Storylines of Neighbours

Since it started in 1985 there have been many storylines of Neighbours. Many of these involve characters that have left the series.

Seasons

1980s

• 1985: 1985 was the first year Neighbours aired, and was the only season to be shown on the Seven Network. The first year of Neighbours only featured three houses - No. 24 which housed the Ramsay family - Max, Maria and their sons: Shane and Danny. No. 26 was the home of Jim Robinson whose wife had died ten years previously and since that time he'd been living with his mother-in-law Helen Daniels along with his four children - Paul, Julie, Scott and Lucy. No. 28 was originally bought as a house for bank manager Des Clarke and his future wife Lorraine Kingham.

The first episode started with Danny Ramsay suffering from a nightmare about the rest of his neighbours laughing at him and his brother Shane getting injured by a car his premonition later came true after both were involved in a car crash with a getaway car and ends Shane's diving career. Also in episode one Des is to be married to Lorraine however she decides to call off the wedding and Des is left with a house and mounting debts. He decides to take in the stripper from his bachelor party Daphne Lawrence. Daphne's grandfather later wins the Coffee Shop in a poker game and gives it to his granddaughter who takes over the ownership and names it after herself. Max takes on Terry Inglis as an employee and she begins a relationship with Shane but later starts dating Paul who has become an air steward.

Max finds out Danny is the product of an affair Maria had when their marriage was on shaky ground and they separate. Maria moves away to Hong Kong but Danny wants to stay with the man who he believes to be his father. The often prude Julie starts an affair with Philip Martin The New bank manager who although is married tells Julie his marriage is effectively over although Julie thinks its for the best to cool things off. Terry and Paul get engaged and are married, Jim buys them No.30 as a wedding present. Terry reveals that her ex-husband was the person driving the getaway car that injured Shane they team up to put him behind bars. Meanwhile Philip and his family are involved in a car accident, Philip's wife dies and Julie decides to leave her family to care for Philip and his children.

Helen gets involved with a man named Douglas Blake who tells Helen he wants to marry her and buy a cottage in the country with her however he is short on money. The two get engaged and Jim gives Douglas a loan after this he promptly skips town and Helen is devastated. Terry starts being threatened by a man named Charles Durham and in a fit of rage she kills him but the evidence points towards Daphne. Paul later works out it was Terry and when he confronts her she shoots him. Terry is later arrested and Daphne freed. Towards the end of the season Danny finds out that Max isn't his dad but the two eventually reach an understanding and become close and as a cliffhanger Daphne proposes to Des.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Scott Robinson, Lucy Robinson, Max Ramsay, Danny Ramsay, Shane Ramsay Des Clarke and Daphne Lawrence

• 1986: After the Seven Network axed Neighbours in 1985, Network Ten picked the series. In the first episode of the new season three new FACES were seen: Max's sister Madge Mitchell, Daphne's old school friend Zoe Davis and Scott Robinson's friend Mike Young who comes to help Daphne at the coffee shop. A fourth new character comes to the street in the form of gorilla gram and former doctor Clive Gibbons who moves into No. 22 and eventually takes in Mike and later Daphne as lodgers. The character of Scott Robinson was also recast with Jason Donovan replacing Darius Perkins.

Daphne and Des both get cold feet on their wedding day and Daphne thinks its best if she move into No. 22 with Clive. Meanwhile an old girlfriend of Des' shows up with a boy that she claims to be Des' son but Eileen is not so sure. She later does some snooping and discovers it is not Des' son. Daphne meanwhile starts dating and gets engaged to Shane Ramsay, however he is jealous of the affection that Des' shows on her especially when the coffee shop is about to shut. Shane and Daphne split up and the coffee shop is moved to the Lassiters complex. Des and Daphne reunite and are married soon after and towards the end of the year Daphne finds out she is pregnant.

There are more new additions in the Ramsay household when Max and Madge's brother Tom moves in following Max's departure to reunite with Maria in Queensland. And Madge's daughter Charlene turns up breaking into No. 24 she is mistaken for a burglar by Scott Robinson, Scott and Charlene later start dating, as do Mike and Nikki Dennison. Madge's ex-husband Fred turns up saying that he's a changed man but later reverts to his violent ways. Later in the year Charlene brings a baby home with her, it turns out to be the son of Madge's ex-husband Fred and Susan Cole. Susan later moves in with Clive following Mike and Daphne's departures to No. 28.

Zoe starts causing friction between the Robinson men as Jim starts dating her and Paul moves in to Lassiters Hotel. Zoe becomes Paul's secretary and he starts to fall for her. Zoe later says she is pregnant with Jim's baby, he begs her to marry him but she refuses and leaves town with an ex-boyfriend. Paul who has become bitter since his shooting, becomes manager of Lassiters when it is sold to the Daniels Corporation and later tries to knock down Ramsay Street to make a through road for a supermarket but this plan falls through when the residents decide not to sell up. Clive proposes to Susan but she also begins an affair with Paul Robinson, when she starts working for him as his secretary.

A female customer starts to annoy Daphne with her constant demands at the coffee shop. This turns out to be Mrs. Mangel who moves into No. 32 along with her husband Len and is later joined by her granddaughter Jane Harris. Jane is originally dubbed 'Plain Jane Superbrain' but is given a makeover by Daphne and Charlene and starts to attract the attention of both Mike and Shane.

Danny and Tom Ramsay both leave the street at the end of 1986 and Scott gets into a car crash in the new car that Jim has bought him.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Scott Robinson, Lucy Robinson, Shane Ramsay, Des Clarke, Daphne Clarke, Madge Mitchell, Charlene Mitchell, Mike Young, Clive Gibbons, Susan Cole, Mrs. Mangel and Jane Harris

• 1987:

One of Neighbours' most iconic episodes happened in this year as Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell were married]]. Also this year Charlene tracked down Madge's old high school sweetheart Harold Bishop who later stayed in town opening a health food shop and staying at No. 32 as Mrs Mangel's lodger.

Paul tried to start an affair with Susan Cole but she rejected him and he fired her, this lead to her leaving Ramsay Street and a distraught Clive who had heard about the Paul Robinson affair left soon after. Shane Ramsay also left to go around Australia and his place at No. 24 was taken over by Madge's son Henry. Susan's replacement was Gail Lewis who also moved into No. 22 with her father Rob. When a Japanese businessman would only do a deal with Paul if he was a married man he and Gail agreed to go through with a marriage of convenience at No. 22 faking their romance for their family and friends. But as the year went on they developed genuine feelings for each other.

Another memorable scene was when Daphne gave birth to her and Des' son Jamie while on a picnic with Jim Robinson and his new girlfriend Beverley Marshall who as a doctor was able to help in the delivery of the baby. The character of Lucy Robinson was also recast with Sasha Close taking over from Kylie Flinker.

In quite a shocking storyline Scott and Charlene's wedding almost ends when Scott kisses Jane Harris but later Scott and Charlene are reconciled. Towards the end of the year Des' sister Sally Wells makes her first appearance as does street artist Tony Romeo. Daphne leaves Ramsay Street to care for her dying father after he donates a substantial amount of money to Jamie although Des is not left alone as Harold comes to stay with him and Mike following a near death experience.

The year ended with Paul and Gail finally agreeing to marry properly in the New Year.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Scott Robinson, Lucy Robinson, Des Clarke, Daphne Clarke, Madge Mitchell, Charlene Mitchell, Henry Ramsay, Mike Young, Mrs. Mangel, Jane Harris, Harold Bishop, Gail Lewis, Rob Lewis, Beverley Marshall, Sally Wells and Tony Romeo

• 1988:

1988 begun with Paul and Gail renewing their vows but Paul isn't the only Robinson man getting married as Jim weds Beverley in a ceremony at No. 28. Beverley's niece and nephews Katie and Todd Landers land in Ramsay Street and after running away after the reception are found and stay on with their aunt and new uncle in Ramsay Street.

1988 also had the first death of a major character as Elaine Smith returned to give Daphne a proper exit. Daphne is coming back from her father's funeral with Jamie and Gail in the car, they suffer a horrific accident and while Jamie and Gail are fine Daphne remains in a coma. Des is confident that she'll regain consciousness but his friends and family aren't so happy. After months of being in the coma, Daphne finally suffered a cardiac arrest.

The course of true love didn't run smooth for Madge and Harold either as Harold pulls out of their engagement after he loses his shares and won't be able to give her the big wedding she desires. Madge temporarily leaves Erinsborough and we she returns she admits to Harold that she had been seeing a man while she was away. That man turns out to be Harold's old rival for Madge's heart Lou Carpenter. Lou and Harold both row over her but Harold proposes again and Madge accepts. Madge and Harold have a fairytale wedding and all goes smoothly. After the wedding, Eileen Clarke and her daughter Sally Wells leave to tour around Australia. Madge and Harold also take over the coffee shop after Daphne's death.

Shortly after Daphne's death Jane Harris realises she has feelings for Des and splits up with Mike. Des knocks her back saying he isn't ready for anything just yet. Des also hires Bronwyn Davies as Jamie's new babysitter, she feels an instant attraction to Henry although starts dating Mike. Bronwyn's sister Sharon shows up later and both end up living with Mrs. Mangel in No. 32. Soon Bronwyn and Sharon's aunt Edith Chubb arrives on Ramsay Street to ask the girls to move back home, when they refuse she decides to buy No. 30 which has been unoccupied since 1985. Sharon and Bronwyn try to Outwit their Aunt Edie by pretending to bid on the house but end up buying it themselves. However all mistakes are cleared up and Bronwyn and Sharon move in to No. 30.

Mrs. Mangel meets a man named John Worthington and they both take a shine to each other, however when he writes to the Dear Georgette column, which Mrs. Mangel writes and asks for her advice in what to do in his new relationship, Mrs. Mangel tells him to propose to her. John finds out and is so disgusted that he leaves her. Jane also finds a gun in her grandma's back yard which belongs to Mrs Mangel's son Joe. Jane tries to get her grandmother to sort out her differences with Joe and with some persuasion between the two she does so and Joe moves into No. 32. Joe's son Toby joins him soon after. John Worthington returns and after an initial showdown with Joe, rekindles his romance with Mrs. Mangel and they get married and head off to England.

A graffiti campaign starts around town and Todd and Henry catch the culprit Nick Page, Helen Daniels takes pity on him and finds out what he is doing is out of rage because of his grandmother's poor health, she invites him to move into No. 26 and he soon starts a relationship with Sharon. Sharon soon starts working at The Coffee Shop and is one day offered a cigarette by some friends, she lights and throws it away in the bin, a mini-fire erupts in the shop and this is blamed on Nick. Sharon comes forward but is forgiven and The Coffee Shop is then renovated by Joe Mangel.

Scott and Charlene have problems in their marriage once again so when Charlene's grandfather Dan Ramsay offers Scott and Charlene a house in Brisbane. After some discussion, Charlene agrees to move up there and Scott will join her when he finds work up there.

Paul Robinson finds out he has a four year old daughter named Amy from a previous relationship. This ignites envy in Gail and she accuses Paul of not wanting to have any children but Paul assures her that he does. Jim's wife Beverley also wants children and does get pregnant but loses the baby after she is mugged. Gail's father Rob also finds love in the form of the glamorous Gloria Gardner. The two are later married.

Todd Landers skips town after being blamed for injuring Jamie Clarke, while on the run he gets in with a bad crowd and starts stealing. When Helen Daniels learns of this she has a stroke and Katie calls Todd to tell him this news he returns home.

Towards the end of the year Jane finds love with Mark Grainger and in the 1988 season finale she accepts his proposal of marriage while at the Robinsons' Christmas Party.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Scott Robinson, Des Clarke, Madge Bishop, Henry Ramsay, Mike Young, Jane Harris, Harold Bishop, Gail Robinson, Rob Lewis, Gloria Lewis, Beverley Robinson, Todd Landers, Katie Landers, Joe Mangel, Toby Mangel, Sharon Davies and Bronwyn Davies

• 1989:

This season begins with Noelene Mangel intent in taking Toby back home with her after a bitter court battle, Toby stays with Joe. While happy about this Toby is distraught when is friend Katie Landers decides to go back home now her parents have reconciled, her brother Todd however decides to stay on Ramsay Street. Toby makes a new friend in the form of tomboy Tiffany McLachlan who likes to be called Lochy. They start playing in an abandoned house which they think is haunted until the find the ghost is Lee Maloney who has been squatting there. Lee eventually gets a job at the coffee house.

Scott Robinson finally gets the job he needs and reunites with Charlene in Brisbane. Harold's daughter Kerry appears in the coffee shop with her daughter Sky, Harold is overjoyed to see them and Kerry soon starts a relationship with Joe Mangel. Jane's engagement to Mark Grainger doesn't work out as the pair find out they are mis-matched. Jane and Des reconnect, and decide to get engaged however Mike's reaction to the news isn't so great. Hilary Robinson also returns to the street moving into No. 30 she also has to look after Sharon Davies when Edith Chubb moves away to look after a sick relative. The mysterious Matt Williams moves in with her and it later transpires that he is her son. In the 1000th episode Jane and Des celebrate their engagement, Kerry and Joe announce their engagement and Hilary announces that Matt is her son.

Rob Lewis is thought to be selling stolen goods at the garage and is confronted by Paul, Rob refuses to admit that he is selling stolen goods and while driving during a stormy night crashes his car. With Gail and Gloria by his side he tragically dies not before telling the two to look after each other. Gail also undergoes IVF treatment and becomes pregnant with triplets however Paul becomes disinterested in her, Gail thinks he's only interested in his business and eventually leaves him.

Joe and Kerry originally plan a double wedding with Jane and Des and also Bronwyn and Henry who get engaged. But Jane realises she can't get married to Des and moves to England to live with her grandmother. Henry gets a job on talkback radio but it is so boring and other residents start to ring up to make him feel better. He eventually gets a job as a DJ and has to move away saying goodbye to a tearful Bronwyn. Joe and Kerry eventually get married in a single ceremony at the botanical gardens.

Lucy Robinson returns home in the holidays with new longer hair and acting all grown up however is upset when Helen still treats her like a child. To prove how adult she is she goes to the pub and is caught by the police when Paul finds out he gets angry with her and she returns to school again. Todd also starts dating new girl Melissa Jarrett she moves to America and he promises to be faithful to her but he is then tempted by Cody Willis and eventually cheats on Melissa with her.

Henry's old ex-girlfriend Melanie Pearson returns to work at Lassiters.

At the end of the year Clive Gibbons returns to help Beverley with a patient who is suffering from post-natal depression eventually giving the baby to Beverley. Beverley becomes attached to it because of her own miscarriage and Jim is worried about his wife. Beverley is then asked to give $1000 to the father of the baby or he will come and get it. Mike Young also moves away to care for his sick mother and Madge wins the lottery.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Des Clarke, Madge Bishop, Harold Bishop, Gail Robinson, Gloria Lewis, Beverley Robinson, Todd Landers,Joe Mangel, Toby Mangel, Sharon Davies, Bronwyn Davies, Nick Page, Kerry Bishop, Sky Mangel, Melanie Pearson, Matt Robinson, Hilary Robinson, Lochy Mclachlan, Cody Willis, Melissa Jarrett and Lee Maloney.

1990s

• 1990: At the end of the 1980s only four of the original cast members remained - Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Helen Daniels and Des Clarke. During 1990 the credit sequence changed, gone were the cast having fun playing cricket or frolicking in the pool but in the place was a much shorter sequence just showing the Ramsay Street map.

At the end of 1989 Madge won the lottery and she and Harold didn't waste any time spending it they sent money to both Henry and Charlene and also went on a trip round Europe where they met an eccentric gardener played by veteran English actor Derek Nimmo. Meanwhile the storyline with Beverley and the baby took a shock turn when the baby's father returned and demanded him back. This latest twist shook Beverley and Jim's marriage and they had several arguments. She accuses him of having an affair and later he does the same to her, she moves out and gets pregnant and Jim thinks its the product of the affair that she had, however when he finds out the baby is his she moves back in but after suffering a second miscarriage Beverley cuts her losses and leaves Jim for good.

When Gloria Lewis moves out of No. 22, the mysterious Linda Giles moves in. Paul Robinson employs her straight away at Lassiters however some of the time she is seen to be hard-working but other times lazy it transpires that Linda is actually twins Christina and Caroline Alessi who have been told to pretend to be one person by the police after they witnessed a [...] but after the police catch their stalker the twins introduce themselves to the neighbourhood and Caroline continues to work for Paul while Christina works at Lassiters gift shop.

Londoner Eddie Buckingham comes to stay with Madge and Harold, after they met him in his cafe in London and invited him to stay with them. The Bishop's lodger Sharon is wary of Eddie after he stores lots of food in the fridge and makes secret phone calls. It turns out that he runs The Munch Box which is taking customers away from The Coffee Shop. Eddie eventually confesses to Harold and runs The Munch Box in conjunction with The Coffee Shop. Eddie becomes infatuated with the Alessi Twins but neither notice him, soon Eddie is called back to London to look after his sick father. Bronwyn Davies also moves to New Zealand to be with Henry and they are eventually married and after a while are joined by Sharon. Lee Maloney moves in with her new boyfriend Matt Robinson at No. 30 but when Hilary leaves suddenly, Matt and Lee are left alone at No. 30 and are asked to move out they are both offered places to stay at No. 26 and 28 respectively. Nick Page gets an art scholarship and on the night of his leaving party, Lee runs away leaving Matt heartbroken however he soon gets over her when he meets Madge's niece Gemma Ramsay who moves in with Madge and Harold following Sharon and Bronwyn's departures, Matt and Gemma later start dating and he moves into No. 32 with Joe and Kerry.

Melanie Pearson starts helping Des with his resume so he can get a new job, but Melanie includes a lot of strenuous activities in Des' interests including Rock-Climbing. After this mishap Des journeys to Perth for a few months. When he returns he reveals that he met a woman while he was out there and she is also a widow with children. Des says his goodbyes and he and Jamie move to Perth.

Melissa Jarrett returns from America and Todd still hasn't told her about his new relationship with Cody Willis, both girls confront Todd and he chooses Melissa. When Josh Anderson moves to town he starts dating Cody but the two boys realise they like the other guy's girlfriend so they decide to swap. Soon Cody's father Doug buys No. 28 from Des and moves in with his wife Pam and their elder son Adam. Adam makes a play for Caroline but she starts dating Jim Robinson but when Jim returns to Beverley, Caroline and Adam get together. Later that year Todd is forced to move away to be with his mother but not wanting to leave Cody behind the two run away together but return when Cody gets sick and Todd is allowed to stay on at No. 28.

Toby moves back to live with his mother but she dies and Toby now played by Ben Guerens returns to Ramsay Street. There is more tragedy in the Mangel household when during a protest against duck hunting, Kerry is caught in the crossfire, is shot loses the couple's baby and dies. Joe is distraught and finds out later on that he must be married in order to keep custody of Sky and to stop her going back to her father Eric Jensen. Melanie offers Joe her hand but he still isn't over Kerry.

