Episode list

City doctor Chris Randall arrives in Coopers Crossing but many of the locals object to having a female doctor at their local RFDS station.

The new doctor Tom has a had time being accepted. Meanwhile some troublemakers end up in trouble themselves.

A Scottish family who have no knowledge of the conditions in the Australian Outback have a tragic time. The Robertsons are on their way to a job on an outlying property when they get lost en-route.

Hurtle returns from his holiday and reveals that he intends to sell his half of the garage and move up north. Dave's relationship with Sharon gets him in hot water with Vic. Chris tries to help a persistent old opal miner.

The locals gear up for the annual desert boat race, hoping Hurtle and Ron might finally be defeated. Tom takes in a young woman when her fiancé-to-be learns she is pregnant.

A well-known black activist arrives in Cooper's Crossing.

Chris performs well at the annual shooting competition and finds acceptance in the local community.

The locals are still hopeful that Tom and Chris will get together.

An international car rally comes to town for a night's stopover.

Emma attempts to tackle the garage's finances. Chris and Tom have difficulty finding time for themselves and their new relationship is the talk of the town.

Chris prescribes the Pill for a young girl in Cooper's Crossing. But he didn't bank on the locals finding out that the Pill had been given to a young unmarried girl.

A young girl is found in the outback living in primitive conditions. When she is taken back and placed in care she tries to run away.

A young adventurer, trying to cycle to Birdsville, eats a poisonous plant and has to be airlifted out.

Sharon decides to pursue a career in the city.

Preparations are made to unveil a plaque to honour the men who died in Vietnam, but Chris and Tom discover they have different opinions on war.

The relationship between Tom and Chris has reached a critical point.

A war hero with Aids is spurned by the locals. Chris is one of the few who reaches out to help him.

Chris fears for Geoff's chances of survival in Cooper's Crossing.

Chris is called out to attend to a child who has been shot only to be grounded due to bad weather. Geoff is believed to be leaving Coopers Crossing after he receives a job offer from a clinic in Sydney. With Lynette Curran as Jean Irving, Gregory Fleet as Mark Irving and Sean Scully as Barry Irving.

Nancy learns that she must have a hysterectomy.

Gibson takes a holiday and his replacement terrorises the entire team.

Geoff gets caught up in an intriguing situation when a prowler threatens a local woman.

The Cochrane-brothers come to town. They end up in hospital after they've been in an accident with explosives - looking for gold. Josie Rattan has a car accident, but says she's OK. When Geoff finds her unconscious he does some tests, she's got a brain tumour. She knows she'll die but don't want to spend her last days in hospital. She finally convinces Geoff to let her go.

A troupe of travelling theatre players have an accident on the road to Coopers Crossing.

Violet and Emma have some last-minute conflicts over the Queen of the Outback contest.

The election taking place in Windoona becomes a success. Gibbo has to make an emergency landing and becomes gravely injured.