A recently-widowed father quits his job as a popular 800-word columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper.

A recently-widowed father quits his job as a popular 800-word columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper. On impulse he buys, over the Internet, a house in a remote New Zealand seaside town; then he must break the news to his tow teenagers who just lost their mum and now face an even more uncertain future. But the colourful, inquisitive locals ensure that his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan.—marcus-b1285

Erik Thomson plays George Turner, a man who used to skate through life but who is now stumbling. When his wife dies suddenly, George makes a rash decision to move his two teenagers away from the big smoke of Sydney to a picturesque town in New Zealand. All he wants to do is make a fresh start, but it seems that everyone--his kids, the townspeople, the universe--has other ideas.