Henry Carter Hull

Hugh asks Penny out to dinner, but she ends things when he tests positive for drugs. Hayley participates in the Miss Whyhope competition, but another contestant catches Ajax's eye.

Tensions in the Knight family run high as the competition between Ajax and Meryl heats up, and Matt feels guilty about letting Charlie stay. Penny and Jarrod decide to speed up their engagement, but their wedding day is threatened by a possible infectious-disease outbreak at the hospital.

Hugh asks Dinah to stay in Whyhope despite Meryl's wishes, while Ajax and Hayley plan to move out of the Knight homestead. Before Penny and Jarrod fly away for their honeymoon, Jarrod asks Hugh to help with preemployment drug-testing at the mine.

Hugh agrees to help Tara with a random drug test, but an indiscretion puts their relationship out into the open. With April gone, Charlie offers to help out at the brewery, and Betty raises suspicions to Penny about Jarrod's dodgy dealings.

Now under investigation for election tampering, Meryl hires Penny's sharp-tongued sister, Celia, as her lawyer. Hugh comes to the aid of woman who doesn't speak English, and he is forced to perform a risky surgery.

As Hugh contemplates Meryl's ultimatum, Matt can't contain his excitement about April's positive pregnancy test. When Meryl's arrangement with Jarrod goes awry, Hayley proposes a netball game between the hospital and the mining company.

Harriet's mother, Dinah, arrives in Whyhope and ingratiates herself with the Knights, but when she gets lost with Eliza on a walk in the outback, Hugh is forced to bring Penny's fiancé, Jarrod, along to help. Meryl comes up with a daring plan to win reelection to the local council.

Hugh is in Sydney with Penny to watch the transplant operation using the artificial heart he designed. As Meryl prepares for her mayoral inauguration, Charlie tries to win Matt back.

While Hugh recuperates from surgery, Penny laments his reunion with Harriet. Hayley assigns wedding preparation tasks to the family, but Hugh still doesn't approve of the marriage and causes a rift with Ajax.

Penny narrowly survives the car crash but is forced to stay at the hospital to recuperate. When Jarrod gets a job offer out of town, Penny must decide whether or not to leave Whyhope-and Hugh-for good.