Old Ben McReady from the Australian Outback has lived a full life and now aged more than 80 he relives it from his bed. It was a warm hearted and generous life... Cattle-duffing and living off the country at first, then WWI in Europe and the death of his first son with him there. Then the Outback again and establishing his cattle station of Wavering Downs over forty years of very hard work, with wealth at last as a cattle owner and pleasure in the horse races.