Following the crew of the patrol boat HMAS Hammersley, as they patrol the northern sea border of Australia. They have to deal with foreign fishermen poaching fish, smugglers and with political unrest in a neighbouring island state.
New constable Maggie Doyle arrives in Mt. Thomas. She is faced with not only rampant chauvinism but the fact that she will be stationed with her ex-boyfriend, Constable Wayne Patterson, who has recently moved there with his wife Roz.
A boy at a local school has severely assaulted one of his classmates. After questioning at the station, the boy is cautioned and sent home. The next morning, the police are called to a tragic case of domestic violence.
Maggie's boyfriend is suspected of being on the take when a horse racing ring-in is discovered. Maggie's hopes of being promoted into the detective ranks is derailed by the appearance of a rival from St Davids.
Nick has the chance to run the station during Tom's absence, but his job is made more complicated by the discovery of an unidentified body in Mt. Thomas which brings Nick's old Homicide Squad rivals to town.
The Heelers investigate the theft of a harvester on the eve of its repossession by bailiffs. Meanwhile, Nick investigates why a mysterious woman is rifling through a dead man's possessions and Wayne attends his first autopsy.
Tom is puzzled when he sees Father Leary talking to two con artists who are selling herbal remedies to the locals. In a subsequent encounter at the Imperial, Tom finds that Leary has become distant and rude.
PJ does some checking when a young security guard blames a small-time criminal for a series of burglaries. Meanwhile, a young woman comes into the station highly distressed after being robbed of company funds.
A major car accident shatters the lives of several Mt Thomas families. Killed in the collision are three teenagers and Tom's wife, Nell, whose car the impaired teenagers collided with. Tom's daughter, Susan, is the lone survivor.
When a bikie gang arrives in Mt Thomas, Holly McLeod, an ex-bikie, prefers the company of the gang to caring for her two children. Maggie becomes determined to remove the children from their mother.
Deranged father Michael Fielding abducts his young daughter from school and tells Adam in a phone call that she is being abused by her step-father Ian Rasheed. Meanwhile, Adam anxiously awaits his HIV test results.
When officers from Internal Investigations arrive in town en masse to probe allegations of corruption among the Heelers, tempers fray. The day goes from bad to worse when a trio of prisoners escape while being transported.
Tom Croydon is shot at the Imperial Hotel. The mood of paranoia among the Heelers intensifies as they set out to capture the prison escapees and avenge Tom's shooting.
Tom's daughter Susan arrives home from university and tells Tom that she is thinking of dropping out of university. Meanwhile, Nick investigates a local business which has been vandalised.
An old friend of Tom's is brutally attacked, but charging the offender becomes more complicated than he bargains for after learning the suspect is in Witness Protection.
The Heelers investigate the Hughes brothers & their involvement in an inter state payroll robbery. Meanwhile, Wayne & Maggie look into the disappearance of Inspector Faulkner's niece Kim & find her living with her teacher Ben.
Tensions are running high as renovations are underway in the Mt. Thomas station when two Aborigines arrive in town, and Tom is accused of racial prejudice.
A drug raid based on a tip-off goes wrong when the drug manufacturers get wind of the raid. With their joint operation blown, the coppers from Mt Thomas and St Davids point accusing fingers at one another.
Nick is unwittingly involved in a murder investigation that could spell the end of his career when a rowdy drunk that Nick took home is found dead the next day. PJ's mother gives him some relationship advice in hopes he will get married.
The arrival of two backpackers in town leads to a murder investigation for the Heelers. One of the backpackers complicates Wayne's life when a romance blossoms.
When a plane goes down in dense bushland near Mt. Thomas, the Heelers are involved in a search and rescue operation, discovering a politician dragging a dead girl from the wreckage.
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