Pete Jarrett leaves his secure city job to find his nomadic grandfather, Charlie Cole, in his search for freedom.

In the Barossa Valley, Charlie and Pete become embroiled in a feud and sabotage between two wineries.

Charlie and Pete stay overnight in an old deserted gold mining town, but a series of unusual events makes them suspect they are not alone.

Charlie and Pete are working as roustabouts on a sheep station. The gun shearer takes an immediate dislike to Charlie, causing trouble with the owner.

Charlie and Pete become involved with a confidence trickster when they take jobs at a seaside resort, and Pete finds things are not always what they seem.

Charlie and Pete arrive at the remote outback settlement of Cripple Creek and find the general store has been robbed and the owner bashed. They are later held captive by the youths responsible.

As strangers in the small town of Karee, Charlie and Pete become murder suspects and the targets of a lynch mob. The local police constable takes unorthodox action when Pete is found at the house of a second killing.

Charlie and Pete find themselves caught up in the local affairs of a small town when they come across a burning shack and a teenage pyromaniac.

A man lost in the bush, attempted murder, and the peculiar attitudes of local people who feel isolated from the outside world greet Charlie and Pete when they stop at a small pub miles off the beaten track.

When they pass through Canberra, Charlie and Pete become embroiled in political intrigue and shady dealings. They have to race against time to stop the corruption when they discover a plot that will lead to the downfall of an innocent man.

In the small town of Baroola Tank, Charlie and Pete become mixed up in an attempt to steal a prize opal from an eccentric miner.

Charlie and Pete help Chet Murdoch transport his wool to the railway, and they become involved in a payroll robbery and a frame-up for the crime.

Charlie and Pete become involved in the local politics of Black Mountain when the town newspaper editor bitterly opposes a woodchip industry financed by the Japanese.