It's given us Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McLachlan. It's been decried as "junk" by an education minister. And it's consistently topped the ratings for the BBC. In this, the 2,000th episode of the Aussie soap, there is only one of the original cast members left - Helen Daniels
(played by Anne Haddy ) who is celebrating her birthday.
Helen's day is complete when two former residents, Paul and Lucy Robinson (played by Stefan Dennis and Melissa
Bell), make a surprise visit.
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