A recently widowed father quits his job as a popular 800-word columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper. Over the Internet| he buys a house on an impulse in aremote New Zealand seaside town. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids who just lost their mum| and now face an even more uncertain future. But thecolourful and inquisitive locals ensure his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan.