A sheep-rancher's son aspires to win a music conservatory scholarship, but to apply he needs musicians who can play his music. Circumstances lead him to form a band out of prison inmates.

Tommy was born and raised on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the middle of the Australian Outback. He works at the station and does all he can to appease his demanding father but in his heart wants to be a great musician. That all changes when Tommy meets his new classmate Kat, a bold and brash beauty, who at first doesn't notice him at all. As Tommy tries desperately to get her attention his antics cause him to fall into hot water with the local police. He luckily escapes jail and chooses to do community service at the nearby prison to stay out of trouble. Soon the stakes for Tommy are raised when his music teacher and mentor lands him an audition for the elite music conservatorium. Against all odds, Tommy gains the affections of Kat, finds a way to reconcile with his father and conducts the concert of his life.

Tommy McAlpine dreams of entering a music conservatory, leaving behind his dad's sheep farm where his musical directions are often ridiculed. When Tommy and spoiled-rotten rich schoolmate Kat are sentenced to community service for a childish watermelons prank, Tommy elects to become a prison training volunteer, turning the punishment into an opportunity to train a cons band to (secretly) premier his college audition composition. Frequent escapee Kalai Takalua supports the project, as does the unsympathetic warden, curiously enough. In time, hidden agendas take over.—KGF Vissers