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Character Profiles > Max Ramsay Ben Jackson

The headstrong son of Shane Ramsay, Max arrived in Erinsborough against his will, when his dad forced him to move there for his own safety, after a mysterious incident back in Queensland. Max quickly made enemies as he arrived in town, after accidentally knocking Holly Hoyland into the Lassiters hotel pond with his bag and not realising what he'd done. Holly reported the incident to her friend Byron Stone, and when Byron and Holly then spotted Max coming out of the fish and chip shop at the complex, they confronted him. He insisted that he'd had no idea about the incident and his confrontational attitude soon annoyed Byron and Holly, who were then horrified to return to the sharehouse at 32 Ramsay Street, where Byron lived, to find that landlady Vera Punt had rented the spare room to Max. Aware that he'd made a terrible first impression, Max attempted to improve the situation, taking the advice of Byron's sister Nicolette and trying to flatter him by telling him that he had nice eyes. That only seemed to make matters worse, and when Max then unwittingly started flirting with Byron's girlfriend, Sadie Rodwell, who also lived at no. 32 and had been away on a road trip, it looked like there was little hope for Max and Byron ever being friends.

As he struggled to make friends in Erinsborough, Shane reminded him that there was no way he could go back to Queensland and that he needed to find a way to fit in. After persuading old friend Paul Robinson to help him out, Shane managed to get Max a job as Executive Assistant to Paul, and his co-manager at the hotel, Krista Sinclair. Max tried to make the most of the opportunity, but quickly realised it wasn't for him and, after hearing him complaining to his dad, Krista took his aside for a chat. Max admitted that his heart was really in mechanics, and that he was almost fully-qualified, but his dad didn't like the idea. Max told Krista how he'd taken the job, and the room on Ramsay Street, in the hope of pleasing his father.

After realising that he was in danger of turning into his own father, Shane found a way to make amends, buying the local garage, Fitzgerald Motors, from Lucas and arranging for Max to work there alongside manager, Hudson. As Shane then left town, Max continued to struggle to fit in, taunting a furious Holly about a true crime podcast that had painted her as a cold-blooded killer, and making Byron jealous as he continued to get along well with Sadie. As the share house's pet dog, Trevor, also seemed to prefer Max to Byron, Byron struggled to hide his upset, admitting to Sadie that he was uncomfortable seeing her and Max together. Sadie believed that he was overreacting but, when she mentioned this to Max, he told her that Byron was right to be jealous and that he did like Sadie more than just a friend. As Sadie tried to come to terms with this, she decided not to tell Byron, fearing that it would make things worse at number 32. However, she did find herself trying very hard to avoid being alone with Max, but it quickly became clear that he wasn't about to do the same and was actively enjoying causing trouble for her and Byron. When Sadie then confronted him about his behaviour, he refused to apologise, again telling her that he liked her, only for their conversation to be overheard by Byron, who demanded to know what was going on.

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Biography by Steve

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