The original series consisted of 13 one-hour episodes, and was created by Russell Hagg and Patrick Edgeworth who met working at Crawford Productions.
The series was also shown at Sunday lunchtime in the United Kingdom by the London Weekend Television (LWT) Network, in advance of its airing in Australia.
The episodes dealt with the adventures of bushrangers Sam Cash (Serge Lazareff) and his partner Joe Brady (Gus Mercurio) and a helpful widow, Jessica Johnson (Penne Hackforth-Jones).
Cash and Brady were fugitives, constantly absconding from the authorities, led by the corrupt police trooper Lieutenant Keogh (Bruce Kerr).
The series was renamed Tandarra as the character of Sam Cash was no longer featured, and the fugitives from justice story line was removed.