Germaine Greer, Australian writer, captures her native Australia with a camera for 'Of Beauty and Comfort', for her the only answer to the question of what beauty and comfort mean. Greer visits her sister Alida Jane Burke (botanist) in Western Australia and talks to her about the hard life and climate in Australia, the age, infertility and great biodiversity of the country, endangered plant species that are affected by fungal diseases and salt deposits, among other things.

This episode consists of the gathering. Twenty of the portrayed guests come together for an evening-filling exchange of thoughts in the De Zaaijer gallery on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, preceded by a visit to the exhibition 'Of Beauty and Consolation' in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.