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Arriving in the Bay in Episode 4020 with his sons Jack and Lucas it was pretty obvious from the start that Tony was destined to get together with next door neighbour Beth Hunter. After finally asking her out and a few subsequent, successful dates, the two became an item.
When their houses were threatened with demolition during the Project 56 debacle Tony and Beth decided it would be a good idea to move in together and even though the plans fell through they continued with the plan and Tony and his youngest son Lucas moved in with The Hunters.
Initially a PE teacher at Summer Bay High, Tony lost his job during staff cuts in Brad Armstrong's first week as Principal but has recently been given a job by Amanda, running the Gym.
Apart from a few rebellion issues with Lucas and being at Jack's side in just about every major crisis there's not really very much more to say about Tony as he hasn't really been given much in the way of storylines until Beth decided to take a trip overseas.
On the day she was due to return, Kit was on the way to the hospital in labour and Tony sat at home waiting for Beth. When eventually he gave up waiting and headed the hospital he was stopped by a police roadblock at a major car crash. Approaching Jack at the scene and realising something was up, Tomny broke through the Police barriers only to find Beth, being taken away, the only fatality of the crash.
Devastated, Tony broke the news to Beth's daughters and continued to stay strong for them but inside he was crumbling. When Kit and Matilda used Beth's money to buy the Gym for him, Tony's grief became too much to bear and new girl in town Naomi Preston seemed to be the only person he could talk to. Distraught he ended up in her caravan and after a copious amount of vodka he slept with Naomi, only to find out two days later that she was his son Lucas's ex-lover.
Vowing to keep the truth from Lucas, Tony wrote Naomi a letter only for Lucas to find it and announce the news at the dinner table to a devastated Matilda and Kit. With Matilda and Lucas both going off the rails as a result and Lucas ending up in hospital, Tony tried desperately to keep the family together. Matilda and Lucas however, refused to be under the same roof as him, leaving Tony no choice but to move out temporarily into Irene's. Lucas and Matilda eventually forgave him and he moved back home.
Tony struck up a friendship with Rachel as she struggled to cope with the breakdown of her marriage but just when it seemed there might be something between them, Rachel set Tony up on a date with Nurse Julie Cooper. The date ended badly when it became clear that Tony's heart wasn't in it and Julie was later attacked. Tony was asked to account for his whereabouts during Julie's attack and was given an alibi by Jazz Curtis whom he had met on the beach and spent the night with. They began seeing each other, making it clear that there was no strings attached but it finally ended when Jazz showed her true colours and Tony admitted that their casual relationship wasn't what he wanted.
Tony had taken over running the school football team and took an interest in talented Geoff Campbell eventually helping his secure a scholarship and giving him a place to stay when his grandfather threw him out. Tony's actions did not go down well with Lucas who had taken an instant dislike to Geoff but the boys eventually managed to get past that to become friends.
With Lucas leaving the bay to go to Uni, Matilda moving in with Ric and Jack now married to Sam, Tony began feeling a bit lonely at the Holden house and resumed his friendship with Rachel Armstrong. He was there to support her when Reverand Hall turned out to be the Summer Bay Stalker and attacked her but it was only when new guy in town Roman Harris took an interest that Tony worked up the courage to ask her out. She accepted and they had a tentative first date in the city.
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