[6] The Victorian government want to declare the high country a national park, driving cattlemen off their land.
Lee, a political adviser for the state government, comes up to inspect the cattle damage and tries to seduce Steve by going for a topless swim.
Burrowes had a huge box office success with The Man from Snowy River, set in cattle country, and owned two properies near Merrijog.
The popularity of The Man from Snowy River enabled Burrowes to raise finance for a slate of projects including Anzacs, Free Enterprise (which became Running from the Guns), Future Tense (which became Dogs in Space), Backstage, The man from Snowy River II and Cool Change.
[3]The critic from the Sydney Morning Herald called the movie "a spectacularly simplistic propaganda piece for the cattle farmers of the Victorian high plains" that was "totally without passion".
[8] The Sun Herald wrote "If you can switch off from the silliness of the caricatured characters and their cartoon style drama you might find it quite restful to watch the high country go - so spectacularly - by.