Outback House

Sixteen participants have been selected out of more than 5000 applicants to live the life of a squatter, his family, domestic servants and station workers.

The women have just arrived at Oxley Downs, it's late and everyone is tired. Station life revolves around the kitchen and cook Carolina gets cracking preparing her first 1860s meal, over an open fire.

The arrival of governess Genevieve Yates brings much excitement and anticipation to Oxley Downs.

It's a time of celebration at Oxley Downs. The station is preparing for its first wedding and with Peter's fianc�e Luisa and their parents due any day, there is much to do.

An urgent letter has arrived, alerting the station to the impending arrival of an important visitor: the Crown Lands Commissioner.

Temperatures have soared in the hot, dry Australian bush and everyone is feeling the heat. With no air-conditioning, refrigeration or cold water, life on Oxley Downs is akin to living in a furnace.