Six Skene Street

Six Skene Street is composed of three parts. Part one, set in Launceston 1963, presents one day in the life of Dash, an only child aged eleven, living with his mother who neither loves nor wants him. His step-father is having an affair and on the verge of leaving his wife, unaware that she’s now pregnant.

In part two, also set in 1963, eleven year old Evie’s life is about to change dramatically. When her father is presumed drowned after failing to return from a fishing trip, Evie’s bitter mother is more than happy to move the family of six children from Portarlington to a new life in the city.

Part three is set in Geelong, 1995. After surviving his miserable upbringing Dash becomes a crane operator working in the construction industry. Divorced with a daughter he’s rarely seen, it’s his good humour and friends which now forms the basis of his life. An unexpected visit from his daughter and granddaughter, plus discovering he has a half-brother, all coincide with his and Evie’s first tentative steps towards a relationship.

Evie, also divorced, is financially secure due to a large property settlement. Disappointed that she was unable to experience motherhood, she nonetheless relishes her independent lifestyle working as a Feng Shui consultant. Befriending Blackie, an elderly neighbour’s grandson, she helps the woman care for the troubled boy. Thirty years after the disappearance of her father, Evie learns the truth of what happened that night, shocking her whole family.