --> 00:08:41.385 align:center Nice one, Jimmy. 00:08:46.185 --> 00:08:50.185 align:center Write to me, Harry. Tell me I'm not forgotten. 00:08:51.345 --> 00:08:54.745 align:center Help me remember the dream of our life together. 00:08:55.425 --> 00:08:59.465 align:center Where all we need to flourish is our love. 00:09:26.665 --> 00:09:30.585 align:center - Are you ready for her tea party? - Yeah, I'm going. 00:09:31.105 --> 00:09:33.985 align:center Do you like my doll? It's so pretty. 00:09:34.065 --> 00:09:35.225 align:center It's nice. 00:09:35.745 --> 00:09:37.105 align:center Jimmy. 00:09:38.425 --> 00:09:39.785 align:center Stop doing that. 00:09:43.865 --> 00:09:45.465 align:center James. 00:10:01.425 --> 00:10:02.505 align:center Mama! 00:10:03.585 --> 00:10:04.665 align:center Mama! 00:10:19.985 --> 00:10:22.265 align:center Did she hurt you? You tell Mama everything. 00:10:25.385 --> 00:10:28.465 align:center Outside! Go on, all you kids, out of there. 00:10:35.305 --> 00:10:37.585 align:center - Jimmy says you thrashed him. - I never touched him. 00:10:37.665 --> 00:10:39.505 align:center - Are you calling him a liar? - Yes. 00:10:39.585 --> 00:10:42.745 align:center Plus, he's disobedient, boisterous, and obstreperous. 00:10:42.825 --> 00:10:44.425 align:center Oh, big words! 00:10:44.505 --> 00:10:45.985 align:center You think you're so high-and-mighty, 00:10:46.065 --> 00:10:48.145 align:center coming in here with all your airs and your graces, 00:10:48.225 --> 00:10:52.265 align:center but what exactly have you taught my children? 00:10:52.785 --> 00:10:54.665 align:center - Maybe they're unteachable. - Them? 00:10:54.745 --> 00:10:59.465 align:center You are as hopeless as your father and as stuck-up as your mother. 00:11:00.985 --> 00:11:05.425 align:center Well, you're all feral. And this place is like hell! 00:11:06.665 --> 00:11:07.825 align:center Is it, now? 00:11:10.025 --> 00:11:13.265 align:center Well, maybe instead of walking around here 00:11:13.345 --> 00:11:17.145 align:center with your nose stuck up in the air judging us, 00:11:17.825 --> 00:11:20.825 align:center you could do something to make my children actually respect you, 00:11:20.905 --> 00:11:23.385 align:center and then maybe they'd learn something. 00:11:29.705 --> 00:11:30.905 align:center - Excuse me. - Mm-hmm. 00:12:02.345 --> 00:12:04.905 align:center - Right, I'm off. I'm seeing Susie. - Bye, love. 00:12:04.985 --> 00:12:05.825 align:center Bye-bye. 00:12:05.905 --> 00:12:08.225 align:center - Say hello to Susie for me. - Yeah, I will. 00:12:08.305 --> 00:12:12.145 align:center - Scared her off last time. - I did not! I was asking questions. 00:12:12.225 --> 00:12:14.105 align:center - Don't. - Don't let the rats break you. 00:12:15.745 --> 00:12:17.825 align:center - She was scary. - I was not mean. 00:12:17.905 --> 00:12:19.745 align:center - I believe that. - She was. 00:12:19.825 --> 00:12:22.625 align:center - You stormed in there. - I wasn't. Beg your pardon. 00:12:22.705 --> 00:12:24.905 align:center But you're not the one who can step in here and do that. 00:12:24.985 --> 00:12:26.185 align:center I was not mean. 00:12:26.265 --> 00:12:27.465 align:center You were! 00:12:41.265 --> 00:12:42.825 align:center You never thrashed me. 00:12:43.345 --> 00:12:45.385 align:center I've got a big mouth, and I'm rowdy as. 00:12:45.465 --> 00:12:46.785 align:center Sorry, miss. 00:13:09.505 --> 00:13:11.905 align:center The children should have new school primers. 