Wal Moynihan lives in a ramshackle house at a seaside holiday resort in the picturesque Sorrento area of Victoria, Australia. His eldest daughter Hilary, a widow, has remained at home while her two sisters, Pippa and Meg, have pursued successful careers abroad. A family reunion takes place when Pippa returns home to explore setting up a chain of American sandwich franchises in Australia and Meg, a novelist based in London, pays a visit with her British husband.