Bless This Mess

Spontaneous, audacious Tess meets reticent, stubborn Claire when the half sisters are reunited by their father Jack's recent death and an 'odd couple' situation is born.

Shearing time and one of the men arrives with a reputation as a killer. Tess witnesses strange goings on and uncovers a secret, as Claire struggles to maintain her authority over the shearers, desperate to meet the deadline for selling her wool.

Jealousies arise as Claire competes in the rodeo while Nick and Alex compete for Tess's attention. Becky’s reputation lands her in serious trouble and the two sisters forget their differences and come to the rescue.

A truck carrying sick sheep to Drovers Run breaks down, and the girls find themselves ding some unconventional modern-day droving to get them back. Tess and Claire find themselves in a toe-to-toe battle over who’s the boss.

Tess’s confidence is shaken when she falls from her horse and then wonders if she truly belongs at Drovers, but she finds her seat when Claire makes her toughest decision since Jack’s death.

Claire is confronted when Tess finds evidence that Jack, their father loved her. Meg and Claire discovers more about Becky’s home life when Becky temporarily returns to the truck stop.

A feral bull is wrecking havoc on Drovers Run, and Harry Ryan uses the opportunity to stake his own claim on the girl’s property.

A steamy night gives away Meg’s secret lover and Claire puts her life on the line against the brumby mob.

Tess puts herself in danger when she comes between a dangerous wild boar and Claire’s beloved cattle dog.

Emotional and traumatic events of past and present return to haunt the lives of the women of Drovers Run.

MEG struggles to cope with the reality of Jodi's coming of age and during the ensuing surprise party relationships are put to the test.

Tess learns the impenetrable rules of what to say and not to say in the country and an innocent remark re opens a very ugly wound, which divides the Ryan brothers.

Claire and Tess save a neighbour from a burning shed, but all is not as it seems. His desperate act prompts Claire to work harder than ever to keep Drovers Run and Tess reveals why she’s frightened of true love.

Theft is on everyone’s mind and the women on Drover’s Run have their own style of justice.

When Claire attends a seminar she leaves Tess in charge of Drovers Run and on her return she discovers a lot more can happen in twenty four hours than she would ever have imagined or, at least, would have led Tess to believe.

Pushed by a neighbour’s untimely death Harry works too hard and is found trapped under a tractor. Fearing the end Harry continues to play one son off against the other and Tess learns a shocking secret from Liz.

A celebratory night out almost ends in disaster when a plan to stop Brian’s misdeeds backfires.

When Claire falls and injures her knee it looks certain she will lose the horse-training contract to the boys at Killarney. Tess comes up with dirty tactics that have surprising consequences.

Love is in the air over Drovers Run, even in the equine world. But in their individual pursuits of true love, the women realise there will be many battles of the heart and land to be won.

Tess is obsessed with her psychology theory and believes she can discover the real reason behind everybody’s behaviour. What she is not prepared for is the truth it uncovers about all those around her and what she is most reluctant to answer herself.

When Tess’s friends from the city arrive unexpectedly, it becomes apparent that Tess’s previous life isn’t going to fade quietly away in the distance.

Jodi’s fund raising efforts for Miss Gungellan are reaching fever pitch with a charity bush polo match to be held at Drovers Run, but a cloud of discontent covers the girls when they make a macabre discovery in the dam.