 A bunch of sheep shearers arrive at Coopers Crossing after taken care of Baxters sheep, and with them their cook Rosie. Nancy tries to convince Violet that Rosie could be the new manageress of her shop. A fire in Baxters wool-shed leaves him and many of his sheep with injuries. Sergeant Jack comes along to help putting the sheep out of their misery, and on the way back to the plane he accidentally gets shot. He looses a lot of blood and on top of that he has a rare blood group and the only one who match is Dougie, who could be anywhere in the outback. DJ finally realizes, with some help from Chris, that Soula might not want to marry him.