凯丽安（莎菲尔·波伊斯 Sapphire Boyce 饰）是一个天真烂漫的8岁小女孩，她生活在一个不算富裕的家庭之中，父亲雷克斯（文斯·科洛斯莫 Vince Colosimo 饰）是一名矿工，整天沉浸在他有关蛋白石矿石的幻想之中。凯丽安有一个哥哥艾斯摩尔（克里斯蒂安·拜尔斯 Christian Byers 饰），照顾这对兄妹的主要责任落在了母亲安妮（杰奎琳·麦根斯 Jacqueline McKenzie 饰）的肩上。
凯丽安有两位好友波比和迪根，艾斯摩尔一直认为这两个人并不存在，只是凯丽安在寂寞中幻想出来的玩伴而已，直到有一天，凯丽安告诉他这两人莫名失踪了，艾斯摩尔这才感觉到一切并不是自己想象中的那么简单。

Steve liked Celia from the moment they met. But following a clash with her boss, Raelene Beagle-Thorpe, Minister for Employment, he finds himself on national television branded as Australia's biggest dole bludger. Now Steve has to prove to Celia, to himself, and to the whole country, that there's more to him than meets the eye. With a little help from his friends, he might just do it.