00:13:13.585 --> 00:13:14.905 align:center And the piano needs tuning. 00:13:17.825 --> 00:13:20.465 align:center - Mm. - Right, yes. 00:13:21.305 --> 00:13:22.225 align:center So… 00:13:22.305 --> 00:13:24.425 align:center - How scary was she? - Just could hear her. 00:13:24.505 --> 00:13:25.665 align:center Neighbors could hear. 00:13:25.745 --> 00:13:27.265 align:center - Neighbors could hear? - Yeah. 00:13:27.345 --> 00:13:30.465 align:center - Yes, they could. 100%. They could. - Was she that scary? 00:13:30.545 --> 00:13:32.625 align:center - Like a bunyip? - Kept it on the down-low. 00:13:32.705 --> 00:13:34.825 align:center Very scary. Tell you what… 00:13:34.905 --> 00:13:37.825 align:center - She was, like… She was scary. - Like a bunyip? 00:13:37.905 --> 00:13:39.905 align:center - I wasn't-- - Like a bunyip! 00:13:44.345 --> 00:13:45.465 align:center Give me another word. 00:13:45.545 --> 00:13:48.145 align:center - Snot! - That's a little short, don't you think? 00:13:48.225 --> 00:13:50.185 align:center How about we stretch ourselves? 00:13:50.265 --> 00:13:51.625 align:center - Phlegm? - Diarrhea! 00:13:51.705 --> 00:13:54.785 align:center Yes! That's very tricky to spell. 00:13:55.825 --> 00:13:58.625 align:center One, two, three, four, five… 00:14:15.465 --> 00:14:16.425 align:center That looks nice. 00:14:17.065 --> 00:14:18.065 align:center It does. 00:14:18.585 --> 00:14:19.905 align:center I like this one. 00:14:20.425 --> 00:14:21.945 align:center Oh, I think I'd wear that. 00:14:23.105 --> 00:14:25.745 align:center - But I would not wear that. - No. 00:14:36.945 --> 00:14:40.905 align:center After we deliver this lot, I've got another job lined up for us. 00:14:40.985 --> 00:14:42.385 align:center Good one, boss. 00:14:43.505 --> 00:14:45.585 align:center The more sheep we move, the more we earn, 00:14:45.665 --> 00:14:48.025 align:center and the quicker we can all get back to our lives. 00:14:48.105 --> 00:14:50.065 align:center So have you written to Sybylla yet? 00:14:59.465 --> 00:15:00.305 align:center Go, go, go. 00:15:00.385 --> 00:15:01.945 align:center Son! 00:15:03.065 --> 00:15:04.945 align:center - We have a visitor! - Oh. 00:15:05.705 --> 00:15:06.705 align:center Hello. 00:15:07.905 --> 00:15:10.785 align:center Susie Duffy. Uh, pity you are early. 00:15:10.865 --> 00:15:13.105 align:center Kids, clear the table. Sybylla, put the kettle on. 00:15:13.185 --> 00:15:15.065 align:center - Sarah, pick that up. - Susie. 00:15:15.145 --> 00:15:17.385 align:center - What an honor. Sit. - Yes. 00:15:17.465 --> 00:15:20.505 align:center - Clear the table. - Over here. 00:15:20.585 --> 00:15:22.585 align:center - Just take it. - Yes. 00:15:22.665 --> 00:15:24.305 align:center Oh no, no, not that one. Not that one. 00:15:24.385 --> 00:15:26.185 align:center Jimmy, get the good chair. 00:15:26.265 --> 00:15:28.345 align:center - I'll get it. - That's not the best. 00:15:28.425 --> 00:15:30.345 align:center You wouldn't know a good chair if you sat on one. 00:15:30.425 --> 00:15:32.265 align:center - I like this. - It's too small. 00:15:32.345 --> 00:15:34.465 align:center Very pleased to meet you, Susie Duffy. 00:15:34.545 --> 00:15:36.825 align:center - Sybylla Melvyn. - Hello, Sybylla. 00:15:39.265 --> 00:15:42.225 align:center Steady on. Come on, now. You're just making it worse. 