A chronicle of Errol Flynn sea adventures up the east shore of Australia. His crew includes his best friend Rex, the Dook, a visceral and wild man, a proper gent out of Cambridge, and Charlie, both the depressed and ageing owner of the ship. Company and flynn encounter underground boxing clubs amazing virgins, police raids, bar brawls, cannibals and maneating snakes , while being made to smuggle opium to survive.