Lochy McLachlan's aunt, strict headmistress Dorothy Burke moves into the street and buys No. 30, Lochy and her brother Ryan both move in with their aunt, but Lochy moves away later in the year.

Christina starts to develop feelings for Paul however he meets Isabella abroad and brings her back to Australia where the two are to be married but Christina finds out that Isabella is only marrying Paul for an Australian Passport, Paul accuses her of lying by later finds out the truth and at the end of the year Paul and Christina finally get together.

Also at the end of the year Todd and Cody run away together again, Matt and Gemma crash Matt's bike and Glen Donnelly turns up at No. 26 claiming to be Jim Robinson's son.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Madge Mitchell, Harold Bishop, Todd Landers, Joe Mangel, Toby Mangel, Sky Mangel, Melanie Pearson, Matt Robinson, Cody Willis, Doug Willis, Pam Willis, Adam Willis, Caroline Alessi, Christina Alessi, Dorothy Burke, Ryan McLachlan, Josh Anderson, Gemma Ramsay and Glen Donnelly

• 1991: The 1991 season kicked off with Glen arriving on the Robinson doorstep, while their is initial resentment between him and Paul the two begrudgingly agree to get along for Jim's sake. Meanwhile Matt and Gemma's car crash results in Tom Ramsay returning to the show, he shows hostility towards Matt for putting his daughter in danger but once he gets to know Matt he finds out that he's a good bloke. However when Gemma's old boyfriend shows up, Matt realises that they still have feelings for each other and not wanting to be around them he leaves. Gemma is distraught and doesn't act on her feelings for her old boyfriend but eventually gets together with Glen.

Meanwhile Todd and Cody return home once again with Cody suffering from pneumonia, Todd than has to compete for her affections with the school bully but Cody and Todd's relationship is short-lived when she is sent to America. Meanwhile the other two Willis children return Brad comes home from a basketball scholarship and Gaby returns from Japan and soon opens a fashion boutique in the Lassiters complex. Melissa Jarrett also leaves Josh heartbroken, but while working on a school project with the weird girl in class Phoebe Bright they become attracted to each other and start dating.

Joe Mangel's heartbreak continues as he kidnaps Sky from her father Eric Jensen, and in a bitter custody battle Eric wins and Joe is left without Sky. However Eric returns with Sky and says that Sky would be better off with him. Joe and Melanie also almost get together countless times, but when Joe realises Melanie's the girl for him she's already gone off with someone else and gets engaged while on holiday. However when Joe declares his love she calls of her holiday engagement and her and Joe get engaged and later married.

Ryan McLachlan decides to join the army and with an empty house, Dorothy Burke invites Phoebe to live with her as her undertaker father is sick. Dorothy's husband Colin returns and tells her he's a changed man but later Colin is caught in a trist with Rosemary Daniels and Dorothy realises he hasn't changed. Mrs. Mangel is unwell and Joe decides that he needs to be with his mum taking new wife Melanie and Sky with him however Toby stays in Ramsay Street with Dorothy until Joe can find adequate schooling for him.

Paul and Christina marry early in the year and towards the end of the year have a son Andrew but Paul starts to develop feelings for Christina's sister Caroline who splits up with Adam. Adam and Gemma get together but soonafter she got a job in an animal sanctuary in New South Wales saying a tearful goodbye to Adam, a month later he joined Gemma and the two were engaged and Adam finished his medical studies up there.

Harold started to suffer from heart problems and Madge put it down to stress so she took in a new lodger Brenda Riley who they rented their house out to and also helped out at the coffee shop while Madge and Harold toured round Australia. Brenda took in a mysterious younger man who many believed to be her toyboy but it turned out to be her nephew Guy Carpenter. Brenda wanted to keep it quiet because of the feud between Harold and Guy's father Lou. During Madge and Harold's trip, Harold got close to the water and when Madge went to look for him he was gone, a search party went to look for him but found nothing and presumed he'd drowned. Madge left the street to live with Charlene and Scott in Brisbane.

Helen accepts the proposal of her late husbands' cousin Michael. Jim stops Michael from pulling out of the a couple of days before hand but while the couple are on their honeymoon, Jim discovers that Michael is already married and Helen is devastated when she hears the news. Lucy Robinson returns this time played by Melissa Bell, Lucy is instantly attracted to Glen but then finds out they are half-brother and half-sister she later starts dating Guy Carpenter. Glen's pregnant ex-girlfriend shows up and he does the honourable thing by sticking by her and proposing but later finds out the baby isn't his. Later Glen dates Gaby Willis.

At the end of the year tragedy strikes when Glen falls from a roof while fixing a banner at Lassisters.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Paul Robinson, Lucy Robinson, Madge Bishop, Todd Landers, Josh Anderson, Phoebe Bright, Toby Mangel, Doug Willis, Pam Willis, Brad Willis, Gaby Willism Caroline Alessi, Christina Robinson, Andrew Robinson, Dorothy Burke, Glen Donnelly, Brenda Riley and Guy Carpenter

• 1992: The 1992 season is when Neighbours freshened up their act, this year saw one of the biggest cast turnovers with a focus on younger characters while the opening credits were redone featuring the cast for the first time since 1990 and they were accompanied by a new version of the theme tune.

The year begins with Glen in hospital and telling Paul he is going to sue him after his fall, although this comes to nothing Glen becomes more angry after his accident, he splits with Gaby and when an old girlfriend returns he reunites with her and leaves Ramsay Street. While on a holiday in Madge's holiday home in Surfer's paradise - Josh, Lucy and Brad meet David Brennan and his sister Beth. Lucy had a Holiday Romance with David before returning to Ramsay Street, Beth followed them trying to escape her abusive father, Beth and Lucy both made eyes at Brad with Brad eventually picking Lucy but when Lucy gets a modelling job in Singapore she leaves Ramsay Street and has to say goodbye to Brad which leaves the door open for Brad and Beth to start dating.

Brenda's husband Roy turns up and the couple end up moving away. Then Guy has to face his demons when his father Lou Carpenter returns to make a play for a returning Madge now Harold has disappeared. After some initial awkwardness the pair argue out their differences and their bond becomes strong again until Guy moves away when he is offered a job as a swimming instructor.

Paul begins an affair with Caroline, and when the twins' cousin Marco Alessi arrives in town he quickly realises this. Ashamed of what she has done to her sister Caroline leaves to run a hotel in Milan. Christina later finds out about the affair when Paul confides in Helen and she overhears. Christina kicks Paul out and takes Andrew with her, making Paul fight for custody before going off to Milan to sort out her differences with her sister. Marco's younger brother Rick arrives and Marco persuades Dorothy to enrol him at Erinsborough High despite his poor record at other schools. She accepts.

When Phoebe and Todd start working together on a project they realise they have feelings for each other and they start seeing each other behind Josh's back. When Josh finds out what Todd has done with his girlfriend this angers him and the two fall out but patch their differences up before Josh moves away to complete his school work. Phoebe and Todd decide to sleep together however they are shocked when Phoebe gets pregnant. The older residents of the street persuade Phoebe to have an abortion but on the day of the abortion, Todd rushes to the clinic but is hit by a car on the way there. Phoebe gets to the hospital in time to tell Todd that she got the call about his accident before she had the abortion and that she is still pregnant. Unfortunately Todd dies, and Phoebe is left alone.

Madge initially accepts Lou's proposal of marriage, but when Harold's grandson Toby asks her what Harold would've thought she declines and leaves Lou alone in No. 24 as she journeys to Queensland. Jim's daughter Julie returns home for Todd's funeral along with her now husband Philip Martin, his daughter Debbie and the couple's daughter Hannah. Philip's son Michael also returns after being expelled from private school he and Julie never see eye to eye.

Christina returns from Milan after having patched things up with Caroline she reconciles with Paul and the two move to Hawaii to run a chain of hotels. Marco and Rick's parents Benito and Cathy move in to No. 22 to keep a better eye on their boys. Pam is arrested for the [...] of patient Garth Kirby who had asked her to kill him several times however she is let off after being defended by lawyer nephew Cameron Hudson who moves in the Willis family.

While at Todd's grave Phoebe meets Stephen Gottlieb who is also mourning the death of an old love, the pair instantly connect and Stephen proposes to Phoebe and later moves in with Phoebe, Dorothy and Toby. Pam and Doug's marriage breaks down after he has a one night stand. Pam considers dating Jim Robinson, but he knocks her back not wanting to get involved with the wife of one of his best mates. Meanwhile Marco gets into deep water with debt collectors and disappears while in London with Rick and Debbie. Cathy later asks Cameron to investigate the circumstances behind Marco's disappearance which leads him to the door of the powerful Gavin Heywood.

The season finale saw Hannah and Beth trapped in the cottage behind Lassisters, Cameron being threatened by Heywood and Phoebe going into the labour the night before hers and Stephen's wedding.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Jim Robinson, Phoebe Bright, Toby Mangel, Doug Willis, Pam Willis, Brad Willis, Gaby Willis, Dorothy Burke, Lou Carpenter, Philip Martin, Julie Martin, Michael Martin, Debbie Martin, Hannah Martin, Benito Alessi, Cathy Alessi, Rick Alessi, Stephen Gottlieb, Cameron Hudson and Beth Brennan

• 1993: 1993 continued where 1992 had left off with an emphasis on younger characters, the departure of some old favourites and a new executive producer.

The series began where the old one had left off. Phoebe gave birth to a girl named Hope, but Hope was kept on the critical list while Phoebe was discharged. Phoebe and Stephen decided to go ahead and get married and on the day of their wedding Pam arrived with the news that Hope was ready to come home. Following Stephen and Phoebe's wedding, Dorothy Burke and Toby Mangel head out to the country with Dorothy's new partner who is a school inspector. Brad was able to rescue Beth and Hannah from the cottage and their sons bravery reunited Pam and Doug. Cameron agreed to work for Heywood but eventually got a job working as a journalist and then a stand-up comedian.

The fire at the cottage was blamed on Michael who denied but then started a hate campaign against Julie. This included plying her with drink and making her think she's going crazy. It's only when he drugs her and she slips unconciouus in the spa that Michael is eventually found out and sent to a youth offender's instution. Jim decides that he wants to move out of Ramsay Street but after the residents persuade him not to he decides he has good friends and stays put.

Lou decides to get over Madge by dating a younger woman however Annalise Hartman isn't the twentysomething she claims to be in fact she is just out of high school and this fact is confirmed by Annalise's mother Fiona. Brad gives Beth a friendship ring which she mistakes as an engagement ring and not to disappoint her he tells her that it is. Brad doesn't stay faithful and has an affair with a mystery blonde girl he meets at the beach. However the girl's identity doesn't stay a mystery for long as its Lauren Carpenter Lou's daughter who comes to stay with her dad. Brad and Lauren continue their affair while Beth continues to make wedding plans and Lauren starts dating Cameron. However when Cameron finds out about Lauren and Brad's affair he leaves town. Meanwhile, Benito and Lou go into business together at the car lot but their partnership is fragile and Benito lands a job in Sydney but Rick refuses to leave girlfriend, Debbie Martin behind and gets a job at Lassiters sleeping in the staff quarters.

Jim and Helen encounter Jill the woman who Doug had a one night stand with who now has her eyes on Jim but Jim already has a girlfriend and he reveals to his family that it is Fiona Hartman, Annalise's mother. Julie isn't happy with this and Helen can't stand and moves into No. 32. Jim later has a heart attack and as Fiona goes to phone the paramedics she realises this is her chance to take all of Jim's assessts and leaves him to die on the kitchen floor as she transfers all of his money over to her. His body is later found by a returning Rosemary Daniels and and Fiona's story is flimsy and she runs away later dying in a car accident with a new partner. Helen is left No. 26 in Jim's will and takes in her second cousin, teacher Wayne Duncan as well as Annalise.

Beth finds Brad and Lauren in bed together on the day of their wedding and calls the whole thing of with Lauren and Brad continuing to date. The Lim Family move into No. 22 but only stay a few weeks when the Neighbours writers run out of racial stereotypes. Phoebe and Stephen take in a new roommate Russell who turns out to be mentally unstable claming that Hope is his chid and that he and Phoebe are together, it later transpires that Russell lost his wife and young child and seeks mental help. Beth then moves in with Phoebe and Stephen, and Stephen decides to stay at home and look after Hope while Phoebe continues to work at The Coffee Shop.

The Waterhole explodes following a gas leak, Brad and Beth are trapped in the cellar while Stephen is crushed by a flying piece of wood. While Brad and Beth are fine, Stephen is paralysed and is confined to a wheelchair. After the explosion Brad and Beth realise they still have feelings for each other and Stephen's brother Mark turns up to bury the hatchet over an incident the two fell out over years ago. They eventually make up and Mark starts working as a chef at Lassiters.

Lou starts dating brashy bar owner Cheryl Stark who rents No. 22 to be next to Lou. But Cheryl's son Darren returns home from the Youth Offenders institution where he was rooming with Michael Martin, Darren starts dating Michael's sister Debbie and a returning Michael arrives just in time to stop Debbie and Darren robbing a petrol station but he takes a bullet himself. Cheryl then washes her hands of Darren as he is sent to prison. Julie finds some old letters from her mother to her father telling her that Julie wasn't his daughter and in fact Julie was the product of [...] after she finds this out she separates from Philip and Philip decides to move on.

In the 2000th episode the residents celebrate Helen's birthday and the reopening of The Waterhole. Paul and Lucy both return to celebrate with their gran and Stephen surprises Phoebe by walking again as he had been trying to rehabilitate with help from Wayne. Julie told Philip about her conception and they rencociled and after Lou defends Cheryl to Julie, Cheryl announces their engagement but Lou is shocked and later lets Cheryl down gently as she moves away. With Lou and Cheryl together and Brad and Beth almost back together Lauren sinks into a depression and joins a cult, but is rescued by Lou just before she is raped by the cult leader. Following Stephen's recovery, Phoebe, Stephen and Hope decide to leave Ramsay Street and open a record shop and Mark moves into No. 30 along with Rick and also takes over the running of The Coffee Shop.

Towards the end of the year Cheryl returns buying No. 22 and trying to make Lou jealous but eventually the two get back together and Cheryl is joined by two of her children Danni and Brett who have run away from boarding school following Danni's expulsion. Brad and Beth also marry and Brad's sister Cody returns now played by Peta Brady. Brad and Beth depart following their wedding. Gaby takes flying lessons and to make peace with Annalise they take a flight together but the plane runs out of power and crashes leaving them both trapped in the middle of nowhere.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Doug Willis, Pam Willis, Gaby Willis, Cody Willis, Lou Carpenter, Lauren Carpenter, Philip Martin, Julie Martin, Michael Martin, Debbie Martin, Hannah Martin, Rick Alessi, Mark Gottlieb, Wayne Duncan, Annalise Hartman, Cheryl Stark, Danni Stark and Brett Stark

• 1994: The beginning of 1994 saw Wayne's brother Troy arrive and try and set-up Lauren and Wayne together however the two decided they were better as friends. Not so long after Wayne went back home after he punched the principal and lost his job and Lauren feeling squeezed out of her home now Cheryl and the kids had moved in left for Queensland to work with horses. After their near death experience Gaby and Annalise became firm friends, Gaby later left to run a hotel in Italy and Annalise got together with Mark.

The younger characters were having a tough time of it with Rick and Michael fighting for Cody's affections, Rick won out. Michael turn his attention to Danni who people thought was a [...] user but it turned out she was diabetic. Michael and Danni got together but Michael found out that he may have contracted HIV from an old girlfriend and the couples' parents decided one of the two should leave and Michael decided to move to a school where he could continue with training and education.

Gaby returned home from Italy in an odd mood and it later transpired she was pregnant, Cheryl was also shocked when she found out she was pregnant. The escalating feud between Cheryl and Julie came to a head when Julie accidentally hit Cheryl with her car, Cheryl wasn't severely harmed however she was checked into hospital for the rest of her pregnancy. To get her mind of her family's increasing financial worries, Pam started getting into motorcycling after inheriting a bike from a patient. At a rally she meets Sam Kratz who tells her that his grandmother has bought a house in Ramsay Street and he will be moving in as well. When Lou and Cheryl find out the house is No. 24 they are forced to move back into No. 22 which Cheryl had been renting out.

Gaby and Cheryl end up giving birth on the same day, and inadvertently choose the same name: Gaby has a little boy named Shannon Zachary Willis while Cheryl has a little girl named Shannon Louise Carpenter. Both are subsequently called by their middle names. Sam's grandmother turns out to be Marlene Kratz and reveals to everyone she is Cheryl's mother. The two had been estranged for years but patched up their differences once Cheryl returned from the hospital. Mark's sister Serendipity better known as Ren turned up to visit her brother and ended up sticking around and the kooky Colin Taylor came to town and started working at Philip Martin's newsagency. Debbie meanwhile found out her boyfriend was gay and developed an eating disorder which her family found out about and Debbie considered moving away. Meanwhile Zac's father returned and demanded access to his son when Gaby was offered a position at Lassiters in Darwin she decided to take it and when she told her father that there was paying work to be done on the hotel, and with mounting financial debts, Pam and Doug moved to Darwin leaving Cody with Marlene.

Julie Martin had become more and more unhappy in her relationship with Philip and refused to come to a [...] mystery weekend in the country with the rest of her Neighbours. However Julie's body was found the next day by Cheryl, Philip was originally charged with her [...]. However, following the funeral, Debbie later remember that she saw Julie lose her balance and fall from the roof. After this Debbie left to live with her aunt Rosemary in New York. Helen went with her but returned to take care of a grieving Philip and Hannah. Lou becomes more distant with Cheryl and starts leaving for brief periods but assures her nothing is wrong.

No. 28 was bought by doctor Karl Kennedy he moved in with his teacher wife Susan and their children Mal, Libby and Billy. The Stark children take an interest in the new family and Mal and Danni soon start dating while Brett lusts after Libby. Rick and Cody almost split up after she is seen kissing newcomer Stonefish Rebecchi but they eventually make up. Mark and Annalise get engaged. After some persuasion Mark agrees to take lessons to become a Catholic before the church ceremony. The kids go down to the Kennedy's old town to a beach house and are trapped by a flash flood. While here Mal learns that the reason they moved is because Karl killed a patient and Sam is told by one of the girls on the trip, Squirrel, that she is pregnant with his child, despite the fact that they hadn't slept together. While Cheryl sees Lou with a younger Asian girl and believes that he is cheating on her.

The season finale ended with Mal accusing Karl of [...] a patient, Sam trying to prove that Squirrel is lying, Lou tells Cheryl the younger woman he saw her with is his daughter and, in the most shocking twist, Mark leaves Annalise at the altar when he decides he wants to become a priest.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Cody Willis, Lou Carpenter, Philip Martin, Hannah Martin, Rick Alessi, Mark Gottlieb, Annalise Hartman, Cheryl Stark, Danni Stark, Brett Stark, Sam Kratz, Marlene Kratz, Louise Carpenter, Colin Taylor, Serendipity Gottlieb, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Mal Kennedy, Libby Kennedy, Billy Kennedy and Stonefish Rebecchi

• 1995: 1995 is often considered to be the worst season of Neighbours history, featuring a lot of boring or comic plots and shying away from the family aspect of the show, which also saw the ratings dip drastically.

