In this landmark film of the Australian film industry revival a young Englishman teaching in an outback school sets off to spend his summer vacation in Sydney but doesn't make it beyond the nearby mining town known as 'the Yabba'. He is engulfed by the slightly sinister mateship of the locals with its undertow of repressed sexuality and squalid violence. The excess of this alcoholic nightmare is held in check by rough humour. screenplay by Evan Jones ; produced by George Willoughby ; directed by Ted Kotcheff. [Australia] : NLT Productions & Group W Films,1971 Broadcast : ABC1 - 03/11/2013 Country life - Australia - Fiction Teachers - Fiction Outback life Australian films Australia - Social life and customs - 1965-1975 - Fiction