East of Everything

Art Watkins is in Bhutan working on a book when he receives word that his mother is dying. He races back home to Australia but arrives only in time for her funeral. There he faces the wrath of his brother, Vance, and learns that to comply with his mother’s will, he will have to upend his whole life.

Vance convinces Art to stay long enough for them to contest their mother’s will on the basis that she was not of sound mind. In the meantime, Vance and his girlfriend, Melanie, try to buy their neighbor’s land, and Art attempts to bond with his son, Josh, on a golf outing.

Art and Vance concoct a plan that will allow Art to continue with his travel writing but seem to comply with the terms of Nancy’s will. However, Eve warns Art not to trust his brother and sets about gathering dirt on Vance.

Art has decided to stay in Broken Bay, but when his girlfriend, Lara, visits him from overseas, it causes problems with Eve. Vance is having romantic problems of his own and decides to expose Melanie’s affair with Terry.

With Josh still missing, Art and Suzy are at loggerheads, while Josh himself feels dejected about his father and his future. Some of Terry’s goons threaten Bev to repay her loan or give up her land, and Lizzy takes Jai with her to a prenatal appointment.

Confronted with a demolition order for the resort, Art enlists a reluctant Eve to help him apply for heritage status for the Far Out East. Lizzy meets a new man who turns her head, and Josh and Art bond while preparing for the council meeting. Will the Watkins family be able to save their inheritance from the wrecking crew?