Part 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1983 (60 min)
In a storm off the Victorian coast in 1892, a young English girl is shipwrecked and orphaned. She is rescued heroically by the only other survivor of the wreck.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1983 (60 min)
In a storm off the Victorian coast in 1892, a young English girl is shipwrecked and orphaned. She is rescued heroically by the only other survivor of the wreck.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1983 (60 min)
Tom Critchley, the seaman who rescued Delie, arrives in Echuca on a paddle steamer he bought with his reward. It is the beginning for Delie of a remarkable ten years in her life.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1983 (60 min)
Delie quickly attracts the attention of the town gossips, living alone in a ladies boarding house. She is trying hard to ignore riverboat labourer Brenton Edwards who is working even harder to draw her attention.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1983 (60 min)
Tom finalises the deal which puts Delie and Teddy into partnership as the new owners of the Philadelphia before departing for a new ship sailing the high seas.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1983 (60 min)
Delie and Brenton are to wed, and Delie pays a visit to see her Uncle Charles. Ben is gone and both Charles and the property are looking run down but Delie lifts his spirits.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1983 (60 min)
Stranded for three month by low water levels in the Darling River in the midst of a drought, the Philadelphia and her crew make the best of their situation in the hope that rains will wash down from QLD and allow their escape.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1983 (60 min)
Stranded for three month by low water levels in the Darling River in the midst of a drought, the Philadelphia and her crew make the best of their situation in the hope that rains will wash down from QLD and allow their escape.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1983 (60 min)
Brenton's accident and subsequent paralysis inspires Delie to turn her talents towards being a riverboat captain. Alastair resurfaces in Echuca but his enthusiasm for Delie and her art is matched by her desire to stay in Echuca.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 18, 1990
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 25, 1990