The year began with Annalise pleading with Mark to change his mind but he had made it up and decided to become devoutly religious, even renaming The Coffee Shop, The Holy Roll. Sam eventually found out that Squirrel's baby wasn't his and he tried to act on the feelings he'd been nursing for Annalise. After Mark realises the error of his ways and proposes to Annalise wanting to live a devout life with her she refuses and soon starts a relationship with Sam. Lou's daughter Ling Mai is welcomed into the family but Lou starts to smother her so she decides move back home saying it was good that she met her father.

Cody's boyfriend Rick Alessi left town to work at the Darwin branch of Lassiters and she also started up at uni and quickly became friends with Jen Handley when she bought Jen to Ramsay Street she fell for Philip Martin and although she was much younger than him the two began a relationship. Hannah was initially hostile towards Jen but later the two became friends. Jen's brother Luke also moved into the street living with Mark and Ren at No. 30 and soon began dating Ren.

Mal and Danni decided to move in to No. 30 together and because they couldn't afford the bills asked Stonie to move in with them. Stonie started dating Cody but he was too immature for her and she started seeing one of her lecturers. After Cody split up with him, he became hostile to her marking her grades down and after he became obsessed and started stalking her she had a restraining order put against him. Stonie's mum Angie Rebecchi moved in with to No. 32 and Danni and Mal decided they weren't right for each other and moved back in with their families as Angie's other son Toadie moved in with her and Stonie.

While at a club Mark found Lucy Robinson dancing. It turned out that Lucy had fallen on hard times and her modelling career had gone bust, Mark convinced her to return home and she did once she found out about Julie's death. Lucy was embarressed when Toadie found a copy of the magazine Ambrosia with saucy pictures of Lucy. Lucy and Mark got closer but realised they were better friends and Lucy's grandmother Helen arranged for her to go to New York to be with her aunt Rosemary.

Annalise's sister Jo arrives to start a relationship with her sister at first Annalise sees Jo as a distraction and everyone else finds her irritating but they bond and they meet their father who is now working as a female impressionist. Ren and Danni go into business together as Danni's clothing line starts to sell but Ren becomes more business savvy and starts snapping at Danni and arguing with Mark. After almost suffering a nervous breakdown Ren decides to return to her old chilled out LifeStyle.

Helen found love with millionaire Reuben White who was interested in Helen's artwork after seeing some at Marlene's bric a brac shop. He told her he had a terminal illness and could die at any time but she didn't care and the two were married, Helen managed to get him to patch things up with his son before he passed away peacefully in the garden.

Mark started to believe that he had was invincible after escaping several near-death experiences but while helping Lou clean his gutters he fell of a ladder onto the tarmac. Mark was in a coma for a while but came round. After finding out her brother was okay, Ren decided to move to Japan with Luke. Colin Taylor also moved on to sunnier climes. After his coma Mark began a brief affair with Jo but it was weird because of his previous relationship with her sister. He dedcided he wanted to become a chef again selling The Coffee Shop to Angie and leaving town to become a TV chef.

In probably the most memorable episodes of 1995, Brett and Susan journeyed to Kenya after winning a competition. Here Susan told Brett that she had helped her mother to die something she had never told Karl and Brett realised he wasn't going to let Cheryl run his life and told he wanted to travel after school instead of going to Uni. Billy heard noises on an abandoned bus and swore it was haunted but soon discovered that it was Luke back from Japan and had suffered a breakdown after his break up with Ren he moved into No. 26 till he recovered.

Towards the end of the year Annalise began tutoring Stonie in English, the two became friends before starting an affair. They became increasingly edgy around their friends and family and in the last episode were found out by Sam and Angie.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Cody Willis, Lou Carpenter, Philip Martin, Hannah Martin, Annalise Hartman, Cheryl Stark, Danni Stark, Brett Stark, Sam Kratz, Marlene Kratz, Louise Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Mal Kennedy, Libby Kennedy Billy Kennedy, Stonefish Rebecchi, Angie Rebecchi, Toadfish Rebecchi, Jen Handley, Luke Handley and Jo Hartman

• 1996: After the disaster of the 1995 season, 1996 was seen as a fresh start with a new opening credits sequence, a new family arriving and the return of two old favourites.

Sam reacts angrily to the realisation of Annalise and Stonie's affair and breaks up with Annalise who after talking with Helen moves to London. Sam ends up getting closer to Cody and they eventually start dating. Jen moves out of No. 26 and into No. 30 where Luke joins her. Luke meets a girl who reveals to him later that she is a cop and thinks that he should join the force and he passes the first round of tests. Hannah believes that Helen is leaving to go to a retirement home but in fact she is enrolling to become a mature student at uni in the same year as Stonie and Mal. Stonie meets a girl Catherine O'Brien and despite laying on the charm she is more interested in Mal. Stonie tries to butter her up by giving her a job at The Coffee Shop.

Brett starts an affair with an older woman but after his mother puts a stop to it he decides to get out from under her wing once and for all while Danni gets an excellent offer to work for a fashion designer in Sydney and also leaves. The police find drugs in Mal's car and after Luke okays it try and set the [...] dealers up at No. 30. When things get out of control, a shot is fired and Cody is hit. Pam returns to look over her daughter and although she recovers she eventually relapses dying from a massive heart attack. Debbie Martin returns after it is revealled she had an affair with Rosemary's P.A and Danni returns from Sydney with a fiancee.

Sam hits the bottle after Cody's death but a visit from her ghost makes him get on with his life. When Luke gets his police physical back he discovers he has lukemia and Debbie finds out after reading his file at the surgery. The two start dating but after he finds her behaviour stifling he turns to Danni who has dumped her fiancee after he clashed with her about her work. Luke briefly decides to stop with his treatment but after a chat with Helen decides to continue. Jo becomes a personal trainer to a millionaire Rob Evans the two start to fall for each other and eventually get married in a fairyatle wedding where Jo's father returns after the wedding Sam gets a call from Annalise and leaves the street to join her in London. Catherine and Stonie get together and she moves in to No. 32.

Cheryl travels to Columbia after Brett gets in with [...] traffickers but Cheryl gets held hostage in Ecuador. Lou goes over to sort things out and eventually brings Cheryl home. Distant with her family, she reveals she had an affair with another hostage. Lou and Cheryl go into marriage counselling but can't settle their differences. Lou starts to fight for custody of Louise but he hasn't got any rights to her as he and Cheryl were never married and Lou leaves Ramsay Street. Cheryl's other son Darren returns from prison and starts a relationship with Libby much to Karl's chagrin. Darren inherits Sam's old handyman business and takes in Mal as his apprentice. Karl disapproves of Libby and Darren's relationship so much that the couple run away. Darren finds them a dingy flat but realising its no good for Libby makes her return home.

On the day of Libby's return to home, Cheryl and Karl meet by the side of the road to discuss their good news but while they chat Louise runs out into the road and is almost hit by a car. Karl attends to her but the morphine he gives her reacts with Cheryl's medication and it is later revealed that if Karl hadn't given her the shot she may've survived. Darren's anger boils over and he sacks Mal and refuses to reconcile with Brett after the funeral. Brett returns to his travels while Danni gets a big fashion contract in Malasyia and packs her bags. Lou returns and finds out he is the sole benefactor of Cheryl's will.

Helen suffers a stroke and sinks into depression but after words from Luke telling her how he got over his cancer she decides to start rehabilitating and hires physiotherapist Ruth Wilkinson and Ruth's son Lance befriends Hannah. A new mysterious English girl arrives and it turns out to be Catherine's sister Sarah Beaumont who has changed her last name after she became a model and is followed to Australia by paparazzi. When husband Big Kev returns and asks Angie to move up north she eventually agrees and when Stonie breaks up with Catherine he decides to come with her. Toadie is outraged and wants to stay with his friends and eventually convinces the Kennedys to let him move in with them. Stonie and Angie make their peace with Catherine and she is given run of The Coffee Shop. Sarah and Catherine both move into No. 30 with Luke and Toadie begins to lust after Catherine.

Marlene visits a Salvation Army shop to find out about donating Cheryl's clothes where she meets a man name Ted. When she takes him back to No. 24 he gets a strange sensation and when Helen Daniels encounters him as he is leaving the house she recognises him as Harold Bishop. Harold had contracted amnesia after his disappearance and had been living in Tasmania under the name Ted. Nobody believes Helen but she convinces Madge to return. Lou and Madge help Harold remember his past and Marlene rents out No. 24 to the Bishops as she and Darren move into No. 22 to help Lou look after Louise.

Following the Rebecchis departure, Philip rents out No. 32 to Ruth who moves in with Lance and her other child Anne. Philip develops feelings for Ruth and sacks her as Helen's physio but Helen is shocked and rehires her.

Mal has started his own DIY business in competition with Darren's and he has also started dating Catherine. Lou awards the contract to redesign Chez Chez to Mal but in an effort to stop the two warring gets Mal and Darren to work together. Nearer the end of the year Luke gets a call from Danni in Malaysia telling him she has contracted Malaria he decides to join her. Jo returns from a trip with Rob and moves into No. 30 saying that they were too different and that the marriage is over.

In the season finale Mal suffers an accident when renovating the pub, Karl has to help him but gets nervous because he doesn't want what happened to Cheryl to happen to his own son.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Helen Daniels, Lou Carpenter, Philip Martin, Debbie Martin, Hannah Martin, Marlene Kratz, Louise Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Mal Kennedy, Libby Kennedy, Billy Kennedy, Toadfish Rebecchi, Jo Hartman, Harold Bishop, Madge Bishop, Ruth Wilkinson, Lance Wilkinson, Anne Wilkinson, Catherine O'Brian and Sarah Beaumont

• 1997: After a clearout in 1996, 1997 saw Neighbours back at the top with a focus more on family units, a new opening credits sequence saw characters grouped to their individual houses. However not eveything was good news as Ramsay Street lost its one last original cast member.

Karl is able to save Mal and, with a new found appreciation for life, Mal starts to get serious with Catherine. Debbie takes over The Coffee Shop and gets financial backing from Jo. Marlene becomes Karl's receptionist but is horrified when he appoints Sarah as co-secretary and the two have many comic squabbles during the year. Jo, Catherine and Sarah invite teacher Lisa Elliott to be their housemate. Catherine starts to take driving lessons from Darren. The two give into temptation and kiss, when Mal finds out he is furious and decides to go overseas telling Catherine not to pursue him. Catherine meets him at the airport and the two leave together to start a new life together, while back in Ramsay Street Darren reckons he has ruined his chances with Libby.

Madge and Harold re-marry and move away to Queensland. Anne gets together with Billy and Ruth and Phil start dating however later they split up and Ruth considers moving away before her children talk her out of it. After pulling her investment from The Coffee Shop, Jo briefly enters a business partnership with Lou before deciding she doesn't want to stay around anymore and returns to her husband Rob. Lisa and Sarah try and find a new housemate for No. 30 first asking Darren to move in they find a new housemate in Ben Atkins who has a mysterious side to him.

Lance starts dating the popular Amy Greenwood and together with Toadie, Billy and Anne they form the classic teen gang which Neighbours has since seen many varieties of. Anne finds herself attracted to Ben but Ben says she is to young for him. The real reason behind Ben's rejection is that he is the son that Ruth gave up for adoption and has come to find her, after initial coldness between Ben and the Wilkinson children they welcome him into the family. Lisa is fired from her job when it is revealed she doesn't read the work that she marks and she leaves No. 30.

Lou and Marlene fall out and Sarah and Ben find a new housemate in Matt who is a cop. Sarah and Matt start dating but then he moves away. Ben's sister Caitlin comes to town and moves in with him and instantly makes a play for Billy. Marlene patches things up with Lou before leaving on a cruise where she later (off-screen) marries the captain. Harold moves back and Madge tries to convince him to come back to Queensland but in the end they stay put going halves with Debbie on The Coffee Shop and buying No. 24 from Marlene. Debbie can't work with The Bishops and opens a new sandwich stand before they compete in a price war.

Hannah discovers that Ramsay Street was called so because of a card game that the Ramsays and The Robinsons got into finding out that Black Jack Ramsay cheated, Hannah changes the street sign to Robinson Street. Hannah and Madge quarrel over this but when Helen returns from the hospital after another health scare she plays them Scott and Charlene's wedding video and the two make up. But Helen passes away peacefully later that night. Michael returns for the funeral but heads back to the farm and Debbie decides to go with him.

Shortly after Helen's death Philip and Ruth get back together and Harold and Madge take in Paul McClain as a lodger. Billy joins the swim team to help him cope with his asthma and grows closer to Caitlin but Anne is relieved when Caitlin shows interest in another boy. This is just a cover and Caitlin is still after Billy. Ben takes up motor racing but his hot head lands him in trouble and Lou decides to sponsor Ben's car. Sarah starts dating an older man but it ends badly. Susan gets a new job offer but would have to move away. Toadie moves out of The Kennedys into No. 22 with Lou. Billy heads up to Sydney for a swim meet with Cailtin and fellow teammate Mandi.

The season finale saw four storylines come to a head as Phlip proposed to Ruth during one of Ben's car races but was interrupted when Ben's car was in a horrific colision. While in Sydney Billy thinks Anne isn't interested any more and kisses Caitlin while Anne is outside the room, because she's travelled to Sydney to meet him. And, after another disaster with an older man Sarah and Karl share a kiss.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Philip Martin, Hannah Martin, Louise Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Libby Kennedy, Billy Kennedy, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Madge Bishop, Ruth Wilkinson, Lance Wilkinson, Anne Wilkinson, Sarah Beaumont, Amy Greenwood, Ben Atkins, Caitlin Atkins and Paul McClain

• 1998: This one of Neighbour's most stable years with only three major departures and three major arrivals, this year would see us focusing on some of our old favourites.

Ben was unconscious but alive following the accident, and eventually came round. Ben's brother Nick moved to town to look after Caitlin and check on Ben. Anne and Billy tried to resolve things but Caitlin threatened Anne telling her to back off. Ben's birth father Geoff arrived to check on his son and after bonding, Ben accepted Geoff's offer of work. Sarah and Karl tried to avoid each other after their kiss but they found it almost impossible. When Toadie moved into No. 30 he and Sarah struck up a bond and she told him about her feelings for Karl. Guilty, she moved to a caravan. Karl went to get her but on the way back, Karl's car broke down and the two had to spend a night together in a motel, and it was left up to the viewers to interpret whether the two had slept together.

Darren cheated on Libby and with their relationship officially over he decided to move to Byron Bay. The two met by accident one last time when Libby was traveling to see her Grandpa and the two had their proper goodbye. Lovable mechanic Drew Kirk moved to town to replace Ben at the garage and Darren at No. 22. Mal Kennedy's mate Joel Samuels moved in with the Kennedys after Mal had told him it was okay without checking with his parents. Joel was welcomed by them anyway and soon got close to a lot of the ladies on the street. He later moved into No. 30. Amy and Lance broke up after he developed a gambling addiction. Caitlin began training hard to get a place at a sports institute and when she was found unconscious in the pool, Nick decided it was time they both moved on and they left to join their parents in Western Australia. Harold and Madge fostered Paul but trouble entered their lives when Paul's alcoholic father came into town wanting to have a relationship with his son.

Ruth and Philip were married and the Wilkinsons and the Martins moved in together at No. 26. Toadie had told Billy about Sarah's feelings for Karl and when Susan found out she slapped Karl and he moved out. The two later reunited after Libby went missing on a trip and they joined up to find her. Hannah moved to France to stay with her French exchange friend Claire. After some initial hesitation, Rosemary agreed to chaperone Hannah around France and Philip begrudgingly agreed. Drew fell for Libby but she began a relationship with her Uni Lecturer Mike Healey who was going through a divorce and also had a daughter. Libby was unsure about his commitment to her but he moved to No. 32 to be closer to her. Libby was shocked when he started spending a lot of time with his ex-wife. Toadie's cousin Tad Reeves arrived in town to stay with him.

The end of the year saw the teen gang head off for an end of school celebratory camping trip. Lance tried to reconcile with Amy while Billy and Anne slept together for the first time. Billy later told one of his mates that it wasn't anything special and Anne, overhearing this, drove off. Karl was driving down there with Joel to drop him off but they found a devastated Anne on the roadside. Her car wouldn't start, and, after trying to fix it, it rolled down into the river crushing Joel's legs under a wheel. Anne drove in Karl's car to get help as tried to keep Joel's head above the rising water.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Philip Martin, Hannah Martin, Louise Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Libby Kennedy, Billy Kennedy, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Madge Bishop, Ruth Wilkinson, Lance Wilkinson, Anne Wilkinson, Sarah Beaumont, Amy Greenwood, Paul McClain, Tad Reeves, Drew Kirk and Joel Samuels

• 1999: The 1999 season started with a new titles sequence, as the show headed into the new millennium one of the longest standing families left and a new family arrived.

Joel survived the accident but had to be airlifted to hospital eventually making a full recovery. Billy and Anne temporarily sorted out their differences and she decided to stay in town rather than leave for Uni but Billy was always jealous when he saw her with Another Man and after heated argument he hit her and they split up for good. Billy also decided he wasn't a child anymore and wanted to be known as Bill from now on and got a job working on a building site. Amy and Lance didn't get back together - she trained to be a flight attendant and he started Uni. Lance met a girl who Amy later found out was with him for a bet and sparks flew once again. But Lance's gambling addiction reared its head once more and after writing a letter to Ruth explaining how he got into so much debt, Lance joined Gamblers Anonymous.

Libby found out Mike had been cheating on her with his ex-wife and Drew came to her rescue. Libby and Drew's friendship went from strength to strength but it was only when her journalism rival Geri made moves on Drew that she realised her true feelings for him and the two eventually started dating. Bill, Toadie, Joel, Karl and Drew performed The Full Monty in the pub but later were charged with indecent exposure after the lights failed to go off at the right moment. Hannah returned with a new haircut and was horrified that Paul had moved on so she tried to as well. Paul almost left town with his dad but was persuaded to stay by the Bishops and got back together with Hannah.

While working at the hospital Sarah met doctor Peter Hannay, he proposed to her but she got cold feet saying she still had feelings for Karl. She later changed her mind but on the wedding day her car broke down and Karl gave her a lift they shared one final kiss before Sarah moved to England to be with Peter. An ex-boyfriend of Susan's comes to town and almost convinces her to have an affair prompting Karl to move out. But when Karl's car was found abandoned in the bush, Susan realised how she felt about him and after going through marriage counseling the two were back on track. Susan employed Tess Bell as a new teacher, who was cagey about her personal life.

