Ian Richardson has just inherited Kinambla, a vast merino stud property in Queensland's Murrawee district, and the question on everyone's lips is "Will he stick around or sell up and head back to England?" But Ian proves himself a capable boss and earns the respect of his employees and the townsfolk, especially Fiona McDonald. When Ian finds Kinambla is threatened by falling wool prices, he works hard to steer the property into a new direction, and the energy he brings is so infectious that when he suggests to the community at large to pull together to save their dying township, he finds that even the most reluctant sheep farmers and cattlemen agree to stand up and be counted. Then when Ian receives a letter from his parents back in England suddenly everything is thrown into question again ...