A Country Practice

Matron informs Bob that she will be making alternate living arrangements which Bob takes as a personal insult.

Simon is called to an emergency operation to try and save a person's life.

A colourful character comes to Wandin Valley and creates quite a stir with his potions and magic cures.

It's a state of emergency in the valley when they get a freak rain storm and some of the local farmers have to be evacuated.

Brendan is left in charge of the farm while Molly visits her mother.

A young boy puts himself in danger to attract attention.

A young heroin addict without identification is found alone in the streets of Wandin Valley.

The new sister at the hospital disregards hospital regulations, and Brendan's actions costs the sister her job.

Terence suspects the worst when one of his elderly patients, depressed after a heart attack, says he and his wife are going away.

Terence tries very hard to convince two of his patients that they must look to the future and not dwell in the past.

Matron Sloan is suspicious when she hears her arch rival from Burrigan hospital is coming to visit.

Jonathan Hawthorn uses his theatrical knowledge to help a young boy overcome his stutter.

Matron Sloan forces Judy to enter a beauty contest, while Brendan and Vicki have a surprise for Molly.

Frank arrests a respected citizen of the valley for wife bashing.

Frank is furious when he can't discover who wrote the bad review about his play.

Simon is ecstatic when he hears Vicky's good news. Judy helps a young girl cope with the pressures of adolescence.

Terence suggests to Molly that she should go to Sydney for more tests.

Molly and Brendan's love for one another is put under great strain when they try to deal with what lies ahead.

An old enemy of Molly's reappears in the valley. Cookie is laid up in hospital.

Simon's niece is upsetting the household so Simon decides it's time to take a stand.

SIR ROBERT HELPMAN stars as a retired ballet dancer who returns to Wandin Valley to spend what he thinks will be his last days.Bob and Cookie buy a race horse. Also

When Sir Adrian Dorman sees the potential in a young ballet dancer, he decides to continue his teaching.

A friend of Shirley's arrives and is quite taken with Terence. Molly runs for council.

Karen's attraction to Terence gets quite out of hand. Molly is elected to council and her first fight is against Muldoon and Funland.

Vicky reacts angrily to the attention Simon is paying to one of his patients. Cookie invests in garden gnomes and is disturbed when he discovers some of them are missing.

Simon worries when Vicky fails to come home and suggests to Frank that they organise a search party.

Molly and Brendan receive an attractive offer for the farm from Councillor Muldoon. Vicky does some tests on goats and suspects an outbreak of Anthrax. Vicky is shocked when she hears some bad news.

Simon is worried about Vicky when she refuses to accept Molly's condition. Molly together with her mother fight "fire with fire" when Mr Muldoon tries to demolish a friend's home.

When the Burrigan Examiner refers to Wandin Valley as a boring place to live, war is declared between the two towns.

Vicky is furious with Simon when he refuses to let her take part in the rally.

Molly is uncomfortable in her hospital surroundings and is frustrated by not being able to see her family and friends.

Molly insists on leaving the hospital to share her last days with her family and friends.

An attractive French student vet arrives to assist Vicky with her practice.

Matron Sloan helps Bob handle his grief over Molly's death.

Simon suggests to Vicky that she should employ some help around the house.

A hidden truth about one of the hospital's patients is leaked by Sister Loveday.

Matron Sloan takes special interest in a stranger who comes for a job at the hospital.

Simon gets some unexpected training for the sleepless nights he can expect when the baby arrives.

Brendan arrives home from Adelaide with some news that shocks his friends.

Brendan over-reacts when he can't find Chloe and believes that one of the psychiatric patients has taken her.

Matron Sloan hears some pleasing news from Brendan. Vicky tries very hard to save a sick donkey for Chloe's sake.

Brendan gets some help around the house but has no idea who the mystery house-cleaner is.

Chloe has her first day at Kindy where she makes a new friend.

Terence suspects that a little girl with bad bruises is a case of child bashing.

An old University friend of Simon's arrives in the valley with his young son.

The local witch of Wandin Valley turns out to be not so wicked when she helps a young boy.

Judy Loveday gets quite a surprise when a relative arrives in the Valley.

Communication breaks down in Wandin Valley when Esme takes control of the switchboard.

Terence is surprised to hear that he has been chosen to appear on a TV Quiz Show.

Simon is confused about Vicky's behaviour when she discards some of his belongings.

Bob hears of Brendan's irresponsible behaviour while being suspended from his job.

Matron Sloane takes a great deal of care with a patient who's been in a bad motor bike accident.

Brendan rents a beach house in Adelaide and soon discovers he's not alone.

Judy Loveday becomes a patient in the hospital when she discovers a lump she believes may be cancerous.

Brendan surprises his friends on his return to the Valley when he tells them he intends to quit nursing and sell the farm.

Brendan gets railroaded into helping the district nurse on her rounds and becomes involved with one of her patients.

Terence gets conned into answering medical questions on the Quiz Show and is concerned when he suspects a typhoid case.

Judy is worried about Jo when she's admitted to hospital with suspected Typhoid and doesn't respond to treatment.

Esme shocks everyone when she returns from Mudgee looking like a new woman.

Frank investigates the selling of drugs at Burrigan High after one of the pupils has an overdose.

The good news for Cookie is that he has inherited some money, the bad news is that his wife is arriving in town.

Cookie is nowhere to be found when his wife collapses and needs a lifesaving operation.

Esme forces Cookie into buying a Taxi with the money he inherited.

Vicky gets a once in a life-time offer to work in the United States.

Frank gets some help at the station and is surprised when he finds out it's a woman.

Cookie takes his life in his hands when he agrees to give Esme some taxi driving lessons.

Esme practices her taxi driving around the Valley and gets lost in the process.

Vicky hears that she must leave for America in one week's time and is concerned about Simon's reaction.

Vicky's new replacement, Ben Green arrives in the Valley and isn't quite what Vicky had expected.

Frank gives Shirley the surprise of her life and Jo Loveday inadvertently uncovers a murder mystery.

Esme is not impressed when she meets the new city girl, and the feeling is quite mutual.

Esme feels she should be safe-guarded whilst driving the taxi, so she takes up karate lessons.

Kelly and Ben have a few arguments over their living arrangements.

Terence meets his new locum and discovers he used to train him.

Kelly and Cookie double book the club for a function, resulting in chaos.

Kelly and Cookie are asked to write a report to Muldoon on who's to blame for the disaster at the club.