The Sixty Miler

In 1951 William, a Scottish ship's engineer, met a student nurse called Sarah while on leave in Sydney. They fell in love, but were separated when William's ship resumed its voyage. It took him over a year to fulfil his promise and return to her, and when he did, he worked on the 'sixty milers', the little coal-carrying steamships that used to plough the treacherous 64 nautical mile route between Sydney and the Newcastle coalfields. The Sixty Miler skilfully weaves together William and Sarah's l