When Tom announced that he had lost his job Sally was concerned that she would be pushed out of The Fletchers. Tom and Pippa assured her that this wasn't the case and when Tom suggested moving to the country Sally was all for the idea. She was impressed by the Caravan Park when she first saw it but nearly changed her mind when she was knocked over by Bobby. She and imaginary friend Milco voted in favour of moving to the bay in order to keep the family together and was pleased to get her own room at The Caravan Park House.
Sally was at the shops with Carly and Lynn when they were teased by Bobby. When Pippa later asked if Bobby could move in with them, Sally voted against along with Lynn and Carly. Pippa told them it was not a majority vote as the tie was split but Sally pointed out that Milco didn't like Bobby either. Pippa came upstairs and spoke to Milco, reminding him how The Fletchers had given a home to him and Sally. Sally and Milco changed their vote and Bobby moved into the Caravan Park.
On her first day at school Sally was teased about Milco being imaginary and ran out of school. She was found by Bobby who gave her a pep talk and encouraged her to go back. She later realised that she quite liked school after all.
A dog followed Sally home from school and she and Lynn begged Tom and Pippa to let it stay. They agreed to let it stay one night but the dog barked all night and there were complaints. Tom began looking for the dog's real owners but before they found them the dog was poisoned and with no money to pay for an operation Tom and Pippa agreed to put him down. Sally overheard them discussing it and told Lynn who decided to run away. Sally bought home three stray dogs in the hope that Lynn would come home, Pippa told her they couldn't keep them and then went out and bought a dog for the family. Sally made posters of the dog for Lynn and a local boy with learning difficulties came looking for Sally and Tom and Pippa worked out that this boy was with Lynn. Sally was delighted when Lynn came home and called the dog Dag Dog.
Neville told Sally a story about Mr Haggis living in his bagpipe and Sally believed him and cut the bagpipe to let Mr Haggis escape. Neville was angry and Floss had to explain that it was just a story and that Mr Haggis was imaginary. Sally insisted that he was real like Milco and that she had stopped believing in Milco as a result but Floss talked her round.
She helped Martin and Lance build a home brew machine, even asking Pippa for potato peelings for it. She didn't understand what it was though and drew a picture of it, describing it as a soft drinks machine and the machine was quickly discovered and shut down.
She was upset when something had happened to Carly but she didn't know what and made her first real friend in Scott McPhee. They played together on the beach and she told him how good it was to be fostered. She was upset when he returned to his family in the City but cheered up when Lance and Martin gave her a box of old papers belonging to her grandmother.
Sally, Lynn and Carly found Pippa's brother Danny's wheelchair abandoned at the top of a cliff, they were worried he had committed suicide. He turned up safe and well but Sally didn't understand and played suicide with Lance.
She was excited about Frank's wedding to Roo as she was to be a bridesmaid but gutted when it caused Bobby to move out.
She won tickets to see John Farnham in concert but came down with chicken pox just before. Pippa realised that she was too young to go anyway but Sally was still gutted. Bobby and Frank went instead and told John Farnham all about Sally and he came to visit her at home and sang her a song.
She got a baby crush on Carly's boyfriend Gary and asked him to help her with her homework. She was upset when he turned out to be bad and even more upset when Carly left home just before Christmas. Despite everything she enjoyed her first Christmas in Summer Bay.