Spencer Harrington is a teen runaway who runs away from home with his girlfriend, Maddy Osborne. Spencer and Maddy met in high school and started dating, but his father, Ian doesn't approve Maddy good enough to be Spencer's girlfriend, which angers Maddy's parents, who doesn't want Maddy to date a snob. The two lovers ran away from home to be together and Maddy falls ill and they were both found, living in a local high school. They arrive to Summer Bay and turns up to Roo Stewart and Harvey Ryan's house at the Caravan Park, and tells them that they're brother and sister, and are travelling all around Australia.