Enthusiastic young vet Jill Blake arrives in the dusty one-horse town of Paringa to find only a curt note directing her to her spartan new home. When her new boss, the notoriously "difficult" Kate McDonald, turns up, her attitude is as dry as the drought-stricken landscape...

Jill is shocked by the austerity of life in the drought stricken area, and is sensitive to every sign of distress and decline. From the bruise on Gail Klein's cheek to Kate's attempt to exclude her from Tom Huppatz's father's funeral, Jill senses there is much amiss in this place, and it goes far beyond the lack of rain.

Achmed Aziz, an Iraqi agronomist, arrives on a study tour and Kate fears he will submit a report on the condition of the local sheep. Having rebuffed Jill's attempts to empathise with her, Kate then forces her to co-operate with a plan to cover up the sheep problem until the drought breaks, after which it will be irrelevant.

LifeShield goes up for sale, leaving Cole and his colleagues with some big decisions to make. Meanwhile, Slack recieves some disturbing news from the mother of his child.

In this opening episode, Alex lands herself her first job after being relesed from prison; she also begins her search for her daughter.

When a stud bull is murdered on Drovers Run, the girls are convinced someone is trying to bankrupt them. But who? Heath and Marcus compete over who can find and rescue Grace first. Grace's new friendship with Ashleigh is destroyed when she discoversAshleigh is trying to bankrupt Drovers.

Grace is shocked when Heath proposes marriage. Will she accept? The girls host a spectacular medieval pageant to raise money for Drought Relief. The future of Drovers Run hangs in the balance, when Ashleigh forces Grace to sell her heritage.

Grace takes drastic action to capture a thief. The girls uncover Ashleigh's plan to bankrupt Drovers Run. But can they stop her before it's too late? Grace questions her future with Heath, after losing her engagement ring.

Kate is convinced she has killed Ashleigh in a hit and run accident. But where is the body? Stevie discovers she' pregnant. Tyler meets her long-lost mother under bizarre circumstances.

A mysterious stranger forces Grace to reconsider her future with Heath. Patrick organises a surprise party for Tayler's 18th birthday. The sexy new female vet teaches Marcus a lesson.

Raymond Burr stars as the ace attorney, whose investigation into the lakeside disappearance of an heiress leads him to uncover a sinister conspiracy.

Dr Sloan finds his attractive new neighbour has a secret past linking her to a local US Marine base. Mystery series, starring Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell and Charlie Schlatter.

Steve strikes up a friendship with an attractive blonde, unaware she is a serial killer with a penchant for polishing off policemen. Chat show host Sally Jessy Raphael guest stars.