Tomorrow When The War Began (Tomorrow, When the War Began)

I'm not gonna hold back.

I warned the others that I wouldn't.

Recording it like this is so important to us.

I guess it's our way of telling ourselves that we matter.

That we mean something.

Maybe...

some of the things we've done...

and the friends that we've lost...

hopefully it all makes a difference somehow.

There's only one way to do this.

And that's to go back to where it all began.

What, with Kevin? When?

Last night. He came over to help with the shearing.

Some sheep got out and dad went after them.

We were all by ourselves for, like, 20 minutes.

- You did it in a shearing shed? - In the bed of soft pure merino wool.

My God, you're such a nimpho.

You can talk, Ellie. What about you and Steve at rehearsals last year.

- Oh please, we never went that far. - Now... pinky swear not to tell.

Pinky swear? Is that not something we stopped doing in second grade?

Corrie's been my best mate for as long as I can remember.

Whenever I had a problem, I'd go tell Corrie

and somehow, she'd always fix it.

- So, how was it? - Well, not how I expected.

I feel different somehow. Like a real woman.

I wanna do more, see more. I wanna be more.

What would you wanna do?

How about a trip before we get back to school?

- We haven't been at the river in ages. - Sure.

Maybe dad will let us have a Landrover.

Maybe Kevin can come with us?

- I see. You'd like to have more sex, is that it? - No... Well, yeah.

Look, we'll get a bunch of us together and...

if your dad lets us have a Landrover,

we should go further up the river than we've ever been before.

Even up to Taylor's Stitch. And all the way into Hell.

Hell is on the other side of Taylor's Stitch. Nobody goes there.

Yes. Why don't you go up the river again? You always loved that.

Because we wanna go somewhere we haven't gone before.

- Make it a real adventure. - Why Landrover? Why not the bikes?

Or horses even. Like in an old fashioned camp out. That'd be fun.

Guys, I'm not ten anymore.

Besides, if there was an emergency, wouldn't you prefer that I had Landrover?

I don't know, Ellie. It's a pretty big ask.

Like it or not, dad, I'm turning 18 this year.

Don't you think it's time I started showing initiative and...

independence and all those other good things?

C'mon. It's just a couple of days.

What's the worst that could possibly happen?

- But the show is on this weekend. - So what?

Do you really care if your mom wins best decorated cake?

Flip!

I always pictured Kevin in 20 years being president of the Show Society,

- and bringing up his 3 kids. - Alright.

- With Corrie, if she got her way. - Anything for you.

And she usually did.

Please, tell him he can go to the bloody show if he wants to.

There's plenty of guys who'd kill to come with us.

- Come on, who else can we ask? - Somebody fun.

Homer.

I'll see you next weekend, sunshine.

Homer grew up on the farm next to mine. He was kind of like a brother to me.

He was always getting into trouble. Both in school and out.

The new police sergeant arrested him 3 times in one week.

Hey, sarge, how're you going? Good?

That didn't slow down Homer.

Alright. Yeah? How's the wife, is she good?

I think it was the proud rebellious greek side of him.

He just didn't care what he did. Or what anyone thought of him.

How about it? Are you in or are you out?

Yeah, I'll have a go at that. Just you girls going?

- Yeah, and Kevin. - It'll be good for you to have a man around.

To do all the hard work for you.

Well, that's four. Anyone else?

What about Fiona Maxwell?

Fifi, out in the bush? Seriously?

Oh gosh! You really want me?

Fi was the only person I knew under 60 who said 'gosh'.

Well, no. But our parents said we had to bring someone along

with a little bit of class. To balance out all us inbred rurals.

She lived in town, but we liked her anyway.

Okay. Give me a sec and I'll ask mom.

Mommy, can I please go camping with the girls this weekend?

Camping, out in the bush? Seriously?

I'll admit it, Lee was an odd choice.

He was always working in his mom and dad's restaurant, or of course...

... playing piano.

Everyone else thought he was strange. I just thought he was interesting.

- May I take your order? - No, sorry, I don't wanna order anything.

Is this for pick-up or for take-away?

No, I would like to speak to your son Lee. Is he available?

- You have menu? - No. Yes I do, but I don't wanna order anything.

- What you want? - I want Lee.

Your son Lee. I want Lee.