00:15:42.305 --> 00:15:44.105 align:center - You don't have the right chair. - Yes. 00:15:44.185 --> 00:15:47.785 align:center - Mary-Anne, come and help me. - I have the chair. 00:15:47.865 --> 00:15:49.865 align:center - Good boy. - Good lad. 00:15:49.945 --> 00:15:52.905 align:center - Good, Jimmy. Great. - Mama. Come on. 00:15:52.985 --> 00:15:55.945 align:center - Come on, quick. - Sit. Sit. Sit. 00:15:56.025 --> 00:15:57.825 align:center - Sit down there. - Come on. 00:15:57.905 --> 00:16:00.145 align:center - Thank you, Peter. - Don't pick your nose. 00:16:00.225 --> 00:16:02.665 align:center Where'd you get your dress? 00:16:03.985 --> 00:16:06.425 align:center - That's breeding for you. - Go. Give the girl air. 00:16:06.505 --> 00:16:08.585 align:center - Kettle? Kettle. - Yeah, scram! 00:16:11.545 --> 00:16:13.625 align:center Here we go. There. 00:16:16.825 --> 00:16:18.465 align:center Susie Duffy. 00:16:28.825 --> 00:16:30.945 align:center All right, you lot. Time for bed. 00:16:31.025 --> 00:16:33.025 align:center I'm not even tired. 00:16:43.145 --> 00:16:44.625 align:center Get over here. 00:16:48.785 --> 00:16:49.985 align:center Come here! 00:16:54.825 --> 00:16:56.865 align:center Come here. 00:17:06.065 --> 00:17:12.025 align:center "Archibald Butler is a world-renowned traveling photographer." 00:17:12.105 --> 00:17:13.505 align:center Can we? 00:17:14.025 --> 00:17:15.265 align:center May we? 00:17:15.785 --> 00:17:16.865 align:center And of course… 00:17:17.785 --> 00:17:20.385 align:center - Ah, the school primers. - Ah. 00:17:20.465 --> 00:17:23.065 align:center And a letter. Looks like it's from Caddagat. 00:17:29.465 --> 00:17:30.505 align:center Hmm. 00:17:32.505 --> 00:17:36.105 align:center Syb, I have news I know you'd like. 00:17:37.745 --> 00:17:40.585 align:center Oh, I'm sorry to leave you here alone, Gert. 00:17:40.665 --> 00:17:43.905 align:center Don't let mother talk you into marrying any old suitor who comes along. 00:17:43.985 --> 00:17:45.665 align:center I won't. 00:17:45.745 --> 00:17:48.145 align:center That schoolteacher from Gool Gool asked me for another walk. 00:17:48.225 --> 00:17:49.305 align:center Oh, I like him. 00:17:49.385 --> 00:17:50.625 align:center Me too. 00:17:50.705 --> 00:17:51.785 align:center Shall we? 00:17:51.865 --> 00:17:53.945 align:center So you're leaving without saying goodbye? 00:17:54.025 --> 00:17:55.825 align:center Of course not. 00:17:55.905 --> 00:17:59.225 align:center Be sensible, Helen. How can this possibly be a plan? 00:17:59.305 --> 00:18:03.705 align:center Well… Julius is gonna take me to Gool Gool. 00:18:03.785 --> 00:18:05.705 align:center I'm gonna take the mail coach and train to Sydney. 00:18:05.785 --> 00:18:08.585 align:center - Augusta's gonna meet me. - Don't be facetious. You know what I mean. 00:18:09.625 --> 00:18:12.945 align:center - It's time, Mother. We both know it. - This is ridiculous. 00:18:13.025 --> 00:18:14.905 align:center - What are you going to do? - Get a job. 00:18:15.825 --> 00:18:16.825 align:center A job? 00:18:19.945 --> 00:18:22.825 align:center I need you, Helen. Julius needs you. 00:18:22.905 --> 00:18:24.785 align:center Oh, no, no. I don't need you. 00:18:24.865 --> 00:18:27.905 align:center I mean, we'll miss you, but I fully support Hels leaving. 00:18:27.985 --> 00:18:29.345 align:center Thank you, J. 00:18:33.145 --> 00:18:36.545 align:center My husband ran off and left me with nothing. 