Mlad anglikanski duhovnik Anthony Campion se s svojo naivno ženo Estello iz Anglije odpravi na delo v Avstralijo. Na željo škofa se mora srečati s slikarjem Normanom Lindsayjem, čigar kontroverzne slike bodo zakuhale pravi škandal na težko pričakovani razstavi. Anthony in Estella morata Normana prepričati, naj iz svoje zbirke umakne škandalozno sliko, toda že ob samem prihodu na njegovo posest se spoznata z življenjem, kakršnega doslej nista poznala. Tam med drugim naletita na tri manekenke.
A young reverend and his wife are on the way from England to Australia to minister to their flock. The bishop asks him to visit an eccentric artist prone to sexual depictions and requests that he voluntarily withdraw a controversial work call "Crucified Venus" from his show. The minister, who considers himself a progressive, is shocked at the amoral atmosphere surrounding the painter, his wife, and the three models living at his estate. The minister's wife is troubled also, and has to deal with latent sexual urges while trying to remain loyal to her husband.