On her 18th birthday, Steph (Emma Lung) starts to work in the fruit canning factory, the only source of employment in her small country town under the supervision of Alan (Hugo Weaving). Things get more exciting when Steph finds her late mother's diary which reveals the colourful and sexy past of those close to the woman. Through the diary, Steph starts to learn about the parents she never knew and makes discoveries that allow her to reinvent her vision of the world.