Philip, Ruth and Hannah moved to Darwin while Lance moved into Sarah's old room at No. 30 and Anne moved in with Amy Greenwood's family. Directly after the Martins left, the Scully family arrived. Father Joe was a builder and his wife Lyn was a hairdresser. The couple had three daughters, Steph, Felicity, better known as Flick, and Michelle. Lyn was soon offered a job at the new hairdressing salon in the Lassiters Complex. Toadie started dating an English girl named Charlie and was manipulated into proposing to her but it transpired that she just wanted a visa so she could stay in Australia with her actual boyfriend.

The residents of Ramsay Street celebrated the new year with a party. The Kennedys all had romantic ends to the New Year with Bill and Anne sharing a kiss, Karl and Susan putting all their trouble behind them and Drew proposing to Libby. But before he got her answer a fire broke out at No. 26 when Louise set some sparklers off in the house after being neglected by babysitter Michelle who went outside to join the party. Drew rushed into save her but their fates were unknown as the episode finished.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Louise Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Libby Kennedy, Billy Kennedy, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Madge Bishop , Lance Wilkinson, Anne Wilkinson, Amy Greenwood, Paul McClain, Tad Reeves, Drew Kirk Joel Samuels, Tess Bell, Joe Scully, Lyn Scully, Steph Scully, Flick Scully and Michelle Scully

2000s

• 2000: 2000 had another change of title sequence seeing the characters enjoying a party by the pool. Another low year of cast turnover saw three exits and two arrivals.

The beginning of the year see Drew and Lolly unharmed but Libby turns down Drew's proposal saying she isn't ready for marriage. Tess leaves husband Brendan who has been abusive to her and moves into No. 32 and is later joined by Anne who is tired of Amy's family. Lance thought he and Amy were back together but she later found out she was pregnant as she'd been having an affair with a pilot named Damien which was the end for her and Lance. Although Anne and Bill had reunited he was offered a carpentry internship in Queensland and she made him go.

The three departures came in quick succession and saw the end of the teen gang as Bill moved away to start his internship, Amy left to be with Damien and they later married in Fiji and realising she couldn't live without Bill, Anne got a place at an arts school near Bill. Bill was surprised by Anne turning up at his work and when she told him the good news the couple reunited and have been together ever since. Tad finds out that he is adopted and after talking with Susan decides to track down his birth mother. Tad eventually found Rachel Bailey who told him that his birth father had died but didn't want Tad to get involved with the rest of her family. Tad also was heartbroken when a girl named Simone started dating Paul instead of him. Drew proposes to Libby again and she agrees this time.

Joel starting dating a girl named Dione Bliss better known as Dee, but when he met her friend Carrie he was trapped in a love triangle with the two girls, Joel eventually chose Dee as his girlfriend. Tess invites Daniel Fitzgerald a fellow teacher, to move in with her but when Brendan returns and finds out she has gone clubbing with another man he gets angry. He speeds out of the street and collides with Steph's motorbike which is carrying Steph and Libby. Steph escapes with minor injuries while Libby is in a coma. Brendan comes round but later dies of internal injuries. When Libby comes round she is told she will be unlikely to carry a baby and Libby breaks up with Drew who then falls into a depression.

With Madge away Harold decides to buy burger joint Grease Monkeys and after a disastrous opening it eventually turns profit as Paul, Tad and Flick all get jobs there. Dee and Joel split up after he gets Mal Kennedy to ring up Dee and pretend to be interested in her artwork. Following Drew's break-up with Libby, Steph reveals her feelings towards him but he realised he was still in love with Libby but as she wasn't interested he was going to return home. Libby stops him just in time and announce that their wedding is back on.

Tad receives news that his birth mother has died and that his half-brother requires a bone marrow operation, Tad is found to be a perfect match and ends up saving Tim's life. Dee moves in with Tess at No. 32 but there are some teething problems as Dee's messy ways don't impress Tess very much. Susan's nephew Darcy Tyler arrives after having problems with his partner he moves in with the Kennedys and bonds with Dee but she is afraid to start anything with him because of his situation. Lance meets a girl named Allana who sets him seven labours of love before they can start dating. It is during one of these labours that Joel and Flick get pushed together after kissing while Lance makes a film for his future love. With his labours complete Lance and Alana start dating. In an issue based storyline about unemployment Joe's brother Mick shows up after losing his job he feels that he can't provide for his family so leaves them. He is talked round by his brother who gives him some useful contacts about getting a new job. Steph gets a letter from an ex-boyfriend named Woody who wants her to visit him in prison.

In what should've been the season finale the kids celebrate their debutante ball and get a shock when Human Nature play. Joel and Flick go to the party together and afterwards bring the party and the band back to No. 30 where Lance and Alana spend all the night together. Meanwhile Joe takes a pregnant woman in his taxi but during the ride they are caught in a forest fire. With help from Karl and Darcy via phone, Joe delivers the baby and the two are rescued from the fire, while Flick and Joel share a kiss. The end of the year itself saw Flick and Joel decide to start a relationship and Joe become godfather to the baby he Delivered.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Louise Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Libby Kennedy, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Madge Bishop , Lance Wilkinson, Paul McClain, Tad Reeves, Drew Kirk Joel Samuels, Tess Bell, Joe Scully, Lyn Scully, Steph Scully, Flick Scully, Michelle Scully, Darcy Tyler and Dee Bliss

• 2001: Joel and Flick's romance dominated the storylines in the early parts of this year. When Joe disapproved she moved into No. 30. The couple ran away together before coming back and living in No. 30 once again. Libby and Drew marry with Drew's family moving up for the ceremony and Drew serendaing Libby with a song. Soon after, Libby found herself pregnant. Lance and Allana almost split when Lance was asked to cheat on a radio quiz but he exposes the sham and the two eventually move away to tour the world. Even though he was dating Dee, Darcy started an affair with Tess and he also tried to take over Karl's surgery and sell it.

When Madge got a pain in her chest it developed she had pancreatic cancer, she and Harold planned a trip to Paris together but when she cut herself she developed an infection that her body couldn't cure. Madge died at home surrounded by Lou, Tad, Paul and Harold, after her death Harold decided to take the trip to Paris. When Philip Martin decided to sell No. 32, Tess and Dee wanted to buy it but Evan Hancock put in a better offer and he moved in along with wife Maggie, his son Matt and the couples two children Leo and Emily. Tess moved out to a flat while Dee took Lance's room at No. 30 but with Joel's ex now living under the same roof as him, Flick couldn't take it and the two split up.

The Kennedys found out about Darcy's plotting but he almost immediately redeemed himself by saving Lolly from drowning in the No. 30 pool, Tess and Dee fell out when the latter found out about the former's affair and Darcy found himself alone. Dee found out she was pregnant and was about to tell Darcy but after a nasty fall she miscarried. Gullible Tess later took Darcy back and accepted his proposal of marriage. Alienating herself from most of her friends, she came around to think that this relationship wasn't the best idea and when Darcy's ex turned up to give her some home truths she decided enough was enough and left Darcy standing at the registry office. After making her peace with Dee, Tess left Ramsay Street.

Steph started writing to her former boyfriend Woody and when he was released on parole he stayed with the Scully family. Woody also had to give evidence against major criminal Kev Kelly. This plunged the residents of the street in danger but Woody was placed under Witness protection. It was around this time that Jack Scully returned to see his parents telling them that he had quit playing soccer professionally but soon changed his mind. Steph began making visits to Woody's new home and he asked her to move away with her. She said goodbye to her friends and family but when the two stopped at a gas station, Steph got out when she returned she saw their car drive off with Woody inside she chased the car and saw it crash and explode, Steph, heartbroken, returned to her parents.

Lou received a letter from a man named John Allen saying that he was Louise's real father and this was proved following a DNA test. After a lengthy custody battle, John and his wife Sandy won out and Lolly had to move in with them. Lou, horrified at the news, took Lolly and ran away to a caravan park but was eventually found by Harold and gave Louise to The Allens. Paul began playing football but when he found the coach was dealing steroids he reported him and it was only after several injuries that Paul was allowed onto the pitch. During one game he was spotted by a talent scout and given a place in the Adelaide Crows. Saying his goodbyes to Harold, he moved to Adelaide.

Susan received a call from her sister telling her that her daughter Elly Conway was to be staying with the Kennedys for a couple of month. Elly soon arrived on the Kennedys' doorstep accompanied by the police. After being stung by a scorpion on a camping trip, Tad admitted he had feelings for Flick and the two began dating. But when the two were stuck in a hotel room together they realised they couldn't get physical because their friendship was too strong. A heavily pregnant Libby accompanied Drew to a rodeo where they met an old friend of his Stuart Parker. Steph meets a man named Mitch who knew Woody in prison.

The season finale saw a shock return from Woody, who told Steph that he faked his death so she didn't have to risk her life. But with Kev Kelly behind bars they could live together, so he proposed to her. Matt and Flick got stuck in the cellar of Lou's pub and Matt's feelings for Flick began to develop. Elly found out just how long she'd be in Ramsay Street. During the rodeo Libby goes to lie down in a barn but gets locked in and goes into labour. She is air-lifted out and taken to hospital where after a tough labour she gives birth to a baby boy. The year ends as she goes into cardiac arrest.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Libby Kirk, Ben Kirk, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Tad Reeves, Drew Kirk, Joel Samuels, Joe Scully, Lyn Scully, Steph Scully, Flick Scully, Michelle Scully, Darcy Tyler, Dee Bliss, Evan Hancock, Matt Hancock, Maggie Hancock, Leo Hancock, Emily Hancock, Stuart Parker and Elly Conway

• 2002: 2002 would see one of the most unpopular credit sequences which would only last a few months before the pool party segments returned. There was also the largest amount of cast turnover since the mid-nineties as we said goodbye to some old faces and some newer ones and welcomed in a much younger set of new characters.

Libby had gone into cardiac arrest but after flat-lining she was revived, and, although remaining in a coma for a while, she woke up to her new baby son that her Drew named Ben. Woody reveals what Mitch did to land himself in prison and Steph is torn between the two men, but when she sees them fight she decides that she doesn't want either of them. New minister Rosie Hoyland arrives in town to officiate Ben's christening and Lou and Harold both fall for her charms. Joel and Dee get back together but when Joel is offered a place on a ship as part of his marine biology course, they plan to move away together. Dee reveals to Joel that she was pregnant and Joel in turn tells Darcy who flies off the handle at Dee for not telling him. After she finds out what Joel has done she refuses to go with him although the two reconcile before Joel heads off.

Drew's mate Stuart who Libby and Drew met at the rodeo moves in with them at their flat. After a while he begins to get under their toes and takes Joel's old room at No. 30. Dee and Stuart date for a while but when Stuart's ex-fiancee turns up, it turns out that Stuart left on their wedding day after finding out that she slept with his best mate. Following this revelation Dee and Stuart split but decide to remain friends. Tad leaves town for a few months to tour around the USA as a DJ leaving Harold alone. Harold is in for more heartbreak when Rosie chooses Lou over him. Meanwhile Flick starts working at Lassiters.

Toadie and Maggie start working at the same law firm and Toadie starts to develop feelings for her, which he confides in friend and housemate Dee. Steph meets Marc Lambert who starts to get on her nerves but their is undeniable attraction and after having dinner together the two start dating. Steph is shocked to find out that Marc's family owns Lassiters but continues dating him while Flick meets Marc unaware who is she asks him out but he says no as he already has a girlfriend the two are in for a shock when they meet at The Scully household for a dinner, Flick apologises to Marc for her behaviour but Marc and Flick still share an undeniable chemistry. Guilty over his feelings for her sister, Marc proposes to Steph and Steph accepts, Marc's mother Chloe isn't happy about the match but comes round after a while. However, when Chloe fires Flick, Marc comforts her and the two enjoy a long passionate embrace.

Mal Kennedy returns but he is not the laid back boy he once was: now a ruthless businessman, he tries to get Harold to sell The Coffee Shop to the chain he works for, Cuppa Diem. Mal's tactics horrify his family and the other residents. Connor O'Neill, Jack's friend from Ireland also arrives on the same plane as Mal but when there is a mix-up with their suitcases everyone believes Connor to be a crook. It later turns out he is illiterate, a fact he doesn't reveal to anyone. Matt gets involved in illegal street racing but during a race in which brother Leo also goes along in the car for, they end up hitting the other driver and he ends up in a coma. The accident also ends up temporarily blinding Harold who was also hit. When Matt May Be charged with [...], Evan and Maggie decide the legal bills are more than they can afford and decide to sell No. 32 to Mal Kennedy. Maggie and Toadie kiss but with all that is going on with her family Maggie decides not to pursue it. When Emily finds a note from Toadie declaring his love Evan and Maggie almost split. But when they realise the effect it will have on Leo and Emily they decide to move away, and the entire Hancock family leave town for good. Elly leaves soon after when her mother comes to collect her. Mal chooses family over business and his decision not to buy The Coffee Shop ends in his firing from his company. Mal leaves for London on good terms with everyone else.

The passion between Flick and Marc intensifies but they decide not to pursue it anymore when Steph discovers she's pregnant. In episode 4000, Flick saves Lou and Rosie from the church after it bursts into flames and afterwards declares her love for Marc. She also tells Stuart, who is also falling for Flick. Tad returns from America and Michelle starts dating Connor but keeps this a secret from her parents. Steph finds out that her pregnancy was a false alarm. On the day of the wedding everything goes smoothly until Marc tells Steph he can't go through with the wedding. Steph is horrified and eventually puts two and two together and realises what has been going on. After a confrontation between the two sisters Flick leaves town. Lyn's aunt Valda Sheergold arrives after the wedding and moves in with the Kennedys.

Tad leaves for America this time permanently after getting a job Djing on the extreme games tour. Rosie's grandchildren Summer and Boyd arrive in town. Summer tries to swindle everyone out of their money while Boyd is revealed to be a child genius and is skipped ahead a grade but after acting immaturely Susan wonders if she made a mistake with Boyd. Boyd later agrees to be tutored by Libby. Valda moves into No. 24 and believes Harold is gay. To prove his hetorsexuality he kisses her and she thinks he is interested but knocks him back. Soon after Valda leaves for foreign shores after discovering her stamp collection is worth fortunes. Harold also joins a dating agency and meets Ruby Dwyer. The two begin a relationship but this makes Rosie realise she has feelings for Harold and dumps Lou.

School bully Tahnee Coppin sets her sights on Connor, blackmailing him into liking her when she finds out about his illiteracy. New girl Nina Tucker finds out Tahnee's secret she sings in a choir. Connor is forced to admit his secret to Michelle after he makes her a drink that includes floor cleaner. Connor runs away and Michelle is furious at Tahnee for not telling her, Michelle convinces Connor to return and he starts reading lessons with Libby. Tahnee later finds out that Nina has feelings for Connor and uses this to cause friction between both Michelle and Nina and Michelle and Connor. Drew's father is suffering from heart problems and asks Drew and Libby to come and run the ranch, they are hesitant and Libby doesn't want to leave her family behind but in the end make the decision to move. On their first day there, Drew is thrown from his horse and later dies leaving Libby heartbroken.

Flick returns home and Steph is still angry with her, especially when she decides to take up with Marc again. This distances her from her family and Stuart can't bare to see Flick and Marc together so joins the army. Confused over her feelings for both Stuart and Marc she ditches Marc and he returns to London and is delighted when Stuart returns from the army. Flick is still feeling hostility from Steph and decides to go to America to stay with Tad leaving Stuart heartbroken once again. Darcy starts seeing one of his patients, Penny Watts. Penny is devastated when Darcy starts flirting with her sister Sindi, and when Karl finds out about Darcy's relationship with a student he reports Darcy, who then has to have a female liaison with him when dealing with female patients. Stuart and Steph become close after he helps her catch Mitch, who frames Steph for a crime, but Steph realises Stuart has feelings for Flick and doesn't want a repeat of the Marc incident.

Rosie starts a Men of Erinsborough calendar to raise money for the ruined church as Susan is about to join Karl at the shoot she slips on some milk and hits her head. When Karl finds her she tells him she is okay and it was just a slip but in the morning she wakes up with retrograde amnesia and believes she is sixteen. She takes an instant dislike to Karl and leaves her job as headmistress. As the days go on Karl and Susan become closer but when she remembers what happened between Karl and Sarah she asks him for a divorce. Darcy begins a friendship with Marc's mother Chloe and after a while despite the age difference the two begin dating. Flick returns from the states and she and Steph make up.

Max Hoyland arrives from working on the oil rigs. Rosie tells him she doesn't want to look after the kids forever, so Max, Summer and Boyd move into No. 32 and Max starts working as Lou's bar manager. Susan and Karl call of their divorce and move back into No. 28 along with Libby and Ben. Flick and Stuart start dating after being trapped in a bush fire. Connor discovers Nina's secret singing talents after hearing her recording a song, but because Nina is painfully shy she doesn't want to reveal her secret and is furious at Connor for entering her in a talent contest. Michelle, Nina and Tahnee all enter a comeptition to go to New York. Tahnee blackmails Nina into dropping out with knowledge of her crush. Nina is too nervous to claim her song as hers so Tahnee does. When Nina speaks up and performs it, Tahnee reveals Nina secret crush. Connor and Michelle break-up and Tahnee goes to New York. Connor and Michelle later reconcile after he told her he didn't feel anything for Nina.

Toadie and Dee also start dating and Toadie is in for a shock when Angie comes to town to meet her. Unfortunately Dee was out of town tending to her sick mother (in reality Madeline West was involved in a car accident and her storylines were put on hold). Angie returns along with Big Kev but their marriage is on rocky ground. They are happier when Angie wins the lottery but Kev's steals the ticket and returns while Angie runs off with the ticket and spends all the money. Kev is outraged until he sees Angie has bought a camper van and they live their dream of traveling around Australia. Dee returns and is glad that she has missed all this madness. Lou gets a pain in his back and when he goes to Karl with tests he discovers he has serious kidney problems and will need a transplant. Harold offers to be the donor and the two renew the friendship that had been on rocky ground since the two fought over Rosie at the beginning of the year.

As Michelle's New York trip gets closer she is in two minds about going but decides to go when Flick agrees to go with her. Flick's imminent exit propels Stuart to propose to her and she accepts. On the night before Flick and Michelle's trip they have a leaving party which is interrupted by the return of Jack Scully now played by Jay Bunyan. The next morning Michelle gets a call from the exchange program telling her the trip is off. Flick heads off on her own leaving Stuart's engagement ring at home. Stuart chases after her and gives her the ring before she leaves for good. Jack's girlfriend Lori Lee arrives at No. 26 and reveals that Jack has quit soccer and they have been living in New Zealand together for a while. To get a new life the two re-enrol at school. Nina starts receiving mysterious texts from a secret admirer this turns out to be Tahnee's brother Taj, and the two start dating.

Darcy starts to develop feelings for Dee again and Chloe breaks things off with him. Rosie becomes suspicious of Ruby when she asks to borrow money from Harold. Lyn reveals to Joe that she wants another child and Karl re-proposes to Susan, and she says yes. Nina and Taj break-up after a phone call from Tahnee reveals that he still has a girlfriend but Taj smoothed things over with Nina telling her that he split up with her once she moved out of town. Steph and Max begin arguing about Max's ability as a father but after a while their hostility turns into something more but Steph is worried about getting into a relationship after the whole Marc debacle and leaves. Boyd's new girlfriend Heather convinces him to let Max have the after-party of their formal at No. 32. He does, and the morning after the party, Steph returns and admits her feelings towards Max.

