Hill told Nigel May from Look-in that he won the role of Haydn by chance because agent made a mistake during the application process.

He could not accept the ramifications of Michael's failed business ventures and finds it hard to adjust to life outside of private school.

[3] Andrea Black writing in Home and Away – Official Collector’s Edition explained that the arrival of Haydn and Sophie Simpson (Rebekah Elmaloglou) "meant serious strife" in Summer Bay.

[4] In the TV Week issue dated 29 December 1990, a reporter revealed that writers had planned a love triangle storyline for Haydn in early 1991.

[5] During this time, producers also cast Belinda Giblin to play Haydn's mother and Michael's ex-wife, Cynthia Ross.

[6] On 1 January 1994, a reporter from TV Week announced that Hill had agreed to reprise the role of Haydn for a two-month guest stint.

[7] Hill told a reporter from Inside Soap that Haydn returns because he feels it is the right time to rebuild his relationship with Michael.

[8] Ally Oliver from Inside Soap reported that Michael is "thrilled to see him back and more than ready to forgive his son for their troubled past together."

But Thomsen told the writer that she and Hill were on set, they had made an effort to keep their personal lives separate from their work.

"[9] He later has a "fling" with Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons) and producers later cast Melissa Bell to play Haydn's ex-girlfriend, Suzie Hudson, who is pregnant with his child.

Haydn is enrolled at Summer Bay much to his displeasure as he has previously attended private school and on manages to upset Sophie by pointing out her literacy struggles and finds himself in argument with Blake.

Haydn confides in teacher Grant Mitchell (Craig McLachlan) about his unhappiness about being forced to move by his father.

Karen Dean (Belinda Jarrett), Blake's sister takes a liking to Haydn and makes her feeling clear but he rejects her.

Finlay's mother Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger) is opposed to the union but the couple continue.