Alex lives on a rambling property on Main Road of Campbells Creek. The building/s have been many things in its life but originally was a gold mining supply store, built in 1857.

Bridget moved to Castlemaine many years ago so that her child could attend the Steiner school here. She lives in a house up on a hill, overlooking acres of bush and dams below.

Jess came to Castlemaine to escape a rough breakup four years ago; she originally just came for the night but while at the pub she met someone looking for a housemate, and someone else offered her a job at the local brewery.

Nikki has lived in Elphinstone for seven years, on a sixty acre property that she and her partner Scott have converted into a kangaroo sanctuary.

Skip grew up on King Island in the Bass Strait, before his family relocated to Maldon. At fifteen Skip ran away from home to hitchhike his way to music festivals in the late 70s.

Keiran spent the first years of his life on the very same property he lives now. Back then there was no house, there was only a toilet up the hill with a crack in the seat that would pinch your butt when you sat on it.

Liz has always lived in the country - her parents lived a nomadic life where they moved every six years when she was a child.