List of Home and Away characters introduced in 2009

Liam Murphy and John Palmer arrived in March, while Lachie Cladwell and David Gardiner debuted in April.

July saw the birth of Harry Holden and the arrival of the Walker Family consisting of Sid, Dexter and Indigo.

Detective Robert Robertson arrived in August and in September Romeo Smith was the final character to be introduced.

Gina Austin, played by Sonia Todd, made her first on-screen appearance on 27 January 2009 and departed on 18 April 2013.

The serial's official website describe her stating: "Gina is a loving mother, and she knows she has made terrible mistakes with her eldest and youngest boys.

One day he pushes Joey overboard into the water leaving her terrified of him, she tries to avoid him but Robbo continues to harass her.

[9] Upon his arrival Trey enjoys causing trouble for Geoff Campbell (Lincoln Lewis) and Nicole Franklin.

He takes pleasure in bullying many of the locals, including Jai Fernandez (Jordan Rodrigues), who he makes racist taunts towards, and causing trouble for the teachers.

Home and Away producers introduced a storyline that saw fellow character Charlie Buckton (Esther Anderson) begin a relationship with Joey.

Charlie manages to get Robbo's ex Tanya to file a complaint but when she arrives in town she is hit by a car and the driver flees the scene.

It is later revealed Brendan caused the accident and Roman decides against pressing charges as he realises he cannot be held accountable for his actions.

Former A Country Practice actor, Withington joined the cast of Home and Away in 2009 in the recurring guest role of John.

Claudia who falls for Geoff Campbell (Lincoln Lewis), is shocked when Lachie arrives to try and win her back.

[27] The Sydney Morning Herald praised Sims performance as Gardy as convincing, and opined that his toying with Roman Harris (Conrad Coleby) was "genuinely creepy".

[28] A Daily Record reporter commented "He might have a cheeky smile and lovely hair but it would be fair to say Gardy is a baddie.

Within Gardy's first week in the bay, he, Roman and Hugo Austin (Bernard Curry) are involved in a huge brawl with John Palmer (Shane Withington) and several of his friends.

When this fails, Roman asks Gardy to leave but he talks him round with a bottle of scotch as a peace offering.

The robbery is successful but an elderly woman suffers a heart attack and Roman's conscience gets the better of him and he performs CPR and manages to get away.

Gardy later decides to rob the Palmer house taking Trey (Luke Bracey) and Jenena (Anna Lise Phillips) hostage.

It soon emerges that Gardy witnessed Roman shoot and kill one of his own men for disobeying an order when they were deployed to Afghanistan and has been blackmailing him for it.

Gardy makes plans with a gang to rob a warehouse in Mangrove River but is forced to abort when the police arrive.

Harry Jack Holden, played by a number of child actors, made his first on-screen appearance on 30 July 2009.

In August 2010, Harry moved to Boston in the United States with his parents, briefly stopping at his half-brother Jack's grave to say goodbye as they left.

In June 2010, it was announced that Indigo and her family would return to the serial, of this Weaving stated: "It's a bit easier this time around as I don't have to fit in work and my studies on top of that.

Of the creation process Walker states that as the serial in not a "hard cop drama" they needed a character the lighten the mood.

[36] He also added: "Robertson, with all his quirks and unique sense of humour, allowed us to tackle some pretty dark material but keep it funny and energetic – not depressing, in other words.

"[36] The Daily Record described Robert as "ruthless" compared to Charlie Buckton (Esther Anderson), and said Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher) had every right to worry.

[37] Robertson is a police detective, who visits Summer Bay to investigate the murder of Grant Bledcoe, Ruby Buckton's (Rebecca Breeds) biological father.

He works closely on the case with Detective Graves (Eryn Jean Norvill) and he chooses Alf as the prime suspect.

Robertson bullies Will Smith (Zac Drayson) into making a statement which implicates Alf at the scene of Penn's murder.