The main character, born in South Australia near the Otway Mountains, often came to the rocky ledge at Cape Volney with his mother. They watched the endless battles of the ocean with the rocks. Although he was still very young, the beauty of the place fascinated him. The spiritual language of truth connected him with the animals that wandered through the rainforest along the seashore. At that time, he also mastered it. As he grew up, he realized that he was slowly forgetting it. After many years of traveling, tired and sad, he returned to the rocky ledge under the Otway Mountains, determined to find the language of truth again. There one day he met Shaun. Shaun left him his handwritten book On the Seashore on the ledge. It contained twelve teachings that the sea had given him far from the mad world. With the help of the teachings and a strong will, he rediscovered the language that had meant so much to him when he was born.