with his oysters, and interrogates Trish about the secret to her success, with her response being that she sings to her oysters. When Brownie laughs at her, she yells at him and tells him she is not coming back to him. The two reconcile and kiss after their son comes into the room. Brownie states his intention to buy back the leases on which Trish farms her oysters to give her full ownership of them, and to give Jack two leases of oyster farms if he takes Mumbles with him. Jack accepts. Jack discovers Mumbles is the one who stole his package of money after losing it to the river, and that he cut up the money and decorated the bathtub Brownie bought Trish with it. Mumbles insists Jack was a terrible criminal, and that the thought would have only given Jack a bad conscience. Jack is horrified, berates Mumbles and states that he is going to quit his job. At an annual oyster competition, Brownie wins first prize, surprising himself and prompting a proud reaction from Trish. Jack moves to Gosford with Nikki. Brownie and Mumbles surprise Trish with her bathtub, and Mumbles reveals to Brownie that Jack quit, disappointing Brownie and Trish. On the train to Gosford, Jack realises his desire to stay at the Hawkesbury River and gets off at the nearest train station. While Brownie, Trish, Mumbles and the rest of the oyster farmers celebrate their win, Jack and Pearl are seen in Trish’s bathtub. Cast Alex O'Loughlin (credited as Alex O'Lachlan) as Jack Flange, a criminal who steals money from a fish market van to help pay the medical bills of his ill sister. Jim Norton as Mumbles, Brownie's Irish-born father Diana Glenn as Pearl, Jack's love interest David Field as Brownie, Jack's boss Kerry Armstrong as Trish, Brownie's estranged wife Claudia Harrison as Nikki Flange, Jack's sister Alan Cinis as Slug, a waste manager who regularly annoys Brownie, Mumbles, Jack and the other oyster farmers under Brownie's employment Jack Thompson as Skippy Bob Yearley as Bruce Brady Kitchingham as Heath Gary Henderson as Barry Brian Howarth as Barney Bill Wisely as Old Man Peterson Ian Johnson as Oyster Farmer #1 Peter Johnson (actor) as Oyster Farmer #2 Natalie McCurry as Pearl's Mother Themes and Interpretations Regional, working life Oyster Farmer’s thematic and contextual settings are a highly valid aspect of its ambience. Many critics