00:18:37.065 --> 00:18:39.065 align:center Why should I carry the shame of something that he did 00:18:39.145 --> 00:18:40.185 align:center for the rest of my life? 00:18:40.265 --> 00:18:42.105 align:center Oh, Helen, buck up. 00:18:43.665 --> 00:18:46.185 align:center I'm done. I did what you asked. 00:18:46.785 --> 00:18:48.105 align:center Helen. 00:18:48.745 --> 00:18:50.065 align:center Times are changing, Mother. 00:18:50.145 --> 00:18:51.865 align:center No, Helen, please don't go. 00:18:54.585 --> 00:18:56.425 align:center Helen! 00:18:59.345 --> 00:19:00.505 align:center I told you you'd like it. 00:19:02.745 --> 00:19:03.865 align:center Go, Helen! 00:19:09.745 --> 00:19:12.385 align:center Lovely. Now with the whole family. 00:19:14.265 --> 00:19:16.625 align:center - Right. Don't push. Oi! - Good. 00:19:16.705 --> 00:19:19.265 align:center You need to assert yourself with this lot, Susie. 00:19:19.345 --> 00:19:21.065 align:center I wouldn't know where to start. 00:19:22.225 --> 00:19:24.505 align:center Make room for Susie Duffy, you monsters. 00:19:24.585 --> 00:19:25.945 align:center Sarah in, that's it. 00:19:26.025 --> 00:19:27.865 align:center - That's too much. - Over you go, Jimmy. 00:19:28.585 --> 00:19:29.985 align:center I'll pop in here. 00:19:31.385 --> 00:19:32.225 align:center Hold still. 00:19:32.305 --> 00:19:35.305 align:center This is very kind of you to include me, Mr. McSwat. 00:19:35.385 --> 00:19:39.585 align:center I hope you don't look at this photograph next year and think, who is that girl? 00:19:39.665 --> 00:19:41.105 align:center Didn't your parents write? 00:19:41.185 --> 00:19:43.265 align:center Your father defaulted on his loan. 00:19:43.345 --> 00:19:45.705 align:center We have you for another year. 00:19:53.505 --> 00:19:55.985 align:center Did you know? That I was in for another year? 00:19:56.065 --> 00:19:58.625 align:center - Well, your dad's pretty hopeless. - That's fair. 00:19:58.705 --> 00:20:00.505 align:center Why do I have to pay for it? 00:20:00.585 --> 00:20:01.945 align:center I'm sorry you didn't know. 00:20:06.585 --> 00:20:08.425 align:center Don't cry, Peter. 00:20:09.145 --> 00:20:10.545 align:center - I'll work something out. - No, it's… 00:20:12.625 --> 00:20:14.745 align:center Uh, it's Susie. She's, um… 00:20:14.825 --> 00:20:17.265 align:center She's worried that we'll end up like my parents. 00:20:17.785 --> 00:20:18.785 align:center Common. 00:20:19.825 --> 00:20:21.505 align:center She said "common"? 00:20:21.585 --> 00:20:24.345 align:center - Well, you think it. - No. 00:20:27.105 --> 00:20:28.945 align:center I mean, I used to. 00:20:29.025 --> 00:20:30.305 align:center It's true. 00:20:30.385 --> 00:20:33.345 align:center She's so good, and she's kind. 00:20:33.425 --> 00:20:36.145 align:center And I love her more than anything in this world. 00:20:38.065 --> 00:20:39.585 align:center I know she feels the same. 00:20:40.345 --> 00:20:42.545 align:center No, she's broken it off with me. 00:20:45.785 --> 00:20:47.625 align:center Peter, listen. 00:20:48.145 --> 00:20:52.705 align:center If you let Susie go, you will regret it for the rest of your days. 00:20:52.785 --> 00:20:54.105 align:center You need to write to her. 00:20:54.185 --> 00:20:56.065 align:center And tell her the things that you love about her. 00:20:56.145 --> 00:20:57.465 align:center But I can't write. 