Melbourne 1996. The Golden Age of Australian swimming is now beginning and a scholarship to a private boys school attracts 16-year-old Danny Kelly one step closer to his ultimate goal - . Danny struggles to get his place at the social circles of this boys school. Under the charge of respectable trainer Frank Torma and a friendship/rivalry using team mate Martin Taylor, Danny is soon on course to become Australia swimming champion, the unstoppable'Barracuda'.