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Reference > The Month That Was... January and February 2006 by Steve

One Year Ago - January and February 2005

The 2005 season arrived with a bang…

 

• Sindi and Stuart are rescued from the pub and are finally forced to reveal their relationship to Toadie. In hospital, it becomes clear that Stuart’s sight is severely damaged and he is told that he may never see again

Lana says a sad farewell to Sky and leaves Erinsborough to return to Canada

In Los Angeles, Jack arrives and is thrilled to finally be reunited with Nina

Valda returns in time for Charlie’s funeral and is shocked to find the family divided in two, as Lyn is unsure whether Steph really did kill her grandfather. At the court, Steph is found guilty, but receives a suspended sentence and finally patches things up with Lyn and Michael

Stingray’s older brother, Dylan, is released from juvenile detention and turns up in Erinsborough, where Susan agrees to give him a chance

Boyd decides to leave school and gets a job at a local gym, but Sky becomes concerned about her boyfriend’s sudden obsession with health and food

Paul Robinson is back and he buys Lassiter’s hotel back. He also offers Izzy a loan so that she can open a new bar with Max, and encourages David to begin a new career as a local councillor

Carmella moves in with Connor, but her mother, Lucia, challenges Connor to prove that his worthy of her daughter with a series of challenges

 

Five Years Ago - January and February 2001

A burglar stalked Ramsay Street and a secret relationship got a lot more serious…

• Steph starts visiting Woody in prison, and when his day release coincides with a burglary on Ramsay Street, she fears that she should never have become involved with him again

Libby and Drew are finally married, and he sings to her, before they leave for their honeymoon, where Geri Hallett turns up to report on the event for the newspaper

Following his half-brother’s successful operation, Tad decides not to go back to school and gets a job as a labourer for Joe. However, he quickly realises that he can’t manage and agrees to go back to school, where he meets new bad girl, Jess

Lou suffers a serious back injury whilst trying to lift a computer and begins to develop an addiction to painkillers as he recovers

Lance and Allana finally sort their relationship out and get her mother off their backs, before making plans to leave and travel in America

Flick and Joel’s secret relationship continues and, once they tell Joe, he stops them from seeing each other. They pretend to break up, then carry on anyway

Lyn becomes more and more embroiled in the Beauty Tree cosmetics selling programme, annoying her family and friends

Toadie is sacked from the radio station after encouraging students to shoplift

 


Ten Years Ago - January and February 1996

The departure of an old favourite and new beginnings for several other locals…

 

• With her affair with Stonie expose, Annalise decides to leave for her trip around the world. Sam catches up with her before she leaves and tells her she loves her

Brett begins an affair with Judy Bergman, Cheryl’s golfing friend, but it quickly ends after Cheryl finds out. Brett then sleeps with Libby

Following Annalise’s departure, Sam starts to see Cody as more than just a friend. She then breaks the news that she’s leaving for a medical school in Newcastle

Karl is forced to confess that he kissed Kate after Mal becomes suspicious of their relationship

Jen considers leaving to study art in the Northern Territories after a disastrous first day as a waitress at the pub and a rebound relationship with Sam’s friend, James

Jo thinks she’s found a lovely new man in the shape of Sonny Hammond, until she finds out that he’s Libby’s aggressive ex-boyfriend

Luke finds a new job as a time share salesman and a new girlfriend in the form of his boss, Nadia. After quitting, he finds a new woman named Kimberley, who turns out to be a policewoman

Please note that dates are based on Australian screenings

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