The season finale sees Karl and Susan remarry in a lavish ceremony surrounded by friends and family, while Joe finds a pregnancy kit in the bin and suspects it belongs to Michelle. Lyn later admits it is hers and that she is pregnant with the couple's fifth child.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Libby Kirk, Ben Kirk, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Joe Scully, Lyn Scully, Steph Scully, Michelle Scully, Darcy Tyler, Dee Bliss, Stuart Parker, Connor O'Neill, Jack Scully, Taj Coppin, Nina Tucker, Rosie Hoyland, Max Hoyland, Summer Hoyland, Boyd Hoyland and Lori Lee

• 2003: 2003 looked and felt fresh with a brand new credits sequence, some departures of old characters and some new characters who caused sparks.

Lyn doesn't know how her family will feel about her having a new baby but they are all happy. Lyn and Joe later find out that they're having another girl. Max and Steph decide to be friends after a horrendous first date. After looking through her parish records Rosie discovers that Ruby suffers from a gambling addiction. The bishop finds out about Rosie revealing parishioners secret business and she is sent to work as part of a relief effort in Papa New Guinea. Ruby's problem spins out of control and after having No. 24 robbed she admits all to Harold and also departs. Harold picks Nina and Jack to be leads in his community play, they have scene in which they must kiss. This leads to an affair between the two. Libby starts to fall for Stuart as he spends time with her and Ben but Susan reminds Libby that Stuart is still engaged to Flick and after Ben calls Stuart dad she decides that enough is enough.

Darcy tries to manipulate a split between Toadie and Dee, by convincing Dee not to go to a Rebecchi family reunion and later orchestrating a plot where the two had to spend a night together in the same motel room. Darcy also found out that Dee was married when she was younger and let this slip to Toadie. With Toadie and Dee arguing, Darcy put the final nail in the coffin by bringing Penny's sister Sindi Watts to Erinsborough to flirt with Toadie. Toadie and split up and after reminiscing about the baby that Dee lost, Dee and Darcy get back together. Karl is arrested for drink driving after being slightly over the limit, this shocks Susan who believes that Karl has a drinking problem.

Connor has problems with staying in the country after his Visa expires. Not wanting to lose her boyfriend, Michelle decides they should run away and get married but then realises she can't get married in Australia without her parents consent and the two decide to journey to New Zealand Joe gets to the airport just in time to stop them going and Connor's visa worries are eventually sorted out. With Nina and Jack still carrying on an affair, Jack thinks its time they split with their current partners so Nina splits with Taj which leaves him confused. As Lori tries to comfort him the two chase each other around the pool and Lori knocks her and falls unconscious into the pool. Jack realises he can't break up with Lori and there is heartbreak for her when it is revealed that she may not be able to walk again.

Steph starts seeing one of the barmen at the pub and goes on a trip round Australia with him but returns early realising her feelings for Max. Max and Steph get together but Boyd isn't too happy about this. After words from Summer he comes around. Lori starts to see Jack losing interest in her and realises that he's having an affair and guessing that it's Nina she moves into No. 28 with the Kennedys. Tahnee returns from New York, having been kicked off the exchange program, which means Michelle can go and she says a tearful goodbye to her family and Connor before jetting off to live with Flick. Ruby returns to the street telling Harold she's sorted out her gambling addiction.

Darcy starts playing poker with much wealthier businessman and even hosting poker games at his house. However he soon gets into debts, causing him to rob the pub. Ruby is the main suspect. Darcy then steals from the Kennedys but on his way out of the house knocks over a pregnant Lyn who is rushed to hospital. The baby is fine but she has no memory of the event. Connor remembers seeing Ruby leave the house and she is arrested. Lyn regains her memory of the event and points the finger at. Darcy. Meanwhile, Dee finds Susan's wedding ring and puts two and two together. Darcy is arrested and realising his manipulation Dee and Toadie reunite. But after mollycoddling her Ruby realises that she can't stay around Harold when he's acting like this and she leaves as well. Following his split from Nina, Taj develops a crush on his teacher Libby Kennedy.

Valda returns from her overseas cruise with a toyboy fiancee, but when her money runs out he leaves and she gets a job as the chef at Lou's pub, forming a strong friendship with Lou. But Lou finds out that Valda has a secret: she is not Lyn's aunt but in fact is her mother. After the woman she believed to be her mother, Connie, dies Lyn is watching some old family videos and sees that Valda is the one that is pregnant and figures it out. She is furious at Valda and also at Henry, the man she thought was her father. When he comes to stay she refuses to talk to him and he leaves town without saying a proper goodbye to her.

After their reunion, Dee and Toadie plan to get married in a lavish event, all the Rebecchis return for the wedding and it all goes smoothly. When traveling to the airport, their driver Lou realises that his car isn't working and they take the one that Connor was using. Toadie drives, and as they share a kiss the car swerves out of control and goes over a cliff. Stuart and Stonie follow the couple as they left their passports behind. When they see what has happened they quickly dive in. Toadie is found straightaway but no-one can find Dee. As police divers do their best they can't find her and call of the search. Toadie, looking for someone to blame, hears at the inquest that the brakes were the problem, and, as this was Stuart's department, throws him out of No. 30. Stuart goes to stay with Libby. Later, Toadie's driving is confirmed to be the cause, but he refuses to believe this, blaming Stuart. Angie makes him see the error of his ways and the two patch up their differences.

On the night of Dee's death, Taj ends up Comforting Libby as the event has bought up memories of Drew's death. Taj and Libby end up sleeping together but Libby regrets the action especially as Taj thinks its the start of something. After Stuart moves out she admits this to the new school principal who sends her away to a different school sympathising with her as she also slept with a student. Jack and Nina officially arrive as a couple but this leaves Lori lonely and she seeks comfort in Connor who is still not over Michelle. The two share a one night stand together but Lori ends up pregnant. She goes to the abortion clinic but while inside she calls Jack, and he picks her up from the back door and takes her to the airport. Jack and Nina's relationship hits patchy ground when she's not ready to sleep with him and while she's away he sleeps with another girl, Edwina, who is also dating Taj. When Nina returns she decides to sleep with Jack, leaving Jack racked with guilt. Taj later finds out and tells Nina who gets close to Connor once again. Out of jealousy, Jack threatens to tell Nina about Lori's pregnancy but Connor tells her first. Toadie and Connor also start working for gangster Rocco Camenniti whose daughter Carmella takes a shine to Connor.

Feeling lost after his friendship with Toadie breaks down, Stuart starts attending the meetings of Life Mechanics. He is quickly sucked into the cult, trying to enlist Taj, but Taj is talked out of it by Susan. Stuart alienates his friends by telling them how better their life would be and what would've been different if they had chosen his way. He is then thrown out of No. 30 and moves in with cult leader Jonathan. Jonathan gets Stuart to start running meetings and while Jonathan is away a reporter confronts Stuart over the cult being a fraud. When the newspaper report comes out it ridicules the cult and Jonathan kicks Stuart out of the cult and his house. Whlie Karl and Susan are clearing up the lino they find a letter from Daphne Clarke telling her son Jamie that he has shares in a business. They search high and low for Jamie and Stuart realises its the boy he's befriended in the caravan park he's bene staying at. Jamie has run away from a depressed Des but, in an issue based storyline about homelessness, Karl, Susan and Stuart talk Jamie round to reconciling with Des, as at sixteen he will be unable to acess the shares on his own.

Harold's granddaughter Sky turns up to town with a new look and an attitude. She initially clashes with Harold but the two sort out their differences and she decides to stay, forming a bond with Boyd and later starts dating him. Another new arrival is Max's sister Izzy who strikes up the interest of many men of the street and buys a 20% share in the Coffee shop. Sky takes an instant dislike to Izzy as she works around her at the Coffee Shop and Izzy tries to turn the Hoylands against Steph. Steph has her own worries when she finds a lump in her breast. While initial tests find it to be benign, it later turns out to cancerous. Steph leaves Max without telling him why, deciding that he shouldn't have another woman die on him. She confides in Jack who finds it hard keeping the secret and Steph goes to live out of town with Libby for a little bit. Jack eventually breaks down to his parents and tells them. Joe flies off the handle at Karl for not telling him about his daughter's cancer. Max and the Hoylands also find out and Max vows to support Steph through her ordeal and she moves back in to No. 32.

Harold's son David Bishop arrives in town to start a new business. He arrives with his wife Liljana and daughter Serena. Harold is angry at his sons behaviour as he makes fun of his dad and makes a big deal of the success he has become as a businessman. But David has to eat his words when his business partner skips town with all of David's money. David is forced to become Toadie's secretary at the law firm and Serena has to drop out of private school. Serena also starts going to clubs with cousin Sky. It's there she meets sleazy photographer Chris Cousens who tells her that he is interested in making her into a model. The Scullys are in for a shock when, contrary to reports, Lyn gives birth to a boy which the couple name Oscar. Lyn also meets her real father Charlie who is in hospital. He reveals that he and Valda didn't have a choice but to give her up.

Izzy and Jack begin seeing each other in secret and when Izzy calls Jack Dr. Love, which is overheard by Sky, she mistakenly thinks it is Karl she is seeing and blabs to Susan. Karl insists nothing is going on. But Karl and Izzy to soon strike up a bond when Karl's alcohol problem starts to get out of hand and he can't go a day without drinking. Izzy catches him sneaking off to pubs out of town and accompanies him from time to time and he admits that he is bored of his current life. Nina's mother Trixie arrives and starts a relationship with Lou. She and Nina move in with him but when Nina finds out that Trixie and her father were never married she goes to India to spend time with him just as she and Connor were about to start dating. Lou proposes to Trixie and she says yes. Max also proposes to Steph, whose cancer is now in remission. She says she is not ready to get married but he also tells her he doesn't want to have children.

In the build-up to Christmas the Kennedy marriage is on shaky ground as Susan decides to go to spend the holidays with the children, leaving Karl on his own. Taj, who had been living with the Kennedys deciding to give them some space and moved to No. 30. Taj and Jack became involved in a scam with some exam papers and, while Jack refused to cheat, Taj did. When a report came out in the paper about students cheating on the test, Taj was worried but later found out they weren't naming any names. Taj eventually admitted what he had done to Toadie after he finished in the top three of his class. Carmella begins working at the pub and Rocco threatens Connor if he acts on the crush that Carmella has for him but the two end up kissing in the cellar. Serena's work with Chris Cousens gets more raunchy and she decides to spend the night with him.

In the season finale we see Serena getting into Chris' car. While the other residents gather at the church for Lou and Trixie's wedding. Valda gets up during the ceremony to tell Lou that Trixie is just a gold-digger but when he ignores her she runs out of the church embarrassed. As everyone enjoys themselves, Harold suddenly collapses as the 2003 season draws to a close.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Libby Kirk, Ben Kirk, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Joe Scully, Lyn Scully, Steph Scully, Oscar Scully Stuart Parker, Connor O'Neill, Jack Scully, Taj Coppin, Max Hoyland, Summer Hoyland, Boyd Hoyland, Izzy Hoyland, Sky Mangel, David Bishop, Lilijana Bishop and Serena Bishop

• 2004: Another strong season following on from 2003 saw some of the older characters facing tough times, and another low cast turnover and it ended with a bang and a return of an old face.

After Lou's wedding Harold has a stroke. When he comes round he begins acting differently: eating meat, drinking and insulting his family. He also quits the Salvation Army. Liljana eventually finds out about Serena's meetings with Chris Cousens and puts a stop to them and David smashes his hard drive. The Bishops' troubles aren't over as Liljana's mother Svetlanka comes to visit, trying to get the Bishops to return by faking heart problems. They send her packing, but she reveals to David that Liljana only got with him because she was pregnant, forcing her to reveal that she gave birth to a stillborn that she never saw. But the Bishops eventually got some joy when Harold realised how much people loved the old Harold and returned to his former self. Lou's marriage to Trixie didn't last long, as she convinced him to put all of his money into a new production of Hello Dolly. After the opening night was a disaster the tour was shut down. Trixie fled and Lou was left heartbroken and penniless. He was forced to sell No. 22, which Valda bought, and No. 30, which was co-bought by Toadie, Connor and Stuart. He also sold half of the pub to Max. Taj admits to the authorities that he cheated on his test and also rings the film school that he'd applied to and tells them. He is then shocked to discover that a famous director is staying in Lassiters. She ends up seeing one of his films and gives him a job as a runner on her film and he leaves town to pursue his lifelong dream.

Mal Kennedy returned to confront his father about the state of his marriage as he saw Susan over Christmas. But Karl realised that he was no longer in love with Susan and he moved into a flat while Susan kept the house. Karl struck up a friendship with Izzy that a lot of people thought was something more. Sindi Watts returned as a T.V. presenter on the show Making Mansions as the Scullys house got a makeover. Joe left halfway through the filming to care for his sick father in Bendigo. As Sindi became more demanding the crew walked out. Toadie's cousin Scott Timmins came to live with him following a streaking incident at a football match. Stingray messed with Sindi's filming and also road his bike into the pool. Susan eventually agreed to take him in to the now empty No. 28 where eventually Sindi moved in too. Scott was given the name Stingray by Toadie to make him a fully fledged member of the Rebecchi clan. Soon Stingray started dating Serena making up a new teen gang that consisted of him, Serena, Sky and Boyd. Sindi starts dating Toadie, helping him to get over Dee once and for all.

Rocco sent Carmella away to boarding school when he found about the relationship between her and Connor but she later returned. Their romance was short lived as Michelle returned from New York and Carmella left when she realised the history was stronger between that couple. But then Lori shocked Connor when she introduced him to his daughter, Maddie. Michelle decided the relationship wasn't strong enough to survive this and returned to New York. Jack was also jealous of the family bond between Lori and Connor and asked her to move in with him. She considered it but after Lyn said that Jack could never make that kind of commitment she moved away, but close enough so that Connor could have contact with his daughter. Sky, with help from David, tracked down the duck hunter who'd shot Kerry and confronted him. He told her that he'd always felt guilty for his actions but when Sky began delving into her mother's past she realised she wasn't as great as Sky once thought. She briefly rebelled and stopped dyeing her hair.

Max's old friend from the rigs Gus Cleary came to visit his old mate but it soon transpired that he had vengeance in mind, as Max had Gus fired for behaving dangerously while on the job. Gus put in secret bids to buy No. 32 so the price would be put up when Max and Steph tried to buy it, paying more than they could afford. Gus then tried to turn Boyd and Summer against their father. He also convinced Boyd to sleep with Sky and then split up with her. Gus started dating Izzy but she fell pregnant. Gus was also spiking Max's food with sedatives making him unable to get around as much. When Max collapsed it was revealed that he'd been drugged. The Hoylands wised up to Gus' plans and he left town before returning and hiding in the roof of No. 32. It was during this time that he discovered Izzy with a pregnancy test and came out of hiding to confront her. She lied and said the baby wasn't his. To find a new father for her baby she let her relationship with Karl go to the next level. She moved into his flat and 'discovered' she was pregnant. Gus was later arrested and taken to a psychatric hospital. When Susan found out about the baby she was furious, as was a returning Libby. The incident makes both Steph and Max realise how lucky they are with each other and get engaged.

Susan tried to get over Karl by getting a new haircut and started looking for men. After a brief relationship with a man named Brent she met a handsome man in a supermarket and asked him out. She later found out he was a priest, as well as, Lyn's brother-in-law Tom, who Lyn had also had a crush on in her youth. Tom had another secret that he was hiding: Izzy had confided in him during confession that she was pregnant by Gus but was now lying and saying it was Karl's. Tom tried to get Izzy to admit to it as it was hurting his new friend Susan but she threatened to report him to the bishop if he said anything. As Tom's feelings for Susan grew he wondered about giving up the priesthood but Susan was warned by Tom's assistant that he'd once almost quit the priesthood for her. Tom eventually did quit and started dating Susan but when he realised she still had feelings for Karl and that he'd given up his faith for nothing he decided to travel the world. Lyn also realised her marriage was over after a visit to Bendigo to see Joe. Karl and Susan's divorce settlement finally came to a head and he let her have the house. They shared a final kiss as man and wife before signing the papers.

Libby was shocked to see her ex-boyfriend Darren Stark turn up as an electrician. After a lot of water under both of their bridges, the two start dating again. Stuart's struggle for direction takes him the way of the police academy and he develops feelings for his partner, Olivia McPherson. Jack starts dating a girl named Mac. He and Stuart are unaware that they are dating the same woman. When she's off duty, Mac is a bad girl and she and Jack end up getting into a deep debt. She suggests stealing tools from the building site that he works at and selling them on. They later blame the robbery on Darren who was in jail for a time. Jack's life spins out of control and he starts taking pills. One day this comes to a head when he crashes his car. While Stuart and Mac get closer he finds out she is corrupt and reports her, causing her to flee town. Darren also leaves after Libby refused to stick by him during the robbery allegations.

As Steph and Max's wedding day approaches Valda comes to town to help with the wedding plans. When Joe can't make it, Lyn's dad Charlie arrives to give Steph away. Max and Steph are both sick of the planning and feel like they are being pushed out of their own wedding. Together with Boyd and Summer they run away to a country setting and manage to get a priest to perform the ceremony. Just before it begins, the rest of the neighbours track them down and bring rugs and picnic baskets. They all sit through the wedding ceremony. With the lavish ceremony still booked, Charlie proposes to his childhood sweetheart Valda and she says yes. They marry and then leave town, with Lyn happy that her parents are finally married. Nina returns and asks Jack to come to L.A. with her at first he agrees but then realises he's still not over the Mac incident and she tells him to come to stay with her when he's ready.

Lou's severe financial debts are still piling up and he foolishly agrees to get involved in a horse-fixing scam with Rocco. When the scam is revealed, Rocco flees town and Lou is arrested. He runs away to find Lolly, but she isn't home. Breaking down in the middle of nowhere he collapses. Fortunately Harold finds him, but Lou still has to face court and is sentenced to prison time. While in prison Lou is taunted by fellow inmates and is saved by Darcy who is still serving time for his robbery the previous year. Lou realises that Darcy is a changed man and convinces Susan to visit him, eventually Lou wins his appeal and has to perform community service by becoming the janitor and Erinsborough High. Darcy is entrusted to Susan for day release and Darcy takes an instant dislike to Izzy while Karl is still suspicious of Darcy. Darcy starts working at the hospital and while there snoops through Izzy's medical files and works out that due to the date that she got pregnant the baby cannot be Karl's. He confronts Izzy with this news and he says to tell Karl who he will, but just as he issues this ultimate he slips down the stairs leaving Izzy with enough time to plant some of Susan's jewelery on him. Darcy is still under arrest but slips into a coma.

