A writer with a hugely successful first book behind her is struggling to write the notoriously difficult “second” work. In order to meet a deadline, she drives out to the rural Queensland mansion (filmed at the beautiful Jimbour House), once owned by her even-more-famous, writer-father. She takes along her publisher/lover and intends to spend the week writing and making love. But then her childhood friend, whom she hasn’t seen for decades, turns up.