Sally is delighted to discover that her mentor and old school Principal, the long-retired Donald Fisher, is back in town, and a round of catch-up chats and introductions begin. Colleen, as usual, is on top form when it comes to greeting her old acquaintance. Not content with rubbing salt in the wound when it comes to Don's break-up with June – "People are disposable," she helpfully points out – she also seems to be only too eager to urge Summer Bay’s youngest generation into adopting Don's old nickname: "Goodness, I hope they don’t start calling you 'Flathead' again." (If that's not an invitation, we don’t know what is.) To make matters worse, Don is, as he later puts it to Sally, having some trouble with his bank – a fittingly dignified way of saying he's broke. But luck's clearly on his side when the Department make a decision about the Deputy Principal post at Summer Bay High; when they deny Brad the position, a job-seeking Don is the first person Sally can think of as a suitable substitute. Do we sense tension here?Pimp your rideBelle isn't happy that Drew's spending so much time working on his car instead of being with her – and even less so that he's roped in Dom to help him out. "Drew's the boyfriend now, is he? Whatever happened to Ric? You go through them like tissues, don't you?" Dom teases her, clearly not having lost any of his charm.

Still, Belle’s prepared to overlook Drew’s poor choice of company when Jazz lands the pair front row tickets to a sold-out concert for their favourite band, The Mushrooms.

"I'm not giving up these tickets for anything," Belle later boasts to Cassie, blissfully unaware that Dom's within earshot and is busy formulating a plan.

You see, it's as much as Belle wants to see her beloved band that Drew wants a new exhaust system for his car, and Dom knows it. So when he offers Drew the seemingly nonsensical offer of a $600 exhaust in exchange for the tickets, it's too good an opportunity to pass up.

"If she doesn't understand how much the car means to you, then she's not a very loving girlfriend, is she?" Dom reasons – although clearly loving enough for him, given that he later tries to offer her his conveniently spare ticket, in the process breaking the news that Drew's traded their night out for a car part.

Despite Drew's best attempts at reconciliation, which include some fancy jewellery (only on loan from Jazz, mind you) and an offer of dinner, Belle's furious and, naturally, gives him nothing more than the cold shoulder in return. The wedding planner

Brad's career issues aren't his only concern; preparations for his and Sally's wedding are progressing way too slowly for his liking.

Determined to get things moving, he arranges a dinner with Dan and Leah, who he hopes can give them some advice on arranging their perfect day.

And hey, who cares that the pair’s own wedding wasn't, all in all, a hiccup-free ride? Leah doesn't fail to notice that Brad's enthusiasm for an over-the-top affair is, to say the least, unmatched by Sally, and it soon becomes clear that they have very different ides about what they want.

"Exactly how many people are you thinking of inviting?" Sal asks him nervously. "Oh, just everyone I've ever met in my entire life," comes the only half-joking response.

(If Summer Bay weddings have taught us anything, surely it's to cap guest numbers as far as possible – and maybe even rope in some security, just in case.)

After falling out over Brad's unwillingness to compromise – no casual beach ceremonies for him, thank you very much, Leah – he and Sally sit down to work things out, and reach the less-than-helpful conclusion that they both want the same thing: something different from what they each had last time.

If these two do eventually get hitched, it will be nothing short of a miracle – unless, of course, they discover the art of compromise. Don't hold your breath.

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