George and Katie test their new relationship with a winter camp. Arlo and Poppy grow closer. Shay struggles with Ike moving on and Big Mac has a grand tourist plan for Weld.
George tries to convince Shay to stay in Weld. The Women of Weld question the motive behind Jan's arrival. Katie organizes a camp-in to protest the proposed development.
George struggles to deal with Shay in the wake of all the trouble, feeling Laura's absence more than ever. Under stress, he also has trouble writing his column.
George throws himself into solving the mystery of the missing head of the Sir Frederick Weld statue. While involved in the mystery, he fails to notice Shay and Ike's artistic crimes escalating.
The family's attempts to mark Laura's birthday are disrupted by the discovery that their new home is on the verge of collapsing, forcing them to move temporarily into the local motel.
Questions are raised over Laura Turner's death, and the Weld rumor mill goes into overdrive. George goes on an epic manhunt through the local populous to learn the source of the scandalous gossip.
George rapidly becomes the most unpopular new Aussie in town after calling Weld a 'dead end town' in his column. Shay and Arlo also feel the fallout from their father's faux pas at their new school.
Erik Thomson plays George, a man who once skated through life but is now stumbling. When his wife dies, he makes a rash decision to move his kids away from Sydney to the town of Weld, New Zealand where Turner spent his youth.