McLeod's Daughters

Six months after Claire's death, Tess has thrown herself into her work. She wants to assure Charlotte's future, as well as remain faithful to Claire's dream for Drovers.

Stevie agrees to do a seemingly simple favour for Sandra to repay her for not pressing charges for stealing her plane. To get out of Sandra's scheme, Tess takes a big gamble, confident she can defeat Sandra in a winner takes all poker game.

Tess is surprised in the middle of the night by a stranger named Jack Blake who knocks at the door looking for Jack McLeod... his father.

Brad Whittaker, the new Stock, and Station agent make a good first impression on the women of Drovers Run, but things quickly go downhill from there.

Stevie's first encounter with fallen rodeo champion Ken Logan occurs when she stops off at his garage for petrol. When Ken later collapses at work, he leaves Stevie with a cryptic message, believing she is his estranged daughter.

When Tess's ideal fantasy world collides with reality, she finds herself being forced to decide between Nick and Dave, the two men who love her.

Nick and Tess's relationship, or at least what remains of it, is further tested when she discovers that Nick and Alex have started an intensive farming operation and have dammed off the creek.

Alex can't believe it when his first love, Tracy Morrison, shows up at Killarney. She soon makes a very tempting offer to Alex; one that appears to involve more than just a business arrangement.

On Charlotte's first birthday, Tess learns she has a fight on her hands when Peter returns wanting full custody of Charlotte. In support, Alex enlists the help of his barrister father Bryce to help Tess in her custody battle.

An old abandoned well on Drovers Run holds a forgotten secret for Tess, forcing her to re-evaluate her stance in the custody battle with Peter, and leading her to a difficult decision about Charlotte's future.