Claudia Hammond (2009)
Alexandra Park
Episodes: 4830 -
Occupation: Farm hand
Claudia was first seen at Martha's farm, enthusiastic for the part-time farm hand job that Martha had advertised for in town. She grew up on a farm just down the road and claimed to be a really hard worker. Though Martha said she was expecting the applicant to be male and older, she agreed to a trial run. Later in the day we discovered that Claudia went to primary school with Geoff Campbell, who teased her about her always having bubblegum in her hair! When Nicole arrived and saw Geoff lending Claudia a hand, she became jealous but was relieved when Martha said nothing was going on between them. Going by the attension Claudia had been paying Geoff throughout the day, however, it looked like she was in fact keen on him.
When Claudia became upset over her ex-boyfriend, she texted Geoff and said she needed to talk. With his phone confiscated, he wagged classes and went to the farm to speak to her. There, she spoke about Lachie, whom she met when she was in year 8. They'd been going out ever since but had broken up two weeks ago, after their fourth split in six months. Lachie wanted to patch things up with Claudia but told her something that he did when they were going out, not making her feel any better. The two of them had grown apart and Claudia didn't think she could ever talk to him again. Geoff explained how he felt him and Nicole had also grown apart. She thanked Geoff for skipping school, soon leading to them sharing a kiss. Later in the day Martha walked out and saw Claudia talking to a male. Claudia clearly stressed out, it was obvious that Lachie had come back again to talk to her. From a distance, Martha watched as the two kissed.
Claudia turned up at school to see Geoff and he took her back to a caravan where they slept together. The caravan caught fire and Claudia and Geoff only just managed to escape. In hospital Geoff went to visit her but found her ex Lachie with her and was devastated when Lachie hit him and warned him to stay away from his girlfriend. Geoff refused to talk to Claudia and pished everyone away but Claudia finally caught up with him and asked him to meet her in the Diner. He just missed her but they caught up with each other and both apologised and reuinited.