THE SIXTH SERIES (1997-1998)

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THE MAIN CAST


Bogdan Drazic
(Callan Mulvey)

The students have moved to Hartley Heights School , and Drazic likes it over there , it's like "bladers'paradise" ! When he finds out they're having a blade contest at that school , he thinks he can beat the old record easily , and so he does ! Therefore he gets the respect of all the Hartley Heights students ,he doesn't get punished by the school council , and the kids of Hartley High are now accepted by everyone , and not called "rejects" anymore . He and Anita are still in love , and he thinks of moving in with her , when Hillary (Ms.Scheppers) leaves for Melbourne . But Ryan hates the idea of him and Draz staying under the same roof , and Anita finds out she has to do the housekeeping alone , so Drazic has to find another place to stay . He moves in with Mai into a new warehouse , after they got kicked out of the old one . Draz is also working at the Shark Pool , together with Mai , when Mr.Black reopens the place .
Anita Scheppers
(Lara Cox)

Anita is still madly in love with Drazic , and she almost lets him stay at her place , but Ryan & Mai make sure it doesn't have to come that far .
When the new girl Sarah arrives , Anita is there to help her and show her around . She and Sarah become good friends , and thanks to Anita , Sarah can fit in the new environment . She always stands up for her brother , even when everyone thinks he's using drugs , she believes her brother is smart enough to keep away from that stuff . When the truth comes out , she keeps helping him and trying to get through to him that he's going in the wrong direction . That's one of the things that makes Anita Scheppers such a beautiful girl , she's nice , friendly , and always there to support anyone who needs help .
Ryan Scheppers
(Rel Hunt)

Ryan immediately feels great at Hartley Heights . From the beginning , his eyes have fallen onto Nikki , and he's trying hard to get to know her better , which Kurt doesn't like at all , because he also likes Nikki very much . Ryan also joins the school rugby team , which is coached by Kurt's father , and where Kurt always had been the star player . He thinks he can beat Kurt in football , but when Nikki finally chose Kurt , Ryan freaks out and roughly tackles Kurt into the Hospital ! Now almost everyone hates Ryan , so he keeps away from school and he starts using drugs . But thanks to the support of his sister , he gets over it and the things turn back to normal .
Nikki Ruark
(Fleur Beaupert)

Nikki is a girl with many singing ambitions . She often busks in the streets and the places around the city , so she can get a bit of a support , because she comes from a poor family , and there isn't much money left for her alone . She's always having a strong opinion on things an she sure isn't shy to make everyone clear what she thinks . When she's with Kurt , she doesn't want to rush things and that's possibly why their relationship doesn't last that long .
Kurt Peterson
(Jeremy Lindsay Taylor)

Kurt is the most sportive guy of Hartley Heights , good looking & muscled , loved by many girls . Kurt's father first coaches the rugby team , but he loses his job as an accountant , and he drinks too often , so Kurt has to go through a rough period . Also , when the Hartley High gang came in , he and Ryan soon hate each other , because they both want Nikki . It ends up in an accident on the football field , and Kurt is now certain that he can never become a professional rugby player anymore . But he has got the girl he wanted now , Nikki , and he feels happy again .
Mai Hem
(Nina Liu)

Mai is very busy in running the Shark Pool together with Drazic . Like we already know Mai from previous series , she always has some new ideas to come up with , and she always has her say in things , also at Hartley Heights . When she gets robbed at the Shark Pool by some biker though , she becomes very paranoid and Drazic has to guard the warehouse etc... . it even comes that far , that Mai sleeps with Draz because she's too scaired to sleep alone ! Drazic feels very bad about it afterwarts , and he wants to forget they ever slept together , but Mai doesn't feel the same way , in fact , she starts liking Drazic more and more ! When she tells Anita about the "accident" , Anita ends up her relationship with Drazic , and Drazic's very angry of course ! But things loosen up , and Mai leaves school when she gets a job as a director for ICE Records .
Sarah Livingstone
(Nathalie Roy)

This girl is new in town , and she moves in with the Scheppers together with her mum Kath , the new housekeeper . First , Sarah is a very nice girl and she does everything her mum tells her to do , but when she finds out that her mum lied to her about her father being dead , she starts looking for her father everywhere . Later on , when she finds out that her father is still alive and that he's even a priest , she freaks out ! (how would you react?!) Kat decides to move back to the country , and Sarah goes back with her .

