Marie Redshaw

Niel longs for his older second cousin Patricia, but can't help but be drawn to the emotionally unstable Fennimore, an on-again off-again lover of his equally unstable friend Eric.

Park ranger Steve Mitchell is torn between Lee, a beautiful sly political aide from Melbourne who supports the government's decision to turn the local grazing areas into a national park, and his old flame Joanna, a rancher who opposes it.