The following month saw the arrival of a new family, the Sutherlands consisting of Rhys, Shelley and their three daughters, Dani, Kirsty and Jade.
[2] Yahoo!7 describe Leah as "a single mother who has a strong work ethic and stands up for what she believes in.
Kieran begins flirting with Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper) who rejects his advances and threatens to expose his behaviour to Sally.
Sally refuses to believe her at first but Hayley Smith (Bec Cartwright) and Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood) verify her story as they both witnessed Kieran grab Gypsy several times.
Steven Matheson (Adam Willits), Sally's foster brother confronts Kieran on the beach and beats him up.
[14] Jade is portrayed as the "quieter" and "dreamy" of the Sutherland sisters, a keen book reader who likes to help out those less fortunate than herself.
[15] A columnist for the Sunday Mail thought the plot was questionable and said "A family arrive and claim Jade was swapped at birth with their daughter.
He told Joanne McCarthy of the Newcastle Herald that he had asked his agent to find him a television role as he wanted "some stability".
[30] Rhys is the patriarch of the five-strong Sutherland family, who take over running the Summer Bay Caravan Park.
Forrest made a brief return to the serial in 2009 in order to facilitate her on-screen daughter, Kirsty's (Christie Hayes) departure.
She arrives in the Bay to stay with Harry and his landlord Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) and her direct nature manages to annoy several residents.
Harry confronts June over the content of her autobiography, which paints his late father, Frank in a bad light.
On June's next visit to the bay, she rekindles her relationship with Donald and they grow closer together and she helps organise the school's Rock Eisteddfod.
It is soon revealed June is a kleptomaniac when she is caught on camera stealing Alex Poulos' (Danny Raco) watch at VJ Patterson's christening.
On Donald's final day as principal of Summer Bay High, June makes a surprise return and they leave for the Whitsundays together and later marry.
In 2004, Andrew Fraser from Inside Soap revealed that when Brodie returns she would be involved in a "sizzling love triangle" and a dramatic car crash.
[35] Sacha Molitorisz of The Sydney Morning Herald said that the episode featuring Brodie and Hayley's car crash was better suited to "die hard fans".
Jacqueline Maley writing for The Sydney Morning Herald refers to Noah as a "bad boy" type character.
[42] The episode featuring Noah's appearance as a ghost to say goodbye to Hayley also earned a nomination in this category in the same year.
[43] Jude Lawson, played by Ben Steel, made his first appearance on 30 October 2000 and departed on 12 September 2002.