Co-stars were Jonathan Sweet and Sue Costin, while guest roles featured Australian actors such as Tony Ward, Rowena Wallace, Michael Pate, Bill Hunter, Helen Morse, John Meillon, Norman Yemm, Chips Rafferty, and Jack Thompson.
[2] The protagonist Moss Andrews (played by Ty Hardin, who had previously appeared in Bronco) is a once successful US-American businessman who took a sabbatical after his wife had died prematurely.
The widower undertook a long sailing trip, hoping that experiencing pure nature would give him some peace of mind.
In Australia, the beautiful environment helped him to pull himself together again and therefore he has decided to stay for the time being, operating a charter boat company along the eastern seaboard.
Noonan had helped create two earlier British-financed television shows with American stars set in Australia, The Flying Doctor and Whiplash.
[3] By November 1967 Leon Becker, manager of Artransa, reported that five Australians had submitted scripts: Bruce Stewart, Michael Noonan, Peter Yeldham, Rex Rienits and Anthony Scott Veitch.