Bob and Cookie return to the valley for a visit. Bob has started a great new life for himself in Darwin but Cookie, who has come down with pneumonia, has not been having a good time and has been missing home. Kate clashes with the hospital's new nurse, Malcolm Fairfax, but he is quickly fired after he approaches Rosemary trying to have Kate dismissed. Kate applies for Lucy vacated position. Bernice decides to transform Perce farm into a Bed and Breakfast.