An itinerant farm labourer's reluctance to settle down is putting a strain on his marriage and prompting his wife to hit the bottle. The locals have conflicting views on how best to put Lover's Gully to good use.
Councillor Alf Muldoon is up to no good again when he announces his plans for Lover's Gully forcing the locals to put Operation Platypus into action. Is there romance in the air for Terence and Alex?
When Leanne Madden learns that she is pregnant, her husband, Dave, isn't exactly overjoyed. They already have one child with Down's Syndrome and Dave is fearful that they could end up with another.
Alex is hesitant about giving Terence an answer, as she is scared to make a commitment. After discussing it with Cathy, Alex decides to go to Canberra with Terence.
Jo has a hard time dealing with an over-zealous rookie cop. And when he decides to interfere in her love life, Jo blows her top. Terence and Alex return from Canberra very much in love.
Andrew the chef has personal problems which means trouble for both staff and patients at the hospital. The town is awash with gossip of Terence and Alex's romance.
Alex feels that she cannot compete with Sophie and tells Cathy she's not exciting enough for Terence. Michael helps an old Jazz musician get back on his feet.
Alex is torn between her professional ethics and her feelings for Terence and cannot decide whether or not to tell him that his daughter has a drug problem.
Terence decides to help his daughter fight her problem - whether she wants his assistance of not. Michael and Ben are at loggerheads over Ben's involvement with Millie.
A hard-nosed television journalist arrives in Wandin Valley to do a piece on Frank Gilroy, but has some trouble finding an exciting angle for the story
Jo's friend Darren Greenway is having more problems than usual with his father. Ron owns a junkyard and is trying to force his son to leave school in order to help with the business.
Jo organises self-defence classes at the club and is crushed when Michael falls for the teacher. With a bit of input from their friends, Terence and Alex reluctantly agree on a big wedding.
Jo and Cathy think they've discovered a Yowie in the National Park but what they really find is an escaped murdered who's been hiding out for more than twenty years.
Alex is lumbered with a pre-wedding talk from the Reverend, while Bob organises a buck's night for Terence. After injuring his back, Ben succeeds in annoying both the hospital staff and his friends with his irritable behaviour.
There are pre-wedding jitters all around as the big day draws near. Alex's parents arrive in town and her father immediately takes over, causing Alex and Terence to have a blazing row.
The wedding arrives but Frank's precise schedule falls apart when Matt Tyler enlists his help to unbog his car, leaving Alex waiting at the church. Terence ends up arriving at the church on a bicycle, but there is still no sign of Frank.
Jo's father unexpectedly arrives in the Valley along with a little sister Jo never knew she had. Ben's former girlfriend, Barbara, arrives at the hospital to take care of him.
Matt finds himself in the dog house when one of his patients passes away. Penny decides to stay with her grandparents in Sydney rather than returns to the Valley with Alex and Terence.
Jo resolves to look after her little sister, but Frank and Shirley realise this can't go on forever. Ben's future as a country vet is in doubt as a result of his accident.
A young couple find their relationship put to the test when one of them reveals they have a sexually transmitted disease. Jo enlists Michael's help in catching a prowler.
Tommy Hibbert returns to Wandin Valley from prison to a frosty reception from his "friends" and family. The doctors have some bad news for old Polly Waterford.
Alex organises the opening of the Community Health Centre to a less-than-spectacular reception. Cathy and Matt go droving and and up spending the night under the stars together.
After receiving a bang on the head, Bob mysteriously develops clairvoyant powers. A young woman returns from a holiday cruise to find that she is pregnant.
A boy's illness could be a lot more serious than it appears. Michael's attempt to help a man who has given up the will to live fails. Matt is offered first refusal on Ben's practice.
Matt beats Ted Campbell's age-old long distance record to raise money for Jake Cooper's medical treatment, causing Cathy to see Matt in a whole new light. Jo and Sandy give the tuck-shop some competition.
UFOs in Wandin Valley? It certainly seems that way after Bob and Cookie discover a landing site, and when a strange man is admitted to hospital, Esme thinks he is an alien.
After discovering the identity of the stranger, Frank is determined to get to the bottom of the great UFO mystery. A man makes a fool of himself over a young woman.
Michael and Cathy spend a romantic afternoon on the river. Alex's dream to help the tenants of a dilapidated boarding house backfire when the landlady decides to evict them.
An old man refuses to leave his home and barricades himself in. Sandy leaves Jo's flat and moves to Burrigan. Alex and Cathy convince the landlady to get the repairs done on the old house.
A girl's attraction to a married man leads to a dangerous turn of events. Jo ends up in hospital as a patient when she collapses out of sheer exhaustion.
A woman's memory lapse and her forgetfulness proves almost fatal when she sets her house on fire. Shirley develops a severe case of triskadekaphobia - a fear of the number thirteen.
A girl with epilepsy has trouble coming to terms with her condition. Michael tries to explain how he feels to Jo, but she doesn't seem to want to listen.
After Alex accidentally drinks one of Terence's prized wines, she and Cathy decide to join a wine appreciation class to get more clued up on good plonk. Jo finds herself falling for someone other than Michael.
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