Jack (Alex O’Loughlin) returns to his shack on the river to find Pearl (Diana Glenn) there, hoping for a lift up the river. He asks her about a man called Slug, with whom she argued at the pub.
Jack (Alex O’Loughlin) discusses love with Skippy (Jack Thompson), a Vietnam veteran who lives as a hermit on one of the many remote creeks in the national park.
This segment from an Australasian Gazette newsreel shows returned Anzacs marching through Melbourne streets as part of the 'Fill-the-Gap’ recruitment drive.