Clara's mother is on her death bed as she tells her daughter that she regrets they are not closer. This revelation causes Clara to pursue a closer relationship with her own daughter, Bianca.

The myths of deviancy are explored and the realities of survival are experienced in the city of Sydney between 1979 and 1980 from the point of view of a broke and homeless gay male cartoonist and the many fellow travellers he meets on the streets.

Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal kids are forgetting about their Aboriginal heritage because they are being taught white culture instead.