This is the story of sally, a young woman living in a small outback town in australia. She is married to a man much older than her who married her shortly after his wife was found drowned in a dam on his sheep station. Shortly before her marriage and before their delayed honeymoon she falls in love with a younger man who, on their honeymoon cruise to manila ,unknown to her, joins the ship, and is seen to throw her husband overboard. But he is cleared of the murder under unusual circumstances. Further tragedy follows before sally finally finds the happiness she deserves.