While Luke is in Sydney taking his aircraft maintenance apprenticeship course, and getting more grief than he bargained for in the process, Steve is rapidly going through farmhands unable to find one she can be happy with. Sgt. Phil Goodwin, Frank's fill-in, arrives with his young son Justin who is suffering from haemophilia but perhaps more frustrating-his father's over-protectiveness. Luke receives surprise visit from Steve in Sydney. Justin is injured on a camping trip in the national park with Cris and Ann. With Cris and Ann's help, Phil Goodwin begins to realise that his son needs some Independence just as much as any other teenager. Cookie unknowingly falls for a transvestite. Luke decides to return home to Wandin Valely after his instructor tells him he's not suited to be a mechanic but should finish his education and pursue his dream of becoming a pilot. Dog is injured.