"Julie Ridgehaven, of Sydney, Australia, while attending college in California, receives a cablegram from her Aunt Isabelle asking her to fly home at once, due to an emergency in the family. Her friend Betz Condon goes with her. While traveling, they meet Carolyn Bridges, matron at a hospital in Perth. During a brief stopover in Fiji, they are introduced to Dan Fargo, an engineer, and friend of Grandfather Ridgehaven. Mr. Fargo goes with them to Sydney, and Julie learns that her fiancé Ron McLaren is lost in the bush." [Publisher's synopsis]
