Tom Fletcher

Tom was an idealist and a dreamer. He was a gentle man with a creative mind. When he was a kid, he had come from a broken home: when he was born, his father left. Instead of taking care of him, his mother fostered him out when he was two years old. He has not seen her since.

Tom and Pippa have been married for ten years when they came to the Bay. They wanted to have kids. Unfortunately, due to Pippa's problem, they could not have their own children. Tom suggested that they foster kids. She was aware of his background as a foster kid and realised that he wanted to provide for kids other people would not touch and agreed to foster kids. The applied for a first kid and Tom has not regretted it ever since.

Tom has lost his job and so they decided to leave the city for the Bay. They bought a caravan park originally owned by Alf Stewart.

Tom had a variety of odd jobs. He worked on the road, which had made Carly ashamed of him. After Barlow was sacked, he became the boss.

He died of a stroke while driving a car with Steven and Bobby as passengers.

ROGER OAKLEY

Roger has worked in television and theatre for over twenty years. He became interested in acting when he was studying languages in university in New Zealand. In 1968, he left for England and spent five years performing in a repertory theatre throughout Britain.

In 1973, he returned to New Zealand and did a lot of TV and radio work. He came to Australia in 1978 and auditioned for a role in The Sullivans. Later on, other roles included Against The Wind, Sara Dane, Carson's Law, Eureka Stokade and Women of the Sun. Films he has played in included Ground Zero, Travelling North and Sleeping Dogs.

As well as TV and films, Roger had been heavily involved with theatre work: he was involved in The Melbourne Theatre Company in productions such as Glenn Garry Glen Rose, The Norman Conquests, The Alchemist and Benefactors. Home and Away was his first lead role in a TV series.