Sindi's cousin Lana came to town and struck up a bond with Serena as both had been taken in by Chris Cousens, although Sky takes an instant dislike to Lana, the two become close friends and she is shocked when Lana reveals she is gay. When this secret comes out someone starts taunting Lana leaving insulting graffiti around the school at first Stingray is blamed but later it transpires that Serena did it as she was jealous of Sky and Lana's new friendship. Sventlanka returns to make amends with her family, she starts dating Harold and convinces Serena to join Serbian club. It is while there that she meets a boy named Luka who she instantly falls for, Luka is staying with Svetlanka while he tries to find his birth parents. Serena dumps Stingray and starts dating Luka and the couple realise that they want to have [...] and Serena goes to Karl for advice about contraception but he is wary about Serena having [...] at such a young age. Lilijana who had been working as Karl's secretary collapsed at the office and was rushed into hosptial where it was revealed that she had a problem with her liver and needed a transplant but none of her family turn out to be a match. Svetlanka suggets that Luka might be a match and she confides in Karl this is because Luka is the son that Lilijana thought had died which in actual fact, Svetlanka had taken and given to a nothing birth family. Karl urges Svetlanka to tell her family this as he knows about the relationship between Serena and Luka. She tells Serena, and just before Luka is about to leave town, Serena tells her family prompting David to throw Svetlanka out and Harold almost joins her because he wants to continue their relationship. Luka tried to get to know his mother but when asking about his father he found out that he was now dead and when alive wasn't the nicest person, Luka got mad and burnt David's briefcase, Serena witnessing this got Luka to return home and receive mental help.

While working on a school project Lana and Sky kiss, Sky was confused at the kiss and kissed Lana again to prove to herself she wasn't gay this angered Lana who didn't want to be used as some experiment and Boyd also found out about the kiss and the two split. Sindi started working on a fashion magazine but was getting ridiculous demands from the editor, who turned out to be Carmella who had found out about the affair that Sindi had been having with her father, Carmella also tried to pay Connor back for dumping her by making him jealous. In the end Sindi and Carmella bonded when they had to rush to get an issue out on time and roped in Izzy for help while Connor and Carmella became an official couple however their union was shaken a little by the return of Lori and Maddie. With a new man in her life Lori wanted to move further away making it harder for Connor to see his daughter, Connor snatched Maddie but eventually returned, Lori's boyfriend didn't react well to the Connor incident and the two split meaning Lori could stay put. Karl proposed to Izzy on the lake but when Izzy got excited she fell in the water had to go to hospital while she was there she had a flashback of Darcy's fall down the stairs and fell down the same flight of stairs and tragically lost her baby. Meanwhile Max and Steph were also having problems conceiving as it was revealed that Steph may not be able to carry a baby because of her cancer treatment and the two disccused adoption.

Libby won a competition to go on a date with a Brazilian soap star on the same day she got flowers from Darren. Realising that she and Darren still cared for each other she packed up her things and went to meet up with Darren where the two reunited. Stingray's mother Janelle turns up to try and get her son to return home, she also is trying to get compensation for a car accident she was in and ropes in Toadie, she wins her settlement but can't get Stingray to return home as he wants to stay with his friends. Toadie's lovelife is also in jeapordy as Sindi starts to get sick of his immature ways and she shares a kiss with his housemate Stuart. Stuart and Sindi realise they have an attraction and when both are involved in a bank siege they begin an affair but decide not to tell Toadie. Serena tried to reunite Sky and Boyd but then shares a kiss with Boyd and tries to keep them apart by Lana convinces her not to be so selfish and Boyd and Sky reunite around Christmas.

With Christmas approaching Lyn is shocked when her father Charlie returns, having only a few weeks left to live he is joined by his sister Doreen. Charlie's situation makes Jack realise how life is fleeting and decides to reunite with Nina in America. Charlie reveals to Lyn that he had son named Michael who had never met and Lyn makes it her mission to unite father and son before Charlie dies. At Karl and Izzy's wedding Gus reappears and tells her that she shouldn't marry Karl, this shocks her and she runs away, almost crashing with Susan in the process. Susan tells Izzy to keep going but this motivates her to go back and confront Karl.

In the season finale, Karl and Izzy talk about their relationship and decide not to get married but stay together, and they go to the pub to have their reception any way. Charlie slips away peacefully and Steph is the only one that witnesses it as Steph pulls the pillow away from Charlie's head, Lyn walks in with Michael and from the angle they are standing it looks like Steph had just smothered Charlie with the pillow. With everyone in the pub enjoying the reception, a mysterious figure wearing black set fire to both The Coffee Shop and Lou's Place. Everyone was evacuated apart from Sindi who had passed out in the pub bathroom, Stuart rushed in to rescue Sindi leaving Toadie worried about his girlfriend and best mate and still in the dark about their secret affair. Max also is hurt by the blast as he runs to get Madge's cookbook that Harold had dropped while running from the fire, Max is rushed to hospital. While the commotion is going, an old face returns in the crowd that of Paul Robinson.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kennedy, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Lyn Scully, Steph Hoyland, Oscar Scully, Stuart Parker, Connor O'Neill, Max Hoyland, Summer Hoyland, Boyd Hoyland, Izzy Hoyland, Sky Mangel, David Bishop, Lilijana Bishop, Serena Bishop, Stingray Timmins, Sindi Watts and Paul Robinson

• 2005: 2005 saw Neighbours turn 20 and also was its most sensational year starting with a bang and ending with a crash and a new opening titles sequence focusing on the younger characters.

At the beginning of the season, Lassisters had burnt to the ground and Paul Robinson had returned. With Stuart and Sindi still stuck in the pub, Toadie was frantic and begged Senior Constable Steiger to help with the rescue effort, he kept ringing Sindi's phone and heard the ring tone proving that they were still alive. In the hospital Sindi was cleared but Stuart had lost his eyesight, Toadie had also figured out that Sindi was falling for Stuart and ended their relationship and when Stuart was released from the hospital he moved in with Sindi to No.28. Karl had problems with writing Charlie's death certificate and the police inquiry coupled with Michael's accusations meant that Steph was charged with [...]. When Paul returned he appeared to be genuine, offering to pay so that the pub and Coffee Shop could stay open in the community centre and also paying Steph's bail for her. The neighbours quickly got to know Paul, he also bought back Lassiters from the Lamberts and No.22 from Valda who wanted to leave the street where Charlie had died. Early in the year Lana also left to return to Canada and the pupils created a memorial to her. Stingray also met Shazza and the two quickly slept together before Shazza moved on leaving Serena and Stingray to get back together. Stingray was also in for a shock when his brother Dylan arrived in town and Susan moved him into No.28 and with Dylan's past in juvenille detention Susan had to struggle to get him into school. Dylan soon formed a friendship with Sky which angered Boyd. Stingray had meanwhile split from Serena after finding out about her kiss with Boyd at the end of the previous year.

Sindi had decided to move back to exotic dancing to raise the money for Stuart's operation, and she was offered all the money she needed by spending the night with a man named Gary. She cheated him out of the money by using a coin trick that Stingray had taught her, and not sleeping with him. Stuart put two and two together and refused the money, Sindi donated it to charity and Paul ended up paying for the operation with money from his new foundation, The Helen Daniels Trust. Following his operation Stuart returned to the police force and renewed his friendship with Toadie, but Sindi was shocked when Susan started dating Gary but it wasn't long before Susan learnt about his offer to Sindi and ended things. Boyd failed Year 12 and rather than repeat it he started to work at a gym. The plans were in motion for a new Lassisters complex funded by Paul. Harold and Lou had decided to go into business together and open a Coffee Shop that also offered other serivces, and siblings Max and Izzy were to open a bar. It wasn't all joy for The Hoylands when Steph was found guilty in her trial, she was given a suspended sentence but her conviction meant that her and Max couldn't adopt. Paul had also given Izzy a loan for the bar and the two formed a bond and soon began an affair. Boyd almost rumbled the affair when Paul and Izzy where [...] together in the steam room of the gym and he words with his aunt telling her that she'd start to get a reputation.

Janelle Timmins returned to town as she now had two sons living in the street, and, determined to build a better life for her boys, stuck around, and also became Lyn's apprentice at The Salon. Lyn, now living in an empty No.26, allowed Janelle to move in and soon Dylan and Stingray joined her in the house. Boyd had been convinced by the gym manager, Krystal, to start training for body building and he became addicted to the growth hormone HGH in order to gain an advantage over his much experienced competitors. Sky and Summer became worried about Boyd especially after his behaviour became more aggressive and he started become obsessed by his food and started making himself sick. David decided to run for the council and Paul backed him but was secretly manipulating his every move. David decided to make a time capsule and everyone could record video messages, but Paul watched the video and discovered that Izzy had told everyone that Karl was not the father of her baby, Paul used this to blackmail Izzy to keep her mouth shut. Izzy had worked out that Paul had started the fire because of a matching cufflink the police found at the scene of the crime. Paul was also planning to get his revenge on Ramsay Street by knocking it down to build a supermarket for a large American chain - Affirmicon. He faked an environmental report to prove to the residents that there were rising water levels on the street and it would be better to sell their homes. Susan decided to employ Paul as business studies teacher at the school where he formed a bond with Dylan much to Sky's chagrin.

Carmella started to get spooked when she started to receive sinister gifts and it wasn't too long before she became the victim of a stalker. Toadie had become passionate about wrestling, getting Lyn to design his costume. He became The Law Man and was quite successful, here he met school teacher, Genevive Doyle whose wrestling name was Eva Destruction, the two started dating. Lassisters was re-opened with Harold and Lou's General Store and Max and Izzy's Scarlet Bar as the main attractions. Karl's surgery had also been extended to allow room for Tim Collins' law firm. Tim wasn't impressed at Toadie's choice of date but was won round after hearing Genevive sing. Janelle's two daughters Janae and Bree arrived on the scene and moved into No.26 completing the Timmins clan. Carmella later found out that her stalker was her driver Frank, a man she had trusted; she soon started to scare Connor by carrying a loaded gun around, and she was scared when Frank was released on bail. Toadie and Connor were both left heartbroken when Carmella and Genevieve left together as Carmella was going to help do PR as Eva Destruction toured America.

Janae proved to be the tearaway of the Timmins bunch. She even encountered the elusive Chris Cousens while sneaking out to a club to meet a boy, and as a whole The Timmins clan managed to bring down Cousens before anything else happened. Susan and Karl were on speaking terms again and she asked him to become school counsellor. Janae started going to Karl for advice and soon struck up a bond with him. He made Janae see that she shouldn't have to have [...] to make boys like her and this gave her more self respect, and she started to view Karl as a father figure asking him to come to see her soccer games and meet with her constantly. When he told her to see someone else, she gave Janelle the impression that Karl had come on to her and then Janae fled. Janelle blamed Janae's disappearance on Karl and reported him to the school board. Janae went back to Colac to look for Kim and confronted the woman who'd, according to Janelle, had an affair with him, instead Janae found out that her dad had never had an affair and later that Kim's wealthy parents had tried to pay Kim to stop seeing Janelle. Janae returned and saved Karl's bacon. Bree was the more quiet sister, striking up a bond with Susan over books it was only when Bree entered a spelling bee that Janelle got behind her forcing her to study constantly so that she would win the cash prize. Bree ended up taking Susan instead of her mum to the contest, but Janelle followed and told Bree that she would be proud of her no matter what. Bree ended up winning the money anyway. Inspired by Bree's love of words, Janelle started to write a book of her own, however it mainly involved her character fending of the charms of all the other men on Ramsay Street.

After the Janae fiasco, Karl began to grow suspicious of Izzy and they started to row and he went to Susan for comfort he ended up spending the night on the couch at No.28. Izzy went to confront Susan and they got into a massive argument and Susan told Izzy that Karl wanted to sleep in the bed. Karl decided to visit his father but on the way got a flat tyre, while moving the tyre, Karl started to have a heart attack, he quickly called an ambulance. But knowing this may have been his last call he called Susan to tell her he loved her, he tried to call Izzy but there was no answer. At the hospital Susan and Izzy fought over who should see Karl, Susan eventually let Izzy in and Karl and Izzy's relationship returned to normal. Max had gone off to the rigs leaving Steph alone to prove her chance as a mum but it was during this time that Boyd started suffering from paranoid delusions believing his mum was still alive. Steph still blamed this on the drugs and admitted Boyd into the psychatric ward but he escaped with help from Sky. While on the run, Boyd started fitting and Sky decided it was better to inform his family and check him into hospital where he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Boyd's condition bought all the Hoylands togther and they were soon joined by Max and Izzy's father Bobby. Max instantly dismissed his father while Izzy was overjoyed and wanted to spend as much time as possible with him, it was in her relationship with Bobby we saw why Izzy always sought attention from older men, because her own dad was always away. Bobby convinced Steph to appeal her verdict in her earlier court case and she was given the all clear and her and Max joined an adoption programme. Boyd now out of hospital, decided to break things off with Sky and they remained friends but he told her not to start dating Dylan.

When Paul started spending more time with David he started to fall for Lilijana. She fell for his charms and it was not long before Paul framed David for stealing the voters' money and this put a strain on the Bishops' marriage. Lilijana moved in with Susan and Serena stayed with her Dad. Paul's bonds with Ramsay Street became tighter as he started dating Lilijana and becoming a father figure to Dylan. It was when Dylan was exposed to nuclear waste, which had been dumped in Lassiters lake to make it appear like there was a problem with the water, that Paul felt guilty. He decided to give all the information that was needed to bring down Affirmicon to Sky and Dylan. He ran away but Affirmicon caught up with him and took him out to the bush to finish him off. Paul tried to escape but fell down a cliff and was found by Dylan. Sky thought differently of Dylan after this incident and the two started dating, leaving Boyd lonely and he decided to start a relationship with Dylan's younger sister Janae. Bobby made himself quite popular on the street and soon had slept with Lyn, Susan and Janelle. Each woman soon cottoned onto this and decided to get their revenge on Bobby by stripping him down and tying him up, Izzy witnessed this and realised her dad wasn't the person she thought he was. Another Hoyland who departed was Summer, after taking up the piano again she got a place at the presitgous boarding school - Gillard.

Seeking staff at The General Store, Harold was shocked when he came across Gabby - a spitting image for his daughter Kerry (they were played by the same actress). When Harold tried to help find Gabby's father she was so grateful that she started to kiss him. Harold left abruptly and when he showed her a picture of Kerry she realised what a big deal the kiss was to Harold. Sky started to dote on Gabby using her as the mother figure she never knew, but Harold thought this was unhealthy and paid for Gabby to return to Darwin. Steph and Max were overjoyed when the adoption agency contacted them and said that a young homeless girl named Kayla was looking for parents for her unborn baby, she accepted their offer. Soon Max and Steph saw Kayla begging and broke the rules by invinting her to No.32, where she struck up a bond with Boyd and when the baby was born, Boyd was in the delivery room with her and the two shared a kiss. Boyd suggested the idea that they raise the baby boy together and Kayla agreed angering Max and Steph, and Boyd moved out. A mysterious blonde came to The General Store asking for Lou. Harold didn't recognise her but in fact it was Annalise Hartman. With help from Susan, Annalise found Lou and told him she was shooting a film about Ramsay Street. Izzy was in for a shock when Darcy came round from his coma, pretending not to remember what had happened, but he then started to blackmail her, and Karl and Susan were shocked when Izzy gave Darcy a glowing character reference and he left town, but not before writing Susan a letter about what Izzy had done. Susan confronted Izzy and told her that she had twenty-four hours to tell Karl that he wasn't the father of Izzy's baby. She told him that Gus was the father but only because he forced himself on her. Paul was also in for a shock when he woke up in hospital and found out that one of his legs had been removed and refused to wear the prosthetic leg that had been made for him.

As Neighbours celebrated twenty years, old faces came back to watch Annalise's film. Lucy Robinson came to visit Paul in hospital as did Rosemary Daniels. Rosemary tried to convince Paul to sign Lassisters over to her as he had nothing to live with, while Lucy told him to stop feeling so sorry for himself. Philip Martin and Doug Willis returned to play a prank on Lou, Lance Wilkinson returned but was shocked to find that Toadie had essentially replaced him with Connor and Joe Mangel also appeared to visit Sky and all were in town to watch the film. 20th anniversary week also saw a culmination of a few plots as Kayla and Boyd grew closer and he moved out. Karl also overheard Izzy tell Max the truth about Gus and threw her out of the flat. Paul regained his self-confidence, told Lou that he was moving into No.22 and also got into a row with Philip about the financial mess that Paul had landed his former brother-in-law in. Annalise's film was full of appearances from old characters such as all the Kennedy children, the Stark children, Gail Robinson, Tom Ramsay, Marlene Kratz, Sarah Beaumont, Felicity Scully, Melanie Pearson, Nina Tucker and many more. While all the old faces moved away from town Joe Mangel stuck around to spend more time with Sky and also to begin romancing Lyn. Max and Steph went to visit the father of Kayla's baby and found out that he knew nothing about a child and the two reconciled however because of their interference in Kayla's case. Max and Steph were taken off the adoption programme but Steph was overjoyed when she became pregnant on her own. Following the incident with Paul, David and Lilijana sorted out their differences and reunited.

Stuart and Sindi's relationship became more serious and he met a friend from her childhood Kelly who was in a wheelchair and Sindi visited from time to time and it turned out that Sindi had been accused of putting her in the wheelchair, out of nowhere Sindi proposed to Stuart and he accepted. Sindi was also under supsicion when the man that Stuart was up for against for a promotion at work was knocked off his bike by a car matching Susan's that Sindi had borrowed that day but when the I.D. came back the driver had dark hair. Susan decided to re-employ Paul Robinson as business studies teacher this angered several parents including lecturer Alex Kinski whose children Rachel and Zeke had started at the school. After clashing a few times Alex and Susan began dating. Joe and Lyn's relationship went from strength to strength and he moved in with her and No.26 although he began to clash with Janelle and found the book that she'd been writing about Ramsay Street and sent it to everyone, after finding the house in an awful mess she sent the whole Timmins family packing and they went to live in a bus on the caravan park where they were joined by Lou who'd been kicked out by Paul. Eventually the Timmins' moved the bus back outside No.26 and they were soon back indoors and Lou moved in with Harold. After her affair with Paul was revealed she was left heartbroken and with no friends and family to support her she turned to Paul who took her in.

