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A young teenage boy in Australia finds himself at odds with a crippled teenage girl over the ownership of a beloved pony.

Set against the backdrop of World War II, this epic miniseries centers on the religiously divided town of St. Helens and the innocent romance between a pair of star-crossed teenagers (Tom Jennings and Catherine McClements) that threatens to tear it apart. Gordon Jackson, Christopher Cummins and Christopher Mayer also star in director Pino Amenta's adaptation of James Aldridge's novel of the same name.

Barrie Cassidy takes Julia back to his childhood home in Chiltern in Victoria's goldrush country. He describes his father's war experience and shows Julia a house that once had no running water in the kitchen.