In Australia, David follows the path of the writer's 1922 journey to Tasmania and Melbourne. He sees how her fame spread with the publication of The Secret Adversary, and visits the same jam factory, power station and vast homestead that she frequented a century ago.

David travels to Hawaii, where she holidayed in 1922. He delves into her passion for surfing and asks how travel informed her novels. He also looks at the real Hawaii, meeting beach boys, cacao farmers, hula masters and lei makers.