Lillie, a backup singer in a travelling rock’n'roll show, is left broke and stranded when her car breaks down in the NSW coastal town of Bega. She checks into a caravan park, unaware that Ally, the daughter she gave up 16 years ago as a baby, is living there with Bet, her paternal grandmother. Bet has told Ally that her mother is dead and warns Liilie not to interfere. Lillie begins a romance with Mick (Colin Friels) and tells him about Ally. Hoping to build a future with Lillie, Nick tells Ally the truth. Ally confronts her mother and grandmother. Lillie asks Ally to leave with her.