Season 9

86 episodes

A Chilean refugee tries to make a new life for himself in Wandin Valley, but ghosts of his past come back to haunt him.

A mysterious stranger arrives in town and confuses everyone with his various stories. All is revealed later at Camelot when a party game turns ugly.

Alex tries to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband's violent temper. Charlie McKeachnie is back in town and Cookie is not happy.

Matron Sloan wins the lottery and everyone has suggestions on how she should spend the money. Jo and Michael go to Bribie Island to visit his family.

Alex starts having contractions and his convinced she is losing the baby. Jo goes to Sydney to try and find her mother.

Shirley is having trouble coping with Jo and Michael's impending departure from Wandin Valley. Alex warns a young athlete about the dangers of taking steroids.

Preparations are well underway for Michael and Jo's wedding, but things don't go quite as smoothly at the buck's night.

Shirley and Frank try to adjusted to life without Jo. Alex is wondering about her purpose in life and is readily losing patience with her patients.

New nurse Lucy Gardiner tries Matron Sloan's patience but winds up charming Bob.

The latest new locum is giving Shirley a hard time and has Esme close to tears – but her effect on Terence is quite the opposite.

A farmer's wife ends up with severe poisoning from a lethal mix of pesticides.

Everyone is waiting for a glimpse of the girl Cris describes as his “Beautiful Jessie”.

Matron Sloan is worried about the hospital's future and takes her anger out on Lucy. Jessie starts at her new school.

Matron Hilda Arrowsmith arrives at the hospital and Maggie is convinced her old nemesis is up to no good.

Frank tries to track down a runaway girl who is in town with the carnival and Frank and Shirley try to help the girl.

Cathy and Lucy are waiting for a certain doctor to ask them to the "Bachelor and Spinster" ball.

Lucy helps a man involved in a car accident who then becomes dangerously obsessed with her.

Romance hits the over-fifty set of Wandin Valley with the formation of a new club. Cris gets involved with two elderly sisters living in the past.

When Terence leaves to visit Alex, Cris’ old friend Sandy McIntosh fills in as the latest locum.

Famine strikes Wandin Valley as the residents take part in a forty-hour famine for charity.

Cathy has an unexpected house guest, her sister-in-law Michelle. Terence helps Michelle understand the reasons behind her illness.

The Wandin Valley Bush Brigade is on its way to raising money, its membership, and frequency of its drill practices. Matt says he is leaving town.

Matt has begun to pack, ready for the big move. He has put his practice up for sale.

A road accident throws two unlikely characters together, a one-legged bike riding grandma and Skeeter Martin.

The locals are looking forward to the return visit of cricket star Stewart Richmond. When the hospital staff find out, they over-react.

Ruth and Terence meet when they are out painting the countryside and are instantly attracted to one another.

Terence arrives in Marla Nigurra, with one goal in mind – he wants to return home to Wandin Valley with Alex.

Shirley returns from her Queensland holiday to find a new computer installed at the clinic.

Pollution and the environment become issues in the Valley following Lucy's visit to the local Up.

Lucy and Muldoon argue over the state of the tip and she unearths some interesting information with the help of the eccentric Vincent D. Smith.

Adam Campbell returns to the valley, but he is reluctant to go home to see his father. Luke and Jessie play a profitable joke on Frank.

Cris is accused of mistreating Jessie and is investigated by Maureen Hutchins firm "Family and Community Services".

Racial prejudice rears its ugly head with the arrival of a beautiful Thai locum – Dr. Sumatra Pasert.

Matt's Valley Vet radio show is attracting some very strange callers. Esme is delighted with her new job as governess to Jessie.

Cathy returns from Kakadu with a smile on her face. Could it have something to do with a mysterious helicopter pilot?

Clem Pollard presents Terence with an intriguing case when he appears in the Valley to save trees.

Dave and Jenny Cooper face the past when their son is injured in Jessie's new tree house. Muldoon is up to no good again with his plans of building a Lakeview hotel.

Cookie and Bob decide to join Esme's Brownie troop. Matt and Lucy unearth an old diary which reveals the Councilor's past.

Frank and Shirley stand on opposite sides as the locals fight to stop the proposed dam development by Ted Kagan.

The Wandin Valley protestors are dismayed when young Ashley Lawson is sent to defend them. A very frightened Shirley keeps a vigil at Frank's bedside.

Lucy is injured in a game of tennis with Matt and it turns out to be more serious than initially thought.

Luke and Shirley plan a car rally to raise money for the Xavier refuge. Francis Daley is diagnosed with manic depression which leaves Keith astounded.