By Stuart's Buck Night, Toadie had become really suspicious of Sindi but Stuart put it down to jealousy and the fact that the wedding was stirring up old memories of his own wedding to Dee. When they went out, Toadie was sure he saw Sindi spying on them in the dark hair but when he couldn't retrieve the video evidence of the event the wedding went ahead. Toadie later got the video and went to find Stuart and Sindi on their honeymoon, Sindi confronted him and when he told her he was going to tell Stuart everything she flipped out and pushed Toadie down the stairs. Stuart realised that Sindi needed help and she later confessed to having been in Susan's car and putting Kelly in the wheelchair. While in a psychiatric hospital she told Staurt she wanted an annulment but Stuart wanted to fight for his marriage and said no. Stuart began to throw himself into work while his bosses told him to take it easy. Stuart's brother Ned came to try and help his brother chill out and moved in with him at No.30. Toadie had also been given a failing bikini shop by a client and put Connor in charge, when a help wanted sign was posted Serena answered and her and Connor started to bicker, when the bikini shop needed more funding, Serena decided to put the money that her grandmother had given her and went 50/50 with Toadie. She began to develop feelings for Connor but Connor realised that she was young and that David wouldn't be pleased. He eventually gave into temptation when they spent a night together in a hotel following a conference. David found out about the relationship and wanted Serena to break it off but she moved in with Connor at No.30.

Paul's daughter Elle moved to the area and took an instant dislike to Izzy, she began drugging Izzy's food and when she was found out she was almost sent back to her mother but Paul had a change of heart and let her stay with him. Elle started to fall for Ned and they were cast together in a theatre production and during which time they shared a kiss. Dylan was in for a shock, when Roo the man who Dylan had dobbed into the cops had escaped from prison had forced him into committing a robbery by kidnapping Stingray. After a business trip Alex was diagnosed by lukiemia by Karl neither one knowing who the other was. Alex couldn't find a way to tell Susan so he proposed instead, but Karl found out who Alex was and begged him to tell Susan, Karl risking his career decided to tell his ex-wife, she was mad at Alex and they broke up briefly before getting back together and planning their wedding. Carmella was back on the scene and jealous of his relationship with Serena, Lori rung Connor to tell him that Maddy needed an operation on her ear. Desperate to help his daughter, Connor turned to Carmella who said she'd give him the money but started to blackmail him into dumping Serena, Connor eventually got tired of this and stole from the bikini shop, but Carmella folded and gave Connor the money, making it seem like the burglars had returned the money but Serena put two and two together and broke things off with Connor.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lassisters a plane flight was organised to take people from Erinsborough to Lassister's casino in Hogarth. Izzy, Elle, Paul, David, Serena, Lilijana and Sky were all set to go, Karl was given tickets but gave them to Alex and Susan. Dylan who had planned the trips and was trying to flee the cops also boarded the plane and Connor who'd been found out was also their getting icy gazes from Serena. As the plane flew over the Bass Straits, Izzy opened a note adressed to her simply saying 'for all that you have done' suddenly a bomb exploded and the plane blew up. Serena and Connor were floating together on a piece of plane in the icy water as the other Ramsay Street residents listened to the radio reports - Paul, Elle, Sky and Izzy were found instantly, Alex was found later on the same night. The next day Connor and Dylan both had washed up to shore, with Serena dead and on the run from the law, Connor decided it was best that he faked his own death so that Maddy would get her operation with the money he left to her, Dylan believing that Sky was dead and also a fugitive decided to join him. Back in Erinsborough another person was found an unidentified female body it turned out to be Susan, who shared a long lingering gaze with Karl before enjoying a passionate embrace with Alex. Joe figuring life was too short proposed to Lyn and she accepted, but just as they started planning the wedding, Toby needed help back on the farm and Joe promising to stay faithful to Lyn left town. Meanwhile Harold was in denial believing that his family were all still alive he was heartbroken when David's body was found.

With news of the plane crash, The Timmins father Kim came to town wanting to make peace with his kids in the wake of the tragedy and to plan a memorial for Dylan. As Stingray was in the car with Dylan when he robbed the store he was charged with the robbery and faced jail time. While Connor and Dylan were on the run they found an old newspaper and when Dylan saw that Sky was still alive he decided to go back to Ramsay Street. The pair went to No.26 and started to eat before Dylan noticed the leaflet for his memorial service and went to were it was being held, as Dylan crashed his own service Connor begged Dylan not to reveal he was still alive. Stingray and Dylan were sent down for the robbery but during the trial, Dylan told Toadie who was representing him that Connor was still alive. Harold eventually took Connor in when he found him living on the streets and the two who were both grieving found solace in each other. When Roo was sent to the same prison as the Timmins brothers he decided to make their life a living hell but Stuart had gone in undercover and began to start winning Roo's trust. Stingray had been fixing radios and Stuart convinced him to put a microphone in one of the radios and put it in Roo's room, however Roo had recognised Stuart and organised a riot to trap him, Stuart and Stingray escaped but Roo trapped him and threatened to kill him, Dylan forced Roo to admit to all his former crimes including the roberry and this was caught on tape by the microphone in the radio and Dylan and Stingray were set free.

As Steph's pregnancy went on she started having dreams about Drew Kirk and when they started to turn [...] she thought that the baby's life was in danger. Drew came back and told her that it was her who was in danger and tragically her cancer had returned. During a fight with Rachel, Alex blurted out that he didn't want Rachel to turn out like her sister. Alex had to explain that he had another child a daughter named Katya who he'd kicked out when she was sixteen for putting his two other children in danger. Susan was horrified at Alex and the two almost split but Alex decided to find Katya to apologise to her before he died. When Karl did a check-up on Alex he found out that he only had days to live and as his condition began to get worse, Susan realised he couldn't leave the house. They decided to have their wedding at No.28 and when Susan couldn't find Steph and Lyn to be witnesses Karl stepped in and just before the ceremony began Katya turned up and Alex apologised. Susan held Alex all night but he'd passed away peacefully, Katya was angry at Susan for hogging her father and vowed to get revenge by taking on Susan for custody of Rachel and Zeke.

There was a mix of emotions at Christmas as The Kinskis grieved for Alex, Connor had realised his Harold had become too dependant on him when he called him David and moved back in with Toadie. All of Ramsay Street was blacked out on Christmas Day, so Paul laid on a meal for everyone at Lassisters. Harold became envious of Paul's happy family Christmas with Izzy and Elle and in the season finale he came in through the back door of No.22 and strangled Paul.

The central characters left at the end of this year are: Lou Carpenter, Karl Kennedy, Susan Kinski, Toadfish Rebecchi, Harold Bishop, Lyn Scully, Steph Hoyland, Oscar Scully, Stuart Parker, Connor O'Neill, Max Hoyland, Boyd Hoyland, Izzy Hoyland, Sky Mangel, Stingray Timmins, Dylan Timmins, Janelle Timmins, Janae Timmins, Bree Timmins, Paul Robinson, Elle Robinson, Ned Parker, Rachel Kinski, Zeke Kinski and Katya Kinski.

• 2006: 2006 was one of the most dramatic years. It marked the return of Steph's breast cancer in the middle of her long desired pregnancy. It also marked the return of Paul's 'evil' son Robert disguising as his brother Cameron. Robert is the person who put the bomb on the plane and the one who blackmailed Izzy. Many dramatic storylines involved Katya Kinski and her troubled past. The only newcomers were Sebastian Barnes, Frazer Yeats, Pepper Steiger and Rosetta Cammeniti. Connor O'Neill was presumed murdered, but we find out in 2007 that he was actually in China. Stuart Parker, Izzy Hoyland, Lyn Scully and Oscar Scully also left, and Max Hoyland was driven insane (by Elle Robinson) and left the show for the rest of 2006, briefly returning in 2007. Sky was revealed to be pregnant and the father of her new daughter was unconfirmed but Dylan was eventually confirmed as the father.

Noteworthy episodes

Please note: All dates are the original Australian airdates.

1980s

1985

• 1985 - The first episode involving Des Clarke's bachelor party. (Episode 1)
• 1985 - Shane and Danny Ramsay driving and crashing into the car crash. (Episode 10)
• 1985 - Paul's first wedding with Terri takes place (Episodes 128 and 129)
• 1985 - Maria Ramsay leaves Ramsay street for Hong Kong (Episode 130)
• 1985 - Paul Robinson being shot by his first wife Terri after he found out she had murdered someone. (Episodes 167 and 168)

1986

• 1986 - Des and Daphne's first attempt at a wedding is abandoned when Daphne is kidnapped (Episode 180)
• 1986 - Clive Gibbons doing an emergency tracheotomy on Lucy Robinson after she was stung by a wasp. (Episode 221)
• 1986 - The second wedding of Des Clarke and Daphne Lawrence (Episode 295)
• 1986 - Scott having been given a new car by Jim takes Mike and Paul out for a spin with Paul driving but Paul has swerve in order to avoid hitting baby Sam's pushchair which is rolling fast down the hill cuasing the car to topple over (Episodes 391 and 392)
• 1986 - Clive Gibbons' Christmas dream after being knocked out at a Boxing match. (Episode 400)

1987

• 1987 - The Ramsay Street Olympics take place (Episode 449)
• 1987 - Charlene and Scott's wedding with "Suddenly" performed by Angry Anderson. (Episode 523)
• 1987 - The birth of Jamie Clarke. (Episode 544)
• 1987 - Mrs Mangel suffers a heart attack and is rushed to hospital.Also includes the famous sequence where Madge strikes her with her newspaper before hand! (Episodes 552 and 553)
• 1987 - The Lassiters video is filmed (Episode 563)

1988

• 1988 - Todd and Katie Landers arrive on Ramsay Street for the wedding of Jim Robinson and Beverley Marshall. (Episode 661)
• 1988 - Daphne waking from her coma and uttering the immortal line "I love you too, Clarkey" to her husband Des, before dying of her injuries. (Episode 690)
• 1988 - The wedding of Harold Bishop and Madge Ramsay (Episode 724)
• 1988 - Charlene Robinson leaves Ramsay Street and moves to Brisbane (Episodes 776 and 777)
• 1988 - The wedding of Mrs Mangel and John Worthington. They then Leave Ramsay Street for a new life in England (Episodes 841 and 842)

1989

• 1989 - Matt Robinson arrives in Ramsay Street, making no bones about his identity to Hilary. (Episode 967)
• 1989 - The 1000th Episode which resolves around Des and Jane's engagement party during which Joe and Kerry announce their own engagement and Hilary finally reveals that Matt is her son. (Episode 1000)
• 1989 - Gail Robinson leaves Ramsay Street. (Episode 1052)
• 1989 - The wedding of Joe Mangel and Kerry Bishop (Episode 1058)
• 1989 - Henry Ramsay leaves (Episodes 1098 and 1099)
• 1989 - Madge Bishop and Harold Bishop winning the lottery. (Episode 1113)

1990s

1990

• 1990 - Bouncer the Dog dreams of marrying his canine sweetheart Rosie.
• 1990 - Pam and Doug Willis arrive at Ramsay Street. (Episode 1261)
• 1990 - Kerry Bishop dies after being shot by a duck hunter. (Episodes 1285 and 1286)
• 1990 - The funeral of Kerry Bishop. (Episode 1287)
• 1990 - Des leaves Ramsay Street (Episode 1309)

1991

• 1991 - Paul and Christina's wedding day (Episode 1371)
• 1991 - The wedding of Helen and Michael Daniels. (Episode 1488)
• 1991 - Harold Bishop disappearing off a cliff into the ocean. (Episodes 1520 and 1521)
• 1991 - The memorial service of Harold Bishop. (Episode 1523)
• 1991 - Phoebe Bright arrives in Ramsay Street. (Episode 1526)
• 1991 - The wedding of Joe Mangel and Melanie Pearson.(Episode 1537)
• 1991 - Melanie, Joe and Sky Mangel leave Ramsay Street. (Episodes 1548 and 1549)
• 1991 - Glen Donnelly falls off the roof of Lassiter's on Christmas Day (Episode 1585)

1992

• 1992 - Caroline Alessi leaves Ramsay Street following her affair with Paul (Episode 1676)
• 1992 - Todd Landers is hit by a car and killed as he rushed to stop his pregnant girlfriend Phoebe from having an abortion. (Episodes 1721 and 1722)
• 1992 - Bob Landers escapes his police guard and takes Helen hostage at Todd's funeral. (Episode 1725)
• 1992 - The Martin Family arrive in Ramsay Street. (Episode 1726)
• 1992 - Phoebe is held at gunpoint at Number 30 by Bob Landers (Episodes 1734 and 1735)
• 1992 - Dorothy tries to bargain with Bob to give himself up (Episode 1736)
• 1992 - Pam Willis walks in on the siege, while Pheobe escapes to warn Brad who... ''(Episode 1737)
• 1992 - ...is Shot in the process of trying to save his mother and Pheobe (Episode 1738)
• 1992 - Madge Bishop leaves Erinsborough after seven years (Episode 1820)
• 1992 - Season Finale - Hannah Martin and Beth Brennan are trapped in a burning cottage behind Lassiters (Episode 1825)

1993

• 1993 - Season Premiere - Phoebe gives birth to Hope (Episode 1826)
• 1993 - Phoebe and Stephen's wedding. (Episode 1833)
• 1993 - Jim Robinson's Heart Attack and death. (Episode 1904)
• 1993 - Brad Willis and Beth Brennan's first attempt at a wedding is cancelled when everyone learns of Brad's affair with Lauren Carpenter. (Episode 1919)
• 1993 - The Waterhole explosion. (Episodes 1949 and 1950)
• 1993 - Helen Daniels celebrates her birthday party at the reopened Waterhole. Paul and Lucy Robinson return to the show, temporalily. (Episode 2000)
• 1993 - Brad Willis and Beth Brennan getting married in secret and then lying about it to avoid disappointing their friends and family. They were then married for a second time. (Episode 2068)
• 1993 - Annalise Hartman and Gaby Willis take a flight, which ends up crashing. (Episode 2070)

1994

• 1994 - Cheryl Stark giving birth to a baby girl Louise, Gaby Willis giving birth to a baby boy Zac they arrive with the family. (Episode 2201)
• 1994 - Pam and Doug Willis leaving Ramsey Street after four years (Episode 2239)
• 1994 - Julie Martin falling off a tower during the [...] Mystery Weekend (Episode 2240) and later dying as a result (Episode 2242)
• 1994 - Philip Martin is arrested at his wife Julie's Funeral(Episode 2245)
• 1994 - The Kennedy family moving into Ramsey Street. (Episode 2251)
• 1994 - Season Finale - Mark Gottlieb jilting Annalise Hartman at the altar and telling her that he has decided to become a priest. (Episode 2290)

1995

• 1995 - Mark Gottlieb discovering Lucy Robinson working as a go-go dancer. (Episode 2358)
• 1995 - Reuben White's death. (Episode 2403)
• 1995 - Danni Stark celebrates her birthday party at the Carpenter house, Susan goes to see a doctor. (Episode 2471)
• 1995 - Susan confessing to Brett Stark, whilst they were in Africa, that she performed Euthanasia on her mother. (Episode 2528)

1996

• 1996 - Cody Willis being shot by [...] dealers. (Episode 2571)
• 1996 - Cody Willis dying in Hospital of a Pulmonary Embolism. (Episode 2579)
• 1996 - Joanna Evans married Rob Evans and Hannah was the bridesmaid and Sam Kratz said farewell afterwards . (Episode 2640)
• 1996 - The Danni Stark, Luke Handley and Steve George love triangle coming to a head (Episode 2684)
• 1996 - Cheryl Stark getting knocked over by a car and Karl Kennedy giving her the wrong injection which killed her. (Episodes 2710 and 2711)
• 1996 - Brett Stark returning to Ramsay Street for Cheryl's Funeral. (Episode 2717)
• 1996 - Angie and Stonie's departure from Ramsay Street after over a year. (Episode 2720)
• 1996 - Helen discovering Harold Bishop alive when he had been presumed dead for five years. (Episode 2733)
• 1996 - Madge Bishop returning from Brisbane after a four year break. (Episode 2739)
• 1996 - Danni and Brett Stark leaving Ramsay Street after they been on the show for three years, they moved to Sydney. (Episode 2743)
• 1996 - Lou and Harold dressed up like Father Christmas in the bishop house. (Episode 2765)
• 1996 - Season finale - Malcolm Kennedy has an accident, causing his windpipe to be crushed, leaving Karl to act fast. (Episode 2770)

1997

• 1997 - Madge and Harold renew their vows (Episode 2798)
• 1997 - Ben Atkins reveals that he's Ruth's son (Episode 2842)
• 1997 - Helen Daniels death whilst sleeping on the sofa after watching a video of Scott and Charlene's wedding, she had been on the show for twelve years. (Episode 2965)
• 1997 - Helen's memorial service takes place (Episode 2968)
• 1997 - Season finale -Ben Atkin's race car crashing and bursting into flames.Meanwhile Karl begins an affair with Sarah Beaumont. (Episode 2995)

1998

• 1998 - Darren Stark leaves Ramsay Street. (Episode 3053)
• 1998 - Philip Martin marrying Ruth Wilkinson with friends and family present.(Episode 3109)
• 1998 - Susan slapping Karl after finding out about his affair with Sarah Beaumont. (Episode 3110)
• 1998 - Season finale - Joel Samuels' leg being trapped under a ute, with the water level rapidly rising around him. (Episode 3220)

1999

• 1999 - Karl, Billy, Toadie, Joel and Drew perform their version of the full monty.(Episode 3245)
• 1999 - Sarah Beaumont's wedding to Peter Hannay, in which her and Karl share one last passionate kiss. (Episode 3347)
• 1999 - The Martin family leaving Ramsay Street after seven years (Episode 3418)
• 1999 - The Scully family moving into Ramsay Street. (Episode 3419)
• 1999 - Season Finale- The Scully house catching fire at the Millennium Eve party, with Lolly Carpenter trapped inside. (Episode 3445)

2000s

2000

• 2000 - Season premiere - Drew is rushed to hospital after saving Louise Carpenter from the Scully house fire. (Episode 3446)
• 2000 - Drew Kirk returns home from hospital after saving Louise Carpenter. (Episode 3447)
• 2000 - Bill Kennedy leaves Ramsay Street after six years. (Episodes 3482 and 3483)
• 2000 - Amy Greenwood leaves Ramsay Street after three years. (Episode 3492)
• 2000 - Bill Kennedy and Anne Wilkinson are reunited. (Episode 3503)
• 2000 - Steph Scully and Libby Kennedy having a serious accident on Steph's motorcycle. (Episode 3558)
• 2000 - Brendan Bell dies in hospital following the motorcycle crash. (Episode 3562)
• 2000 - The Deb ball with special guest pop band Human Nature. (Episode 3669)
• 2000 - Season finale (Original version) Flick and Joel share a kiss following the deb ball. (Episode 3670)

2001

• 2001 - Season premiere (original version) - Joe Scully delivering a baby in his taxi whilst he and his pregnant passenger are trapped in a bushfire (Episode 3671)
• 2001 - Drew Kirk and Libby Kennedy marry, having a Scottish themed wedding. (Episode 3708)
• 2001 - Lance Wilkinson and Allana Truman leave Ramsay Street. (Episode 3734)
• 2001 - Madge Bishop dies, after suffering from pancreatic cancer. (Episode 3740)
• 2001 - Madge Bishop's funeral. (Episode 3744)
• 2001 - The Hancock family moving into Ramsay Street. (Episode 3749)
• 2001 - Tess leaves Ramsay street after discovering Darcy's lies. Also Lou finds that he is not Louise's father following a DNA Test(Episodes 3857 and 3858)
• 2001 - Paul leaves Ramsay street after taking a place in the Australian Football League (Episode 3917)
• 2001 - Season finale - Whilst being trapped in a stable in Oakey, Libby Kennedy goes into labour with Ben. (Episode 3920)

