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13 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
When Maggie arrives at Five Mile Creek, her husband is nowhere to be found. While she waits for news of his whereabouts, she joins the Five Mile Creek family who are busy establishing a coach line and way station to serve coach passengers.
Episode 2
Ben Jones arrives from the USA with team of horses for The Australian Express; Kate offers to raise a juvenile bush ranger, and "Backer" Bowman visits Five Mile Creek, trying to discourage The Australian Express out of business.
Episode 3
A mysterious traveler arrives at Five Mile Creek and immediately falls in love with Kate, who also shares the same feelings for him. But he holds a shocking secret that can lead to trouble for The Australian Express.
Episode 4
While rounding up horses for the coach line, Jacks falls from his horse and injures his knee. He comes down with a deadly fever, and it's up to Paddy to cure him with a native potion. Meanwhile, Mr. Withers' snobbish friends visit Five Mile Creek with Lord David Rivers from London, and Sam is accused of being a thief.
Episode 5
As The Australian Express booms with business, Con and Jack make plans to expand. But they run into trouble when a stubborn neighboring squatter insists that the land the men have purchased is rightfully his. When a feud breaks out, it's the squatter's wife that manages to calm the troubled waters.
Episode 6
Maggie is informed that her missing husband is a bushranger, but keeps it a secret from Hannah; Sam eavesdrops on Maggie and Kate and learns of the secret. When he spills the beans to Hannah, she runs away to go back home to America and it's up to him to find her when she gets lost.
Episode 7
Adam finally arrives at the way station, with intentions of taking Maggie and Hannah with him. With a bounty still out for him, Maggie thinks better of the situation and tells him that she and Hannah will come only when he can assure them that he has made the kind of life that she and Hannah would be willing to share with him.
Episode 8
A pregnant woman traveling to Wilga in search of her husband stops at the way station for a night's board, and ends up going into labor. It's then up to Con to go search for her husband and bring him back to Five Mile Creek. Meanwhile, Maggie is distraught over being separated from Adam again and takes her aggrivation out on everyone, especially Sam.
Episode 9
When Harry, a handyman from a neighboring farm is dismissed, Kate lets him stay at The Haven as her guest. When Jack signs responsibility for a shipment of gold and the gold is later stolen in a hold-up by bushrangers, Jack becomes suspicious of Harry for having showed up at Five Mile Creek the same time as the hold-up. Meanwhile, Con is furious with Jack for having signed off on the gold and demands Jack to get on the search for it. Also, Maggie receives a letter from her parents who want for her and Hannah to come back to the States, and must decide on going back home or staying with her newfound friends.
Episode 10
Mr. Swenson, the editor for The Chronicle in Wilga, calls Kate an "immoral" woman when she stands up for a stage woman who performs in the saloon after she and her manager are thrown out of their hotel room. Kate invites them to stay at Five Mile Creek, where they offer Sam a job on tour with them and he seriously considers the career change. Mr. Swenson also causes havoc when he overhears that the people of Five Mile Creek are helping aborigines, who dwell on Kate's property, and is determined to have them thrown off her land, in fear that they will spread diseases.
Episode 11
The Australian Express takes interest in the mail contract, but another businessman from out-of-town has his eyes set on it as well. The resolution is a boxing match between Con and the out-of-towner. When Con gets injured the night before the match, taking him completely out of the fight, it's up to Jack to stand in for Con.
Episode 12
A con artist arrives at Five Mile Creek and claims to be Jack's old friend. He offers to help the coach line with his skills and his connections. But he also has a hidden agenda: he plans to cheat them out of their money and property.
Episode 13
The American settlers celebrate Thanksgiving. They invite their Australian friends to join them. But the festivities are interrupted by an unexpected visitor: Maggie's husband Adam Scott, who has come to take her back with him.