The Dingos

"They've been through so much and yet there is something that ties them inextricably together." Liz Butler, Sally Dingo's sister. When Sally Butler met Ernie Dingo, it was the beginning of a unique bond that would bridge two very different cultures. Against advice, the couple married - and Sally embraced her husband's complex, extended Indigenous family. Meanwhile, Ernie defied the stereotypes to become one of Australia's most famous celebrities. Already a popular film and television star, he became a household name as the host of The Great Outdoors. But Sally had a private heartache. She had been told she was unable to have children. Then fate intervened, and Sally and Ernie became the parents of two children - a son Jurra, and a daughter Wilara. But little did the couple realise the bonds in place that already connected them. It seemed on the surface a perfect union. But just two years ago, Ernie's celebrity came crashing down in a media storm that would cost far more than his celebrity career. This is the story of an unconventional family - its resilience in the face of unlikely odds, and of the capacity for love to triumph amongst adversity.