Bright Flickering Lights: D. J. Blackmore

Wildlife warrior Margot helps rehabilitate injured wildlife back into their natural habitat, but when the country township becomes the target for coal seam gas mining, Margot is afraid for the safety of the native animals she and her mum fight for. To make it worse, the stepdad of

city newcomer twins Sarah and Sam, is a miner of C.S.G. and it seems like coal seam

gas is all Sam wants to talk about, threatening the bedrock of a formative friendship.

Still, Margot determines to enlist the help of her best friend Darcy, and the twins, to

save the remnant forest. But Darcy is on a quest to track down the yowie ancestral lore says exists. Regardless of what the twins think, Margot and Darcy search for evidence.

Sarah believes they should be more concerned about the squatter they crossed,

frustrated no one listens to her fears about venturing near the eery house.

Sarah just wants Darcy to notice her, but his gaze is fixed on Margot, who is so

hellbent on saving wildlife, she doesn't even see. When she learns that Margot is

harbouring a tender secret about her sexuality, Sarah lashes out in unthinking jealousy.

While Sarah stumbles over the hard facts of growing up in a blended household,

Darcy uncovers the roots of his family tree. Discovering the myths families perpetrate,

he fears the truth of his parentage will tear him apart. As he flees to the seemingly

abandoned house at the edge of the forest, he nurses the hurt his family tried to hide

from him. He hears first-hand from the lonely drifter, that while running away is easy,

becoming an adult, isn't.

And in searching for the elusive secret of the forest, hidden somewhere amidst

the canopy of wilderness and anecdote, the four friends learn that sometimes the deepest

truths are often the ones they try to hide from themselves.