Wendy assembles the kids from Rushmore cottage into a single band with the goal of performing at the annual concert. Cass is upset when she is left out of the band. The kids farewell Emina when her mother comes for her.
Mander confines Billie and Rat to Westmere as punishment for breaking into Sinclair's office forcing them to miss a hike in the bush with their friends.
Mark is blamed for the break-in at Joe's his bracelett is found outside. Sinclair uses the incident to call a council vote to decide the future of Westmere. Marc and Tim race to get evidence against Sinclair to the meeting beforehand.
Danny, bullied and picked on by the other kids at Westmere, runs away and spends the night in an abandoned mansion where he meets Barney, a homeless man full of questions.
Danny spends the day scrounging for food and searching through trash at the dump with Barney. Paul and Mr Grant search for Danny hoping to find him before the police locate him and arrest him.
Marion questions Mander on his decision making in regard to Nick and his father but his caution proves out when Nick's father gets a job working on a Japanese freighter and must leave, disappointing his son once again.