00:20:57.545 --> 00:20:58.785 align:center I can't. Not like that. 00:21:01.625 --> 00:21:04.625 align:center I think I have an idea. 00:21:04.705 --> 00:21:06.865 align:center And it might help us both. 00:21:06.945 --> 00:21:09.985 align:center But you have to tell me all the things that you love about Susie. 00:21:11.265 --> 00:21:16.185 align:center Like… do you love the way his eyes crinkle when he laughs? 00:21:16.265 --> 00:21:18.025 align:center She. 00:21:18.105 --> 00:21:20.425 align:center She. I meant she. 00:21:20.505 --> 00:21:23.105 align:center I like the sound of her laugh. 00:21:23.185 --> 00:21:25.305 align:center We can work with that. 00:21:26.905 --> 00:21:27.905 align:center What else? 00:21:28.425 --> 00:21:31.345 align:center Uh, I like how she's so clean. 00:21:43.505 --> 00:21:44.625 align:center It's done. 00:21:44.705 --> 00:21:46.225 align:center Not yet. 00:21:48.785 --> 00:21:50.345 align:center Do you promise to help me? 00:21:51.225 --> 00:21:52.265 align:center I do. 00:21:53.025 --> 00:21:54.265 align:center Then here's the letter. 00:21:55.825 --> 00:21:57.505 align:center I've added three poems for good luck. 00:21:57.585 --> 00:22:00.825 align:center Send them in exactly the order they appear on the pile. 00:22:01.625 --> 00:22:04.185 align:center Susie won't be able to resist you, Peter. 00:22:04.265 --> 00:22:05.865 align:center I think Ma's right about you. 00:22:06.465 --> 00:22:08.905 align:center Beneath all your airs and your graces, 00:22:10.065 --> 00:22:11.025 align:center you're all right. 00:22:13.905 --> 00:22:15.185 align:center I'll take it. 00:22:16.425 --> 00:22:18.145 align:center - Now… - Oh. 00:22:18.225 --> 00:22:20.025 align:center Are you ready for part two of the plan? 00:22:20.785 --> 00:22:21.785 align:center Come on. 00:22:28.705 --> 00:22:29.825 align:center Mm. 00:22:34.305 --> 00:22:35.825 align:center Peter! 00:22:40.545 --> 00:22:41.545 align:center Stop! 00:22:52.985 --> 00:22:54.905 align:center Horace! Horace! 00:22:55.825 --> 00:22:58.945 align:center You're stealing our Peter away from Susie Duffy, and it is not on. 00:22:59.025 --> 00:23:02.225 align:center - Well, let's give the girl a chance. - We've given her everything. 00:23:02.305 --> 00:23:05.225 align:center This is how she repays us, like a snake in the grass? 00:23:05.305 --> 00:23:07.385 align:center A betrayer. Jezebel. 00:23:07.465 --> 00:23:10.025 align:center Language, Mother. We don't know the full story. 00:23:10.105 --> 00:23:12.545 align:center Well, what was that I just saw with my own eyes? 00:23:13.185 --> 00:23:14.505 align:center We're in love. 00:23:16.465 --> 00:23:18.345 align:center No. Not our Peter. 00:23:19.145 --> 00:23:20.625 align:center Why don't you ask him? 00:23:22.665 --> 00:23:25.665 align:center He was on his way to break it all off with Susie Duffy when you stopped us. 00:23:25.745 --> 00:23:27.065 align:center Thank God I did. 00:23:27.145 --> 00:23:29.185 align:center I realize how destitute I must seem. 00:23:29.265 --> 00:23:31.985 align:center And my papa already owes you so much. 00:23:32.065 --> 00:23:36.145 align:center But I know how thrilled he'll be once we're all family. 00:23:39.305 --> 00:23:40.905 align:center Peter. Son. 00:23:41.665 --> 00:23:42.865 align:center Be honest. 00:23:42.945 --> 00:23:46.345 align:center Are you really choosing this girl over Susie? 00:23:56.745 --> 00:23:57.745 align:center I would never. 