Russ is half way to that cattle muster and stops into Alice Springs to check out the mighty Ghan railroad, offers a lift to a fellow female traveller and finally arrives at that cattle muster. The cattle are mustered and the fun starts Russell shows off his superb dancing skills and his handy-work with a stock-whip.
Russ takes 3 young city kids, Justin, Hayley and Phil for a break up bush and teaches them a thing or to about the outback. The lessons include setting camp, abseiling and an excellent afternoon's horse-riding. 2 blokes stranded with a bogged car also get the Coight treatment and they are soon on their way.
Russell begins a journey to retrace the steps of the two explorer's Forbes and Montgomery. During the journey he helps a farmer's wife with a snake in her outhouse, drops in at a camel farm and heats up his lunch in the car engine. His aim is to locate the long lost site of Forbes' grave which has never been found. The journey continues in the next episode.