Reception
The film was not a large success at the box office and critical reaction was poor. However the TV series enjoyed a long run in part because it was shot in colour.
Kylie Tennant wrote a novelisation of the script.
Kaufman took out an option on Pagewood Studios for two more years and announced plans to make other films in Australia including Come Away, Pearler, from the novel by Colin Simpson. This did not eventuate.
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