00:23:58.505 --> 00:24:01.425 align:center Peter McSwat! You're not getting away with this. 00:24:01.505 --> 00:24:03.945 align:center I'm gonna tell the world what you've done! 00:24:04.025 --> 00:24:05.865 align:center Starting with Susie Duffy. 00:24:10.065 --> 00:24:12.105 align:center And what would it take to shut you up? 00:24:26.985 --> 00:24:28.185 align:center Sybylla? 00:24:29.105 --> 00:24:30.545 align:center Eddie. 00:24:31.345 --> 00:24:33.145 align:center You've come on like a haystack. 00:24:33.225 --> 00:24:35.025 align:center You look like cow shit. 00:24:37.625 --> 00:24:38.625 align:center How you been? 00:24:38.705 --> 00:24:40.265 align:center I hate this place. 00:24:40.785 --> 00:24:43.025 align:center - Dad's hopeless. - Sybylla? 00:24:47.105 --> 00:24:48.505 align:center Can you fetch the desk? 00:24:58.825 --> 00:25:02.905 align:center "There was an unfortunate incident between Sybylla and our Peter." 00:25:02.985 --> 00:25:06.465 align:center "Best Sybylla come home before causing any more trouble." 00:25:06.545 --> 00:25:09.145 align:center - What incident? - It was nothing. 00:25:09.785 --> 00:25:10.945 align:center What about our loan? 00:25:11.785 --> 00:25:12.785 align:center Read on. 00:25:16.905 --> 00:25:18.265 align:center They've cleared your father's loan? 00:25:18.865 --> 00:25:20.065 align:center With one condition. 00:25:20.585 --> 00:25:23.425 align:center Papa is never allowed to borrow money from McSwat ever again. 00:25:23.505 --> 00:25:26.305 align:center This is a lot of money for nothing. 00:25:26.825 --> 00:25:28.865 align:center Be honest. What did you do? 00:25:30.505 --> 00:25:33.985 align:center I finally found the inspiration I needed to put pen to paper. 00:25:34.065 --> 00:25:37.225 align:center Sybylla, I don't have any patience today for your nonsense. 00:25:38.105 --> 00:25:39.665 align:center And yet, here we are. 00:25:40.185 --> 00:25:43.985 align:center Free of the McSwats forever. Because of me. 00:25:45.985 --> 00:25:48.305 align:center Definitely my best work. 00:25:57.385 --> 00:25:59.665 align:center Stop, you're going too fast. Too fast. Keep up. 00:25:59.745 --> 00:26:02.065 align:center - Under. - I'm trying. You're too fast. 00:26:10.825 --> 00:26:11.825 align:center Sybylla. 00:26:13.945 --> 00:26:14.945 align:center You're back? 00:26:16.145 --> 00:26:17.545 align:center And you're debt-free. 00:26:19.225 --> 00:26:22.545 align:center It's hard to believe, but the McSwats are finally off our back. 00:26:23.185 --> 00:26:24.905 align:center We don't owe them anything. 00:26:36.985 --> 00:26:38.505 align:center Trust you to fix it, Syb. 00:26:38.585 --> 00:26:41.385 align:center You always were too clever by half. 00:26:42.545 --> 00:26:44.465 align:center Let's get some food on the table. 00:26:44.545 --> 00:26:45.905 align:center Come on. Sit down. 00:26:45.985 --> 00:26:47.025 align:center Come on. 00:26:57.585 --> 00:26:59.305 align:center Florence, would you like some bread? 00:27:19.865 --> 00:27:20.865 align:center Me too. 00:27:22.505 --> 00:27:24.065 align:center Granny gave it to me. 00:27:24.585 --> 00:27:29.425 align:center Told me, "Bossiers bend, but we do not break." 00:27:29.505 --> 00:27:32.785 align:center That sounds like my mother. 00:27:35.985 --> 00:27:36.985 align:center Take it, Mama. 00:27:41.905 --> 00:27:44.145 align:center I'll save it for an emergency. 00:27:48.745 --> 00:27:50.825 align:center Helen told me about Harry Beecham. 