After many years of drought, 2011 is a bumper year for Trundle. But with the rains comes another problem … a mouse plague. For the Guerke’s, it’s the first decent rain since their landlord gave them a new water tank. But they’re still not happy and have been offered another farmhouse from a local family aware of their woes. It seems everyone in town knows they’re moving except their original landlords.
The Tree Changing families are really embracing country life, so much so that Nabih Elemam and single mother, Donna Roberts are having a crack at a rural skills course. For Donna Roberts, her rural skills course pays off. She’s got a job as a farmhand. But Nabih’s hopes to start a halal meat market are now looking less likely with meat prices at a record high. As National Dawah week approaches – a time when Muslims reach out to the community – Nabih and his wife, Christie invite the whole town to hear more about Islam.
Jo and Andrew Gallen now have a very good reason to turn their farmhouse in to a home with news of their impending birth. But it’s also an anxious time for the couple who lost a child two and a half years ago. At the pub, cook Jo faces competition when Kylie Guerke scores two nights a week cooking Thai. But will this be one cook too many?
Nurses, Claire and Tony Moore have finally been paid after a bureaucratic stuff-up left them struggling to pay the mortgage on the home they still own in Canberra. Now they face another challenge when 3 year old, Carlo’s asthma worsens as the seasons change. They face an uncertain future and have a big decision to make. Should they stay or should they go?
