Hotel Coolgardie

Between Australia’s most isolated city and it's largest gold pit lies Coolgardie, where the arrival every three months of a new pair of foreign female backpackers to work the only bar in town is keenly anticipated by the town’s hot-blooded males.

Fresh off the plane and attracted by the idea of an authentic outback experience, Finnish travel buddies Lina and Steph find themselves en route to a dot on the Western Australia map - to pour beers, replenish depleted travel funds and live amongst the locals.

But their working holiday quickly deteriorates into a test of endurance.

Prey to the madness and malaise of an environment as claustrophobic as it is isolated – the girls soon realise that to meet expectations out here they’ll need to do more than simply serve drinks.

Pete Gleeson’s raucous, unflinching debut is a shocking, amusing and unexpectedly moving portrait of small-town insularity, fragile masculinity, and the plight of the outsider who must adapt or face the consequences.