Georgie (Kelly Macdonald) is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge (David Wenham). Handsome poacher Lu (Garrett Hedlund) is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affair follows that reveals the dark secrets in Lu’s past and forces him to take flight into the blistering heat of the outback. Georgie follows determined to find him and bring him back.