00:27:51.345 --> 00:27:53.785 align:center I think he's forgotten about me, Mama. 00:27:54.305 --> 00:27:56.145 align:center Oh, Syb. 00:27:57.305 --> 00:27:58.705 align:center I'm sorry. 00:28:02.185 --> 00:28:04.465 align:center How do you know if love is real? 00:28:09.985 --> 00:28:12.625 align:center You sacrifice everything for it. 00:28:29.785 --> 00:28:31.985 align:center We're doing well. Let's set up camp. 00:28:32.825 --> 00:28:34.385 align:center Here's the thing. 00:28:34.465 --> 00:28:37.465 align:center Nell and me, we were thinking we'd go back up to Queensland. 00:28:38.505 --> 00:28:39.585 align:center One more job. 00:28:39.665 --> 00:28:41.505 align:center We've been following you around all year. 00:28:41.585 --> 00:28:43.585 align:center And you know Charlie wants to find his mob. 00:28:43.665 --> 00:28:45.265 align:center We need the pay, Nell. 00:28:45.345 --> 00:28:47.225 align:center I have to keep saving. 00:28:47.825 --> 00:28:49.825 align:center You really think Sybylla cares what you have? 00:28:50.985 --> 00:28:53.065 align:center I need to make it up to her. I let her down. 00:28:53.585 --> 00:28:54.585 align:center Yeah, you did. 00:28:55.105 --> 00:28:56.865 align:center So what are you gonna do about it? 00:29:39.585 --> 00:29:42.185 align:center The summer of 1900 scorched the earth 00:29:42.265 --> 00:29:45.865 align:center with the same careless brutality as the banks. 00:29:45.945 --> 00:29:48.465 align:center Even the shadows splintered under the heat, 00:29:48.545 --> 00:29:50.825 align:center and not a creek dared whisper. 00:29:53.225 --> 00:29:54.225 align:center Been shopping? 00:29:54.305 --> 00:29:55.905 align:center Came into some money. 00:29:57.985 --> 00:29:59.065 align:center You sold your necklace? 00:29:59.145 --> 00:30:01.225 align:center Found an emergency. 00:30:02.585 --> 00:30:05.785 align:center I read your story about the bushranger and his friend Cora. 00:30:05.865 --> 00:30:08.905 align:center That story got rejected. Veracity issues. 00:30:08.985 --> 00:30:12.705 align:center Which is fair. I really don't know anything about bushranging. 00:30:14.545 --> 00:30:16.665 align:center So write your truth, Sybylla. 00:30:31.385 --> 00:30:34.345 align:center Do you think you're a good writer? 00:30:35.145 --> 00:30:36.145 align:center Yes. 00:32:10.665 --> 00:32:11.865 align:center Give it here. 00:33:01.585 --> 00:33:02.825 align:center Harry! 00:33:12.025 --> 00:33:13.185 align:center You're here. 00:33:22.825 --> 00:33:24.145 align:center You're here. 00:33:26.265 --> 00:33:27.905 align:center I've been an idiot, Syb. 00:33:28.465 --> 00:33:29.625 align:center Possibly. 00:33:31.225 --> 00:33:32.145 align:center I should've written. 00:33:33.225 --> 00:33:34.785 align:center I didn't know what to say. 00:33:36.785 --> 00:33:38.145 align:center Harry, you're here now. 00:33:41.505 --> 00:33:45.105 align:center Syb. I've been earning good money droving. 00:33:45.625 --> 00:33:47.905 align:center I should have enough for a farm near Gool Gool. 00:33:49.945 --> 00:33:51.505 align:center I'm so happy for you. 00:33:51.585 --> 00:33:53.425 align:center Happy for us. 00:33:54.825 --> 00:33:59.225 align:center I wanted to give you more, but I've already wasted too much time. 00:34:01.265 --> 00:34:03.185 align:center Sybylla Melvyn… 00:34:03.945 --> 00:34:05.825 align:center Let's start our lives together. 