Lee Delaine
(Marcel Bracks)

Lee is new at Hartley Heights , and starts there together with his father who's a teacher . When everyone treats him like a looser , he does some dangerous stuff to become part of the gang . Sarah comes back from the country , and she's staying at Lee's house now , because she got kicked out of her appartment . Lee's older brother , Simon , died a few years ago , and his parents are still comparing him to his "perfect" brother , which Lee doesn't like of course , and he rans away from home . But his father finds him back and can stop him from leaving , and things work out .

Dennis
(Putu Winchester)

Dennis is a good friend of Kurt , and also playing in the school rugby team . When there's a fight or trouble , Dennis is mostly not far away , that's why he and Drazic soon become mates . He's always telling people straight on what's on his mind . Dennis'brother is suffering from the Down-syndrom , and Dennis is embarrassed to tell the others at first , but when Anita helps his brother , he decides to introduce him to his friends and treat him like a normal person .
Kath Livingstone
(Elaine Hudson)

She's the new housekeeper of the Scheppers , and although she also grew up in the city , she lived in the country for a long time , to bring up her daughter Sarah . She's very catholic and she always goes to church . The house should be kept clean all the time , and she's very strict when it comes to punctuality . Ryan & Anita aren't very used to that , but they can still make their own decisions of course ! First , she forbids Sarah to go out with the others , but then she sees that there's no harm in it and Sarah is much happier when she may go out from time to time . She has kept it a secret that Sarah's father is in fact a priest , and she even told Sarah her father was dead ! When Sarah finds out the truth , she freaks out and Kath knows now she made a big mistake by lying all the time . Kat decides to move back to the country , and Sarah comes with her , but not for lang .

Mr.Albers
(Frederik Miragliotta)

He's definately one of the weirdest teachers of the planet , only for his teaching methods alone . He always tries to learn his students the subjects in a creative way , and it helps , the students are very enthousiastic and they learn a lot . He comes from a gipsy family , that maybe explains his originality and his different views on things . Hartley Heights lessons were never boring with Mr.Albers , that's for sure ! When he gets a job offered at the theatre , he leaves Hartley Heights and starts a new career .


Mr.Delaine
(John Walton)

As Lee's father and teacher , Nat replaces Mr.Albers to teach the senior students . He sees that Lee has difficulties with him being his teacher , and after all the problems in the beginning , he thinks of putting Lee into a new school , but Lee wants to stay at Hartley Heights . He's a bit old-fashioned , unlikelily Mrs.Delaine , e.g. he refuses Sarah and Ryan to sleep together in his house , and he's still missing his oldest son Simon very much . He tries to change though , giving Lee a second chance , and becoming more "modern" by doing some performing acts in class and playing together with his students .

Jill Delaine
(Morna Seres)

She's Lee's mother , and for a living she sells cars . Although Lee doesn't like her to smoke , she needs her cigarette everytime she comes home from a long day of work . At the car market where she works , Drazic gets offered a work experience job : first he just has to wash cars , but later on , he turns out to be the ideal man for turning some commercials for their store ! (and because Jill always forgets her lines)

Di Barnett
(Andrea Moor)

Di Barnett is the principal of Hartley Heights School , and she has to take over from Bailey when Hartley High closes down . She has actually a very modern view on directing the school , and she leaves some responsibilities directly to the kids . They all appreciate that of course , and besides her work as a principal she also teaches the senior students .

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