A lion escapes when a truck carrying circus animals crashes in a storm. The trappers return once again to recapture the lion but not before it terrifies the animals of the high country who take it upon themselves to capture it.
Yooralla and his friend Yuri become trapped in a gorge with a rising river when a rain storm hits and a bolt of lightning causes a landslide, blocking off the stream. Currawong and Mopoke trade places.
Charlie's father organises a brumby round-up with a friend but doesn't count on Charlie intervening to save the brumbies from capture. Arrow returns to the high country.
Eee, Wombat, and Arrow have a painful encounter with an echidna. The Emus find an egg, and Eee thinks it is hers, but a surprise is in store when Currawong tries to steal it. The creatures of the high country give the Prospector a gift.
With the cold winter weather setting in, the Brolga takes his herd to the warmer foothills. Yooralla and his friend Narrabri become stuck at the bottom of an icy canyon.
The herd is growing weary of Arrow's leadership and looks forward to Thowra's return. Hearing that Thowra is on his way back, Arrow takes the herd to Misty Lake where a mysterious water creature frightens Yooralla and Arrow.
