Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger, has no visible, employable assets, yet rails at his status in life -- blaming everyone for the fact that his dreams are not coming true.

Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.

在南澳大利亚的库荣(Coorong)海岸，10岁的麦克与父亲在湖边居住，以打鱼为生。一天，麦克在湖边发现偷猎者在射杀醍醐，幸亏原住民猎手波塞沃及时赶到，赶走了偷猎者。麦克和波塞沃成了朋友，并将失去了妈妈的小鹈鹕带回家中饲养，与鹈鹕建立了深厚的感情。 影片围绕麦克和鹈鹕的感情，讲 述了它保护鹈鹕的经过。鹈鹕是一种水禽，喜欢吃鱼，且很有灵性。 电影是根据科林狄力 (Colin Thiele)的同名小说改编。