不折不扣的文娱冒险片，片中三个主要角色代表着三股力气和思想，一个为民族独立统一糜烂政府的英雄，一个受了英雄迷惑不惜肝脑涂地的青年先生，以及一个所谓的欧洲阿拉伯人。

After finishing a rowing race, a winning team member dies after being thrown into Lake Wendouree during team celebrations.

分开30年后，布莱克医生（CraigMcLachlan饰）回到故土，接纳亡父的诊所，随之而来的还有父亲警局顾问的职责淘金热事前的1959年，澳洲熏天财富已流失，在繁华照旧的表象之下，隐藏了诈骗和谋杀布莱克医生一边重新顺应家乡生活，一边末尾协助警局破解迷案。

Doctor Lucien Blake returns from a trip to Chine seeking news of his daughter but he arrives back in Ballarat to find himself once again deep in a murder mystery involving the local Town Council.