AustLit

Set on a west Queensland sheep station (all the action takes place within a slab hut), the play begins with the return of the station nuisance 'Nosey' after a binge in Sydney. He has brought with him his new pal, the Pommy, dressed in a natty white suit and with a superior air. The pair are given a rough reception by head stockman Sollicker and the owner Myra O'Neill. A quarrel erupts and the Pommy soon afterwards joins the station manager, Larkin, in his attempt to swindle O'Neill. Larkin has been hiding sheep at a secret waterhole while the rest of the station's flock die from the drought. When the plot is discovered by Sollicker her thrashes both men. The Pommy later redeems himself by saving the station and in the process discovers love for its owner.