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When Brett, a young Aussie surfer, discovers a mysterious portal leading from his basement bedroom in Perth, Western Australia, to the cellar of a boarding school in Galway, Ireland, he can't resist trying it out. Caught near the girls' showers, Brett flees but is saved by Hannah, a no-nonsense schoolgirl who is about to give him up until he tells her about the portal.

Hannah discovers that triggering the shark alarm on a crowded Aussie beach is not the best way to get out of a surfing contest.

A porridge plumbing problem gets Brett the job of assistant caretaker and gives him the perfect cover story for being at O'Keefe's.

In the science lab at O'Keefe's, Hannah and Cormac discover the extraordinary magnetic powers of the portal key. In Australia, Brett makes his own discovery - if the key is missing on the other side, the portal won't work. Hannah is supposed to be doing her last round of beach cleaning duty and she'll be in trouble with the Beach Ranger if she misses it.

Asking a colourful Irish busker to pretend to be Hannah's father seemed like a good idea at the time. All he had to do was make a phone call so Hannah could have permission to join Brett's family on a boat trip. Getting himself invited to dinner wasn't part of the plan.

Brett and his new stepbrother Wayne can't seem to get on so Craig suggests they go bush for a "bonding" camp. Whilst Brett is away, Hannah decides to portal to Australia and spend a relaxing day at the beach. But the new magnetic security system Cormac has installed in his room creates havoc.

Keeping the portal a secret has gotten Hannah into a lot of trouble. And now she is in Miss Murphy's sights. Having missed her science test whilst diving on a reef in Australia, Hannah persuades Cormac to help her make up marks in the practical exam. Brett thinks that inventing a talking lie detector is not a good idea for people who have secrets.

Hannah goes to portal back to Ireland but the key is missing! Hannah is stranded in Australia until she and Brett can discover who took it. But when they find that Meredith has taken the key to the museum, things take a turn for the worse. Dr Ackerman, the museum geologist, has determined that the strange artifact is made from an unknown meteoric ore.

Tara finds a photo of Brett and Hannah on a glorious beach and is convinced it is proof of their romance. To keep the photo a secret, Hannah is forced to become Tara's slave. But Hannah is really interested in the photo because an Australian surf lifesaving boat is in the background.

While preparing to be hostess of 'Founder's Day' at O'Keefe's college, Tara sneaks into town to buy a new dress. After all, one can't look one's best in a school uniform! Brett offers to show Tara a short cut back to O'Keefe's but the journey over rocky fences and through muddy fields culminates in them being baled up in a barn by an escaped bull.

Brett falls off a ladder at O'Keefe's and knocks himself unconscious. He wakes up in hospital and makes the doctor think that he is concussed by insisting that he lives in Australia. While Brett is kept for observation, Hannah has to cover for him in Perth by taking his place for his family's big day of spring cleaning.

When Hannah discovers a silver candelabra from O'Keefe's in Brett's home, she can't believe that Brett is a thief. But when Hannah finds a whole bag of loot hidden in O'Keefe's cellar, she has no choice but to think the worst. Then Craig recounts the wild story of a burglar who gave himself up to the police, swearing he had been "zapped" to Perth from a school in Galway.

Preparing a meal for Jackie and Craig was Meredith's idea, so how did Brett end up doing the cooking? When Brett portals through to Ireland to get Hannah to do it for him, he overhears Miss Murphy and Seamus talking and gets the impression that the school is to be sold. No school means no portal! Putting the buyer off isn't a problem but the truth is, the buyer is actually an insurance valuer.

Michael O'Connor claims to operate hotels all over the world including Galway, so when he asks Jackie and Craig to be partners in a new hotel in Perth, and offers Brett sponsorship for the World Surfing Classic, Brett is very excited. Then Hannah and Brett check out the O'Connor family in Galway and discover that Michael O'Connor died over 20 years ago.

Brett is pleased that Hannah has decided to learn surfing, unaware that it's only because she's got a crush on Paul, the handsome young surfer who runs the new surf clinic. Ignoring her studies, Hannah portals to Australia every night to be with Paul at the beach during the day. But her crush gets crushed when Hannah discovers that Paul already has a girlfriend.

Tara catches Hannah sneaking out of the school at night and threatens to tell Miss Murphy unless Hannah agrees to take part in her "extreme make-over" assignment. Tara decides that it is not just Hannah's appearance that needs improving but her entire life so she follows Hannah 24/7 to ensure that all bad influences are removed - including Cormac.

Tara smuggles her pet dog Pookie into the school but while hiding it from Seamus, Brett accidentally sends Pookie through the portal to Australia. After causing chaos in the restaurant, Pookie flees to the beach and is caught by the Ranger.

While Cormac is showing off his interplanetary exploration robot to Martin, the robot follows Hannah through the portal and sends back intriguing pictures. Cormac's computer tracking program seems to indicate that his robot is not lost in the school grounds but is on the other side of the world.

When Craig tells Wayne to help Hannah take home some food, Hannah suddenly has to have a home in Australia to take it to. Wayne is getting suspicious until Hannah goes to the front door of a house they have passed three times. Before Hannah can get rid of Wayne, the old lady owner invites them in.

When Cormac discovers an old chest of junk at O'Keefe's, Brett takes what he thinks is a worthless old tin soldier as a birthday present for Wayne. Then Miss Langham discovers that the soldier could be a part of a valuable collection and has the whole school searching through the rubbish to find it.

When Miss Murphy asks about the hostel that Brett claims he is living in, Brett doesn't realise that she is looking for accommodation for her visiting mother. It seems as if Brett's cover story will be blown until Cormac asks Hannah to feed the fish in his auntie's house whilst she is away.

The hot new book 'Prince of Roth' is being launched at midnight all over the world and no-one, not even Tara, can get an advance copy. But when Hannah realises that midnight in Perth is 8 hours ahead of midnight in Ireland, she decides to portal over and get a copy.

Tara sees Brett riding Seamus's old motorbike around the school and thinks he's cool. To prove that he's cool too, Martin takes the bike for a joy ride and crashes it. He flees the scene leaving Brett to take the wrap. Unable to show the police his passport, Brett escapes through the portal to Perth where Wayne has started a business selling "pre-loved" junk.

When Meredith gets interested in Feng Shui, Craig decides that Brett's room needs renovating - and the first thing he'll fix is that ugly rock wall. To save the portal from being plastered over, Brett has to redecorate first - and O'Keefe's is throwing out a whole lot of old stage props. In Ireland, the school is on an orienteering course and Hannah's compass is going wild.

Aonghus O'Keefe, inventor of the portal and founder of the school, disappeared over 100 years ago and Hannah is keen to find out where he is buried. Brett isn't interested because Tara believes that Brett is secretly wealthy and has suddenly found him attractive. Finding no grave in Ireland, Hannah searches the cemetery in Perth but still finds nothing so she turns to Jackie for help.