2002

• 2002 - The Hancock family leaves Ramsay Street. (Episode 3999)
• 2002 - Rosie Hoyland's church catches fire, with her and Lou Carpenter trapped inside. (Episode 4000)
• 2002 - Summer Hoyland arrives in Ramsay Street. (Episode 4006)
• 2002 - Steph Scully is jilted at the altar by Marc Lambert and realises that it was because Marc loved her sister Flick Scully instead. (Episodes 4007 and 4008)
• 2002 - Nina Tucker arrives in Ramsay Street. (Episode 4022)
• 2002 - Susan Kennedy has an accident resulting in her getting amnesia (Episode 4029)
• 2002 - Drew Kirk dies after being thrown from a horse. His funeral is then held. (Episode 4091)
• 2002 - Flick Scully leaves Ramsay Street, going to America. (Episode 4144)
• 2002 - Season finale - Karl and Susan Kennedy re-marry. (Episode 4155)

2003

• 2003 - Michelle Scully leaves Ramsay Street. (Episode 4238)
• 2003 - Darcy Tyler is arrested for robbing the Kennedy's house and knocking over a pregnant Lyn Scully. (Episodes 4262 and 4263)
• 2003 - Dee Bliss marries Toadfish Rebecchi. On the way to the airport they crash, and Dee disappears off a cliff. (Episodes 4292 and 4293)
• 2003 - Lyn Scully gives birth to Oscar Scully. (Episode 4308)
• 2003 - Izzy Hoyland arrvies in Ramsay Street (Episode 4316)
• 2003 - The Bishop family move into Ramsay Street. (Episode 4344)
• 2003 - Season finale - Lou and Trixie marry, after which Harold suffers a stroke. (Episode 4395)

2004

• 2004 - Season premiere - Harold is taken to hospital following his stroke (Episode 4396)
• 2004 - Susan explodes at Karl after she finds out he and Izzy are having a baby, and the rest of the street witnessing it. (Episode 4502 - "Publish and be [...]")
• 2004 - Max and Steph marry, as do Valda and Charlie wedding. (Episode 4528 - "Here Comes The Brides")
• 2004 - Nina Tucker returns to Ramsay Street. (Episode 4561 - "Father's Day")
• 2004 - Libby Kennedy leaves Ramsay Street to join Darren Stark in Shepperton (Episode 4605 - "Love is a Battlefield")
• 2004 - Jack Scully leaves Ramsay Street to join Nina in America(Episode 4628 - "Choose Life")
• 2004 - Season finale - Lassiter sets on fire with the Coffee Shop, Lou's Place and the Doctor's Surgery being destroyed. Max is hit by a fireball when the Coffee shop expoldes and is taken to hospital.Meanwhile the roof of the pub caves in with Sindi and Stuart still trapped inside, yet they manage to survive. Paul Robinson returns to the show during the chaos. Meanwhile, Charlie dies at the Scully house.(Episode 4630 - "The End of an Era")

2005

• 2005 - Season premiere - The aftermath of the Lassiter's fire, with a body being removed from the rubble, which is later revealed to be that of Gus Cleary. (Episode 4631 - "Beyond Recognition")
• 2005 - Jack and Nina are reunited in America. (Episode 4632 - "Love is blind")
• 2005 - Susan confesses to Lyn Scully that she killed her mother, a plot point not brought up since 1996. (Episode 4634 - "Lasting Impressions")
• 2005 - Steph Hoyland is incriminated for the death of her grandfather, Charlie Cassidy. (Episode 4635 - "Rites and Wrongs")
• 2005 - Boyd Hoyland is believed to have murdered the father of Izzy's baby, Gus Cleary. (Episode 4644 - "Frisky Business")
• 2005 - Izzy finally pushes Karl to breaking point (Episode 4676 "Just desserts") and he almost dies from a heart attack on a lonely country road, but is taken to hospital and survives. (Episode 4678 - "Arrested Development")
• 2005 - Lassiters re-opens and the introduction of the Scarlet bar and the general store. (Episode 4688 Talk among your selves)
• 2005 - Boyd is diagnosed with a brain tumour. (Episode 4701 - "Headcase")
• 2005 - Paul Robinson is exposed as the man behind the impending destruction of Ramsay Street and its future is secured. Meanwhile the man himself whilst being chased by Tony Corbett and his henchmen and he falls down a cilff (Episodes 4744 - "Eau de Nouvelle Voiture" and 4745 - "Civil Disobedience")
• 2005 - Darcy Tyler finally wakes up from his coma. (Episode 4747 - "Eyes Wide Open")
• 2005 - Summer Hoyland leaves Ramsay Street after three years. (Episode 4767 - "Alas, Poor Yorick")
• 2005 - Annalise Hartman returns to Ramsey Street after nine years. Meanwhile Susan having found out that Izzy's baby wasn't Karl's confronts her and gives her an ultimatum. Izzy has 24 hours to tell Karl or she will. (Episode 4769 - "Criminal Record")
• 2005 - Karl finally finds out he wasn't the father of Izzy's baby. (Episodes 4771 - "Hat Trick" and 4772 - "Out With the Trash")
• 2005 - Philip Martin, Doug Willis, Lucy Robinson and Rosemary Daniels return to the show for the soap's 20th anniversary. (Episode 4771 - "Hat Trick")
• 2005 - Lance Wilkinson returnes to Ramsay Street after four years away. (Episode 4772 - "Out With the Trash")
• 2005 - The 20th Anniversary episode, featuring cameos from many past characters. (Episode 4773 - "Friends For Twenty Years")
• 2005 - Sindi and Stuart finally marry even after Toadie tried to stop the wedding. (Episode 4782 - "For Better or for Worse")
• 2005 - Sindi leaves Ramsey Street after three years. (Episodes 4794 - "Pulped Fiction" and 4795 - "He Without Sin")
• 2005 - The Lassiters party plane is blown up by a [...] who plants a bomb on the plane and the plane crashes into the Bass Strait with many of Ramsay Street's inhabitants inside. (Episodes 4836 - "What Goes Up...", 4837 - "The joy flight", and 4838 -"God's will be done")
• 2005 - Dylan walks into his own Memorial and is arrested with Stingray. (Episode 4848 -"Tombstone blues")
• 2005 - The Funeral of David and Memorial Service of Liljana and Serena Bishop. (Episode 4854 - "Living Memory")
• 2005 - Susan Smith marries Alex Kinski, who subsequently dies after the ceremony. (Episode 4872 - "Puss In Boots")
• 2005 - Season finale - Harold's grief over the plane crash surfaces when he reads a letter David wrote and then tries to [...] Paul. (Episode 4875 - "Resident evil")

2006

• 2006 - Season premiere - Paul is taken to hospital following his attack, he survives. (Episode 4876 - "Take my breath away")
• 2006 - Angie Rebecchi returns for a six week guest stint. (Episode 4908 - "Blunder oath")
• 2006- Janelle Timmins and Angie Rebecchi fight each other in a boxing match. (Episode 4922 "Angela's Pashes")
• 2006 - Steph gives birth to a baby boy named Charlie. (Episode 4926 "Campaign Charlie")
• 2006 - Robert Robinson (masquerading as his brother Cameron who is in a coma) arrives on Ramsay Street. He is also revealed to be both the plane crash bomber (the note having been meant for Paul not Izzy) and the mystery stalker. (Episode 4932 "Lights Cameron Action")
• 2006 - Stuart Parker leaves the show after three years. At the same time, Angie's six-week guest stint comes to an end. (Episode 4938 "Stu for the road")
• 2006 - Connor finds Carmella working in a convent. Meanwhile Sky kisses Stingray. (Episode 4966 "The Unrighteous Brothers")
• 2006 - Cassie the sheep, a symbol of Susan and Karl's old lives, passes away and a funeral ceremony is held in Susan's back garden. (Episode 4975 "The bleat goes on")
• 2006 - Connor discovers that "Cameron" is really Robert and is then "murdered" by him to keep Connor from telling anyone. Even though we don't see Connor's disappearance on screen we see Robert drive off in Connor's ute which appears to imply that he was killed. (Episodes 4977 - "Symmetry for the devil" and 4978 - "Every which way but Bruce")
• 2006 - Angie (In her second guest stint of the year) and Big Kev Rebecchi return for Janelle and Kim's remarriage. (Episode 4978 "Every which way but Bruce")
• 2006 - Kim (after his remarriage to Janelle) leaves Ramsey Street to go on the run from the police who arrive at the ceremony to arrest him over his pirate DVD business. (Episode 4979 -"Run for your wife")
• 2006 - Gail Robinson returns to the show after nearly seventeen years away. (Episode 4987 "Gentlemen prefer blogs")
• 2006 - Boyd and Janae get married. However because Janae is underaged the marriage is not declared legal. (Episode 4999 "Null & Boyd")
• 2006 - The 5000th episode where the main storyline is Robert getting his revenge on Paul by trapping him in a mineshaft. (Episode 5000 "Five thousand and counting")
• 2006 - Shane Warne makes a guest appearance at the scarlet bar. ''(Episodes 5004 - "Ain't that a Shane" and 5005 - "The Warne identity")
• 2006 - The Robert story coming to a dramatic end when he shoots Paul at Paul and Gail's fake marriage ceremony and is quickly arrested. (Episode 5012 "Shot! in the name of Love")
• 2006 - Gail leaves to go back to Tasmania. (Episode 5019 "Break up little Susie")
• 2006 - Elle fakes being seriously ill in a bid to stop Dylan getting back together with Sky. (Episodes 5031 "Catch my Deceive" and 5032 "All's Well That Ends Elle")
• 2006 - Max, thinking that Cameron was Robert, runs him over. (Episodes 5042 - "The Katya in the ride" and 5043 "Karma fly with me")
• 2006 - Cameron dies from his injuries. (Episode 5048 "Wishful Shrinking")
• 2006 - Sky realizes that Susan knows about Stingray being the father of her unborn child. (Episode 5055 "Hit me with your breast shot")
• 2006 - Izzy leaves Ramsey Street with the secret that she is pregnant. (Episode 5057 "A ticket to hide")
• 2006 - Anne reveals to Janelle and Bree that she is a 'Timmins'. (Episode 5058 "Nan about the house")
• 2006 - Dylan finally finds out he is not the father of Sky's baby and that the real father is his own brother Stingray which results in Stingray by being disowned by Dylan, thrown out of home by Janelle and dumped by Rachel. (Episodes 5070 - "When a stranger stalls", 5071 "Brother can you spare a slime?" and 5072 "The remains of the dad")
• 2006 - Rosetta Cammeniti, Pepper Stegier, Will Griggs and Frazer Yeats move into Number 30. (Episode 5074 "For Pepper or worse")
• 2006 - Max walks out of the hospital and leaves Ramsey Street. (Episodes 5074 For Pepper or worse" and 5075 "Nuns 'n' Roses")
• 2006 - Teresa Cammeniti sets fire to the hospital while Sky gives birth to Kerry Mangel.(Episode 5087 "Baptism Through Fire")
• 2006 - It is revealed that Dylan is in fact the father of Sky's baby and that Karl had made a mistake following a paternity test. (Episodes 5097 "From here to paternity" and 5098 "Eye of the Stegier")
• 2006 - Susan has a showdown with Janelle in the street when she threatens to sue Karl following his paternity mistake. (Episode 5103 "If you sue Susie")
• 2006 - Paul marries Lyn but then breaks her heart by telling her he cheated on her with Rosetta which results in her leaving to go on the honeymoon alone, Elle leaving to go and spend Christmas in Tasmania with Gail and Steph giving him a punch in the face. (Episodes 5116 "People who need steeple" and 5117 "In sickness and in elf")
• 2006 - Season finale - Guy Sykes takes Katya, Toadie, Steph, Charlie and Zeke hostage at number 32 and as they escape to Karl outside, Toadie is shot. (Episode 5120 "Siege the Day")

2007

• 2007 - Season premiere - Toadie is rushed to hospital after being shot. Rosie and Paul share a passionate kiss in Rosie's office. (Episode 5121 "Unconscious")
• 2007 - Elle (having returned from Tasmania) is shocked to find the missing Max Hoyland at a shopping centre. (Episode 5122 "Spinal trap")
• 2007 - Max returns to Ramsay Street and he is reunited with Steph, but Steph reveals that she has moved on and is now in love with Toadie. (Episode 5130 "The Ghost Who Walks")
• 2007 - After Carmella breaks up with him, Will makes a run for it, and later Will's brother Oliver Barnes introduces himself to Carmella and exposes Will as a fraud. Meanwhile Steph finally chooses between Toadie and Max. ''(Episodes 5132 "Shortcut To Happiness" and Episode 5137 "For Whom Janelle Tolls")
• 2007 - Frazer's little brother, Ringo, makes a shocking arrival on Ramsay Street. (Episodes 5133 "Swindler's list" and Episode 5134 "Hello Lolly")
• 2007 - Lou's daughter, Lolly, returns to Ramsay Street, but she isn't as innocent as she appears. (Episode 5134 "Hello Lolly")
• 2007 - Max is let off his [...] charge when Toadie uses Robert to show that he's a danger to Katya. (Episode 5143 "Ned Man Walking")
• 2007 - Ramsay Street witnesses the end of one of its much loved marriages when Steph and Max decide to end their marriage. (Episode 5148 "Valentine's prey") As a result of this Max decides to go back to work on the oil rigs (Episode 5150 "The Last Siren")
• 2007 - Boyd breaks off his marriage with Janae and continues his fling with Glenn. (Episode 5168 "Cruelly, Badly, Weeply")
• 2007 - Connor is revealed to be alive and well and living in China.Meanwhile Stingray flats lines during the bone marrow transplant but is revived (Episode 5170 "The Marrow Escape)
• 2007 - The long awaited two week London storyline finally begins as Susan and Karl finally descend on London. In the first week Emma Bunton helps Karl when the ring he's going to propose to Susan with goes missing. Meanwhile Karl and Susan don't realize that Izzy is also in London! Meanwhile The press try to take a photograph of Izzy but get Julian Clary instead! Finally Karl proposes to Susan on the London eye (Episodes 5171 "What's a Spice girl like you" 5172, "Cultural Binge" and 5173 "Thoroughly Maligned Milly")
• 2007 - Stingray dies in the street during Janelle's birthday celebrations. Meanwhile blaming him for Stingray's death, Dylan kidnaps Paul. (Episodes 5174 "And So It Goes" and 5175 "Cop Ya")
• 2007 - The second and final week of the London story sees Karl and Susan finding out that Izzy is on the front page of every UK newspaper. Then Izzy's boyfriend Pete discovers that Karl is the father of her child and then during Karl and Susan's wedding, Izzy goes into labour and gives birth to baby girl named Holly. Guest appearance during this week come from Michael Parkinson, Neil Morrisey, Jono Coleman, and Sinitta. (Episodes 5177 "Last Minute Scratching" 5178, "From zero to hero" and 5179 "Births Marriages and Deaths").
• 2007 - Stingray's Funeral and Dylan's departure from ramsay street take place (Episode 5180 "In The Wake Of A Giant")
• 2007 - After weeks of Pepper being stalked by whom she believes is her ex-boyfriend Kevin Casey, Pepper and Sgt. Steiger visit Kevin's mother's house, Mary Casey (Played by Rowena Wallace). Mary denies knowing where Kevin is, but she almost reveals to the police that she is the one stalking Pepper. (Episode 5187 "Don’t Gift Up Your Day Job")
• 2007 - Tom Scully makes a surprise return to Ramsay Street ready to pick off where he left off with Susan, and announces that he is the new principal of Erinsborough High. (Episode 5189 "Just What The Doctor Frauded")
• 2007 - Paul is diagnosed with a brain tumor (Episode 5222)
• 2007 - Andy and Lou from Little Britain make a cameo appearance at the scarlet bar. (Episode 5234 "British Bulldog")
• 2007 - Ned is sent reeling when his ex-girlfriend arrives with his son, Mickey Gannon. Frazer's mother, Prue Brown (played by Penny Cook) is also seen for the first time (Episode 5237 "Taking The Mickey")
• 2007 - Lolly leaves Ramsay Street to go back and live with her father (Episode 5245 "Forgive Us Our Sons")
• 2007 - After Janelle marries Stegier in the street they plus Bree and Anne leave Ramsay street in a helicopter to go and live with Anne's family in Cairns. The episode also features a guest appearance by Daryl Braithwaite (Episode 5255 " Beautiful One Day")
• 2007 - Frazer Yeats and Rosetta Cammeniti marry. Meanwhile Ned's older brother Steve, his wife Miranda and their adopted daughter Bridget arrive on Ramsay Street but while they are moving their belongings into Number 26's garage, Mickey gets in driver's seat of the truck which rolls backwards down the street. The truck then collides with an oncoming minibus full of people returning from the wedding. The truck then explodes just after has got out but the crash leaves Ringo in a coma (Episodes 5261 & 5262)
• 2007 - Sky and Kerry leave Ramsay street for Port Douglas to go and be nearer Dylan. Boyd also goes with them for a fresh start away from Ramsay Street (Episode 5270)
• 2007 - It it revealed that Bridget has a brother (Who Steve and Miranda also adopted) named Riley. (Episode 5280)
• 2007 - Valda Sheergold returns to Ramsay Street following her last visit for Steph's trial back in early 2005. (Episode 5306)
• 2007 - Susan driving Declan Napier's car inadvertently runs over Bridget whilst suffering from the symptoms of Multiple sclerosis. Bridget is then found and rushed to hopsital. (Episodes 5311 & 5312)
• 2007 - Pepper leaves Ramsay Street to join The Timmins-Steigers in Cairns to take up a new teaching position when she finds out that her father is gravely ill. At the last minute Adam comes with her. (Episode 5334)
• 2007 - Libby Kennedy and her son Ben return to Ramsay street from Shepparton without Darren Stark. The Kinski's are delighted but Steph and Toadie wonder about the reasons behind Libby's return. (Episode 5341 & 5342)
• 2007 - After she suffers from blindness, Susan is sent for an MRI scan where it's finally confirmed that she's suffering from MS. Her family are devatated (Episodes 5347-5349)
• 2007 - Darren Stark returns to Ramsay Street and Libby finally reveals that he had an affair with another woman in Shepperton (Episodes 5352 & 5353)
• 2007 - Season Finale - Tragedy strikes when the roof collapses on an illegal dance party with some of Ramsay street residents trapped inside (Libby, Karl, Bridget, Ringo, Declan, Zeke, Riley, Elle. Fellow Erinsborough high students, Taylah Jordan and Jessica Wallace were also trapped). Leaving the remaining residents to do nothing but look on helplessly particularly Susan as most of her family are also trapped inside. (Episodes 5364 & 5365)