Jaq, a young Aboriginal girls lives in the kinship care of her emotionally distant grandfather, Cutter, in country Queensland, Australia. Jaq who only sees the good in Cutter, is astute to his many teachings. One night when the fuse blows in their house, nine year old Jaq gets a first-hand glimpse of Cutter’s life growing up, a world unlike the one she is growing into. One filled with secrets and possibilities and childhood wonder. With simplicity and efficiency, traits she has inherited from her grandfather, Jaq tries in vain to wind back the clock.