- I want Lee. - This is Lee.

Good evening. This is Ellie Linton.

I sat next to you in geography last year. It was on tuesdays.

- I have... sort of longish dark hair. - Yeah, I know who you are, Ellie.

Good. Well, some friends of mine and I are...

We're skipping the show this weekend and we're going camping instead.

I was... We were wondering if...

maybe... if you wanted to...

... come with us? Or not?

- No, that would be awesome. - Really?

Oh, good. I'll put you down then.

- It was actually... - My mom makes me go help out now.

Can you text me the details?

Yes, I can... Yes. I'll do that.

- Alright. See you. - B... bye.

Lee made it six. But dad said we had to have eight.

Eventually we compromised on 7, as long as Robyn was the 7th.

Sorry, Robyn. If it was just you girls...

... but with boys? Not without an adult present.

Of course, if parents ever had a daughter they could trust, it was Robyn.

Well, the boys will be in separate tents, dad.

And besides, this camping trip isn't about...

... romance or anything. It's more about getting back to nature.

You know, we're all kind of...

cooped up in this modern environment, and I think this camping trip

will help me to help my friends become closer to God.

Because we need to share a spiritual connection.

If parents were present, I don't think that I'd be able to reach these girls.

And these boys as much as I would like to.

Are you alright, Fi? You're looking a bit pale.

You look like you're gonna...

It's stuck in the back of your throat, isn't it?

You're trying to swallow it all down.

But it just keeps coming back up.

Okay, I got it.

- How much stuff do you need? - Oh my God Ellie, look at this!

Wait, what is this? Makeup?

You never know who you're going to meet.

Hey, you can see Cobbler's Bay from here.

You can even see the Heron Bridge.

- How far do you reckon we've come? - That was the easy part.

From here on, we walk.

Ready? On the count of three. One...

Give me a decent throw, sweetheart.

Let's go.

I meant to do that.

Homer, do you even know where we're going?

There's a clearing up ahead.

This is very pretty for Hell.

I wonder how long it's been since anyone's been down here.

I wonder if anyone has ever been down here, I mean...

- why would anyone else've bothered? - Maybe we're the first ones to see it.

- There's no reception. - What were you expecting, broadband?

Couldn't hurt.

You, what's your name. Go get some firewood, will you?

It's Lee.

Ellie, what are we having for dinner?

- Two-minute noodles. - Oh, great!

What are they?

You've never heard of two-minute noodles?

No, my mom is really into health foods.

It's an awesome feeling to realise you're about to change someone's life forever.

You haven't got 2000 dollars.

Wait a sec, not one guy asked you out last year?

No. Why would they?

Why? You're beautiful, Fi.

My mom is beautiful. I'm just...

You remember, I had braces for like two years.

I still wear glasses and it's not...

She was Miss Wirrawee three years in a row.

I actually asked her if I should enter this year,

but she didn't think that was a good idea.

Anyway, I'm doing really well at school at the moment, so...

... doesn't matter.

And, you know, a guy will ask me out one day.

I just don't know when. Or who.

Which is exciting.

- Boys are idiots. - Fun idiots.

You shall not pass.

What's that smell?

- Jet fuel. - What?

Just a bunch of army planes going somewhere.

El, what do you think of Fi?

I love Fi, you know that. She seems so perfect.

I guess she thinks I'm a total loser, huh?

- I don't think she hates you. - Yeah, but... you know.

She lives in that big house. Talks like Mrs Hamilton.

Me and my family... we are just greek peasants to people like her.

Why don't you ask her out?

I don't know.

Girl as pretty as that must get asked out all the time.

Did anyone else hear those planes last night?

Yeah. There was six lots of them. They were flying really low.

No, there were dozens and dozens. We were counting them, Lee and me.

- Lee and I. - But seriously, what do you think those planes were doing?

Maybe they weren't even ours.

It's probably the start of World War Three and we don't even know.

Alright, who's having rabbit?

- Is there any chocolate left? - Sadly, we're all out.

- Oh look, I found some. - Don't be a dickhead. Give it back!

- Thank you. Kevin? - I was gonna give you some.

So beautiful out here.

I wonder why they call it Hell.

I guess cause it's so wild and untamed and stuff. Right?

Right.

Wild is difficult. And it's wonderful and fascinating.