A friend that Mal had made whilst travelling, Joel arrived from out of the blue at the Kennedy's one day, to 'crash,' as I believe they say nowadays. He eventually went to reside at No. 30.

Being a fit, young tri-athlete, Joel certainly set a few hearts a flutter among the Ramsay St girls and it would most likely be easier to make a list of the ones he didn't have a relationship with, than the ones he did. He also got my blood pressure up - as my personal trainer, that is.

But he was involved in more than just romantic drama and once almost drowned while caught under a ute in a rapidly flooding river. Joel studied Marine Biology at University and eventually left for a job in that field in Queensland.