00:34:07.345 --> 00:34:08.705 align:center Will you marry me? 00:34:13.985 --> 00:34:14.985 align:center No. 00:34:21.105 --> 00:34:22.105 align:center No? 00:34:23.385 --> 00:34:24.705 align:center No. 00:34:27.265 --> 00:34:29.025 align:center I don't understand. 00:34:31.345 --> 00:34:33.185 align:center I can't marry you, Harry. 00:34:37.625 --> 00:34:40.305 align:center I've come to take you away from all of this. 00:34:43.305 --> 00:34:45.265 align:center I don't need to be rescued. 00:34:57.665 --> 00:34:59.105 align:center It's not you, Harry. 00:35:01.625 --> 00:35:03.745 align:center There's something deep inside of me 00:35:03.825 --> 00:35:06.865 align:center that makes me unsuitable to be anyone's wife. 00:35:08.785 --> 00:35:11.625 align:center And if I denied it air and time 00:35:11.705 --> 00:35:15.025 align:center and space to flourish, it would destroy both our dreams. 00:35:19.065 --> 00:35:20.745 align:center I want to be a writer. 00:35:22.945 --> 00:35:26.225 align:center And I need to give it every fiber of my being. 00:35:28.545 --> 00:35:31.345 align:center If I marry you, I'll never know if I can. 00:35:59.425 --> 00:36:01.265 align:center White, silicon eyes 00:36:01.345 --> 00:36:04.985 align:center Watching storms, sitting quiet 00:36:05.065 --> 00:36:06.785 align:center Reading books 00:36:06.865 --> 00:36:10.465 align:center In the heat of city lights 00:36:12.505 --> 00:36:15.985 align:center I know I'm just a girl 00:36:16.065 --> 00:36:17.865 align:center But can I change lives? 00:36:17.945 --> 00:36:19.665 align:center If I am nothing 00:36:19.745 --> 00:36:21.305 align:center If I am trying 00:36:21.385 --> 00:36:24.785 align:center I think I can 00:36:24.865 --> 00:36:26.425 align:center And we become 00:36:26.505 --> 00:36:27.945 align:center Nighttime dreamers 00:36:28.025 --> 00:36:31.505 align:center And street walkers, small talkers 00:36:31.585 --> 00:36:34.185 align:center When we should be daydreamers 00:36:34.265 --> 00:36:36.105 align:center And moonwalkers 00:36:36.185 --> 00:36:37.705 align:center And dream talkers 00:36:37.785 --> 00:36:39.545 align:center And we become 00:36:39.625 --> 00:36:40.905 align:center Nighttime dreamers… 00:36:42.465 --> 00:36:44.185 align:center Small talkers 00:36:44.265 --> 00:36:47.585 align:center When we should be daydreamers 00:36:47.665 --> 00:36:49.345 align:center And moonwalkers 00:36:49.425 --> 00:36:52.145 align:center And dream talkers 00:36:52.225 --> 00:36:55.145 align:center Nothing can die while we are here 00:36:55.225 --> 00:36:58.385 align:center Nothing can die while we are here 00:36:58.465 --> 00:37:01.665 align:center Nothing can die while we are here 00:37:01.745 --> 00:37:04.145 align:center Nothing can die while we are here 00:37:04.225 --> 00:37:07.505 align:center Then we become nighttime dreamers 00:37:07.585 --> 00:37:10.225 align:center Street walkers and small talkers 00:37:10.305 --> 00:37:12.465 align:center We should be 00:37:12.545 --> 00:37:15.825 align:center Daydreamers and moonwalkers 00:37:15.905 --> 00:37:19.185 align:center Dream talkers and we become 00:37:19.265 --> 00:37:22.545 align:center Nighttime dreamers and street walkers 00:37:22.625 --> 00:37:25.905 align:center And small talkers, and we should be 00:37:25.985 --> 00:37:28.145 align:center Nothing can die while we are here 00:37:28.225 --> 00:37:32.505 align:center - Nothing can die while we are here - Daydreamers