Under the tutelage of Celeste Kendell, Garrick Aldridge and Corey Wakefield form Auricularis, a singing and songwriting duo. They travel to England as paid performers on a cruise liner. Initially struggling, a breakthrough comes at the BBC. A United Kingdom tour follows and they perform with success in New York and Los Angeles.

Corey gets an offer to star in a biopic based on the life and music of Buddy Holly, and Auricularis split. Through his theatrical agent, Catherine Jaeger, a second film offer comes for Corey and he thrives under the direction of Etienne Quayle. In England, Garrick tries to go solo with someone else's band but fails, and Suzanne makes him realise he will never make it as a solo singer-songwriter. She suggests he return to his home in Croakwood, New South Wales. He meets Jenny Watts for the first time at the family Angus cattle property, Glenwood. In Hollywood, Corey falls into the traps and temptations of Tinseltown, with devastating consequences.

What follows is a story of regret, rehabilitation, revivals, records, and rapprochement, and reinforces the theme that everyone goes home in the end!