Gary Hogan helps a runaway boy solve some problems and as a result, rescues his father from a caravan at a deserted mine. The Most Outstanding Performance for a Juvenile Logie was given to Greg Stroud for this episode.
A young girl who discovers her brother involved in a robbery finds it impossible to keep it secret when he decides to run off into the ranges on horseback.
Gary Hogan encounters a young boy walking alone on a deserted stretch of road. He brings him back to the station but the child won't tell him or Aunty Nan his name and is quick to run off.
Gary Hogan is called on to mediate a dispute between landowner Dave Bradley and his elderly neighbour, Jack Norton. Dave has turned his land into a wildlife sanctuary, restricting access to fishing in the billabong.
When schoolgirl Bonnie Pickett goes missing, her unapproving mother assumes her boyfriend is responsible. Meanwhile, Aunty Nan thinks the girl's father is a gangster.
Young Rosie Hood learns her brother, Frank, got roped into committing a robbery with another youth. When his partner in crime is arrested, Rosie watches as Frank flees on horseback into the ranges.
When a young diabetic boy goes missing, Gary's best hope of locating him is a mentally disabled man who isn't forthwith in revealing what he knows. Gary also must deal with two boys who have been pestering the man.
Two young cousins get into trouble when their home-made raft sinks in the river. One boy makes it to shore but the other, who can't swim, is carried downstream into some dangerous rapids.
Poultry farmer Frank Burgess calls on Gary Hogan for help after he discovers his chooks are being menaced by a dog. The dog belongs to a pair of travelling entertainers and Frank demands it be destroyed.
Two boys, Bobby and John, run away from home when Bobby's parents cannot afford to buy the bike they promised him for his birthday. While in the bush, they become lost, and Bobby is bitten by a snake.
