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Who do you think would be the top 10 most iconic Home & Away characters? Not necessarily the most popular or who you like the most, but who made the biggest impact and are the most memorable? This is my list: Alf Stewart - longest serving character, been there from the beginning, iconic lines/personality, and is the character everyone thinks of when they think of Home & Away. Without a doubt number 1! Irene Roberts - the second longest serving character, also iconic lines/personality, memorable transformation from villain to hero, also definitely #2! Sally Fletcher - spent 20 years on the show, we saw her grow from a small girl to a young adult, would probably be above Irene if she stayed around for the 2nd half of the show’s run. Marilyn Chambers - another long serving character with 3 different stints in different eras, an iconic look/personality, also sort of grew up on the show but I think Sally is more well known. Donald Fisher - spent 15 years on the show, also an iconic character of the early years and was there at the beginning. Pippa Ross - even though she was only there for the first 10 years (and some later guest appearances), she was the first iconic foster parent figure and an important role in the early years. John Palmer - arguably the biggest character of the newer era, 15 years on the show so far and is the new Don Fisher type but Fisher and Pippa are ahead because they were the originals. Bobby Simpson - only in the show for 5 years but probably the most memorable of the younger characters and transformed from troubled teen to young adult to a motherly figure, also there at the beginning. Daryl Braxton - another memorable younger character and probably the most iconic of the bad boys with many characters trying to replicate him over the years Morag Bellingham - an iconic villain and character of the early years and has made several small stints since and unfortunately RIP to Cornelia. That’s just my opinions and here are some I considered but just didn’t make it: Leah Patterson - she’s the 3rd longest serving character but I just don’t think she’s an iconic character like the ones above and hasn’t made as much of an impact. Roo Stewart - same as Leah, a long serving character but hasn’t made as much of an impact, was in the early years and then returned later. Colleen Smart - a long stint in the middle era and pretty iconic but just misses out. Sam Marshall - grew up from a child to a teen in the early years and decently popular but also just misses out. Also some short term popular younger characters that just didn’t make it such as Vinnie Patterson, Hayley Smith, Angel Parish, Steven Matheson etc.

The River Boys storyline felt so unsatisfying. - The big mystery of the murdered police officer just ended with Rory and Dingo getting predictably arrested for it. There were no twists or intrigue at all. Fans were predicting that either Rory or Dingo were covering for someone, there was more to it, the female officer working with Cash was possibly up to something or maybe working with the River Boys, etc but it all lead to a boring outcome. The female officer was not as significant as we thought and there were no twists at all. - Rory was introduced as a new character and told a sympathetic backstory to Felicity. Once again many fans predicted that Rory would either redeem himself, possibly be an undercover cop, or even lead to to big trouble for Felicity - a lot of rumours were that it would be Felicity’s exit storyline (dying or running off with Rory). Once again nothing interesting happened and Rory was just arrested and Felicity returned and realised she was wrong. - When it ended I thought something must come next. Would people want revenge on Cash? Would Felicity be kidnapped? Would it be revealed that Rory was innocent and return? Did anyone else feel that the storyline was unspectacular and felt unfinished? Plus it really ruined Felicity’s character growth unnecessarily right before her death.

Leah being an online influencer was also dropped. She didn’t even mention it when Ryder and Theo were trying to become internet stars.

It makes zero sense for Roo to not go back to teaching. She was bored and jobless for a while, yet there is a teacher shortage in Australia right now. I’m a teacher and schools are desperate for substitute teachers - at the moment, all you need is a teaching degree and you are guaranteed casual work (if not long term positions). For tutoring, clients usually pay $50 an hour unless the tutor is some sort of incredible genius (and Roo makes her clients study in the diner rather than a quiet study room so it’s not fantastic service worthy of $100 an hour). Casual teaching is between $300-$400 per day. Roo was struggling for clients besides Heather so I’m assuming she was lucky to earn $100 a week. Also Heather wasn’t even paying half the time.

Why did Roo quit teaching? I remember Roo cut her teaching hours down to help Alf and Martha, but why is she doing tutoring now instead of teaching?

Does anyone have a list of all the students who have repeated year 12? It seems at least 1 member of each teen group.