Alex and her best friend Vicki are both Greek-Australian; they hang out with a gang of party-girl pyromaniacs. Longing to escape the harsh chaos of her surroundings and to find the mother that abandoned her when she was a child, Alex plans to go to Sydney with Vicki. Amid the travails and the dismal drama of her high school, Alex comes to realize her emerging attraction for Vicki, and to her teacher.