Back in Scrubber-Town, new enrolments for the Crockerie have reached record numbers, so much so that a new annex has had to be built. The dyslexic sign-writer, Shane Shaw painted a new sign reading The Croakerie Annex. Rob Hobbs was furious, but he still wasn't able to fire Shane.

Dr Una has continued to run her psychology practice and swears by her bubble-wrap therapy. She is also wearing a second hat as do-gooder/social worker to the Spite-Club girls, with varied success. Needless to say she has made absolutely no progress with Mandi, Sandi or Candi. Dr Una is currently trying to negotiate with Channel One, the One and Only One, to produce a documentary about the Spite-Club.  So far they have not been interested in her idea, but she is persisting. She says by thinking positively, that eventually she'll achieve her goal. Good luck with that Dr Una.

Olga from the Volga has fired her original team of Crockerie Cuties and begun training another group from the new intakes in the 'Croakerie'.Their new theme song will be Twistin' By the Pool'. She continues to make a nuisance of herself with Kal and Tatiana.

Poor old Andy Abels the dentist and Dr Una's and Dr Ina's brother, took a New Year's scenic flight down to Antarctica, but the plane encountered sudden bad weather and crashed into a mountain. There were no survivors.

Dr Wun Sun's younger sister Dr Wun Tu has taken over as Scrubber-Town dentist and made a big impact on the male population with her feminine dresses, and cute accent.

Dr Wun Sun and Dr Daisy have flown off to work in England for a year.

Dr Ina Eppit has at last managed to get her own segment on the TVSN channel to promote her new Vita-Veggie range of diet products. She is also congratulating herself that she is on the telly, whereas her sister Dr Una hasn't been successful in the area of TV. She never forgets to remind her sister that she is now a TV star. It causes some friction between the two sisters.

Whitney Wells is preparing to marry her used car salesman fiance Ron Pond. She wanted to have a beach-side ceremony at the Around the World Resort, but will she get as far as the altar? Is a nasty surprise in store for her? Watch this space.

By the way Whit's best friend and work mate Britney will be Maid of Honour at the wedding, but after a few Rocket Booster cocktails in the Bogan bar one night, nearly spilled the beans on the details of Whit's wedding dress. Whit didn't speak to her for a day, until Brit started blubbing and apologised to Whit. 

Kate Blake got a new boss at Channel One ; the One and Only One, by name of Prue Pepper. Prue has turned out to be a man-eating home-wrecker. She is going all-out to compete with Delfine ( the manager of Delfine's Academy and a former friend of Prue's )for the attentions of recently divorced real-estate entrepreneur Col Sidney. Before Col, she was flirting with Noel Nutter of Nutters and Rotters, but then decided he wasn't prestigious enough.  She wants to take over as the face of several popular programmes, including All Day, Ev'ry Day

Kate Blake had a panic attack when she heard about that.

Tatiana, Komik Kal's blonde Russian trophy wife, has expanded her model agency by taking it into the City Centre, where she has said there would be more talent. StrutGirl has become the top modeling agency and Tatiana has continued to become very rich. and shops as if there is no tomorrow, we hear. We last heard that she continues to have an on/off affair with Rob Hobbs and goodness knows who else. Kal surprisingly continues to turn a blind eye, as Tatiana has status and is good for his huge ego.

Jules Jamieson, mother of Asteroid Air pilot Justin, has returned to Scrubber-Town and re-opened JulesJewlz. She's kept Topsy's friend Tina on as an assistant for now, but Tina has proven very unreliable,so she may be fired at any time.

Shannon, Asteroid Air flight-attendant and Lainie's nemesis, managed to get herself sacked from Asteroid Air, for hooking up with a well-known TV game-show host, Miguel, and drinking champagne with him in the galley whilst on duty. She has appeared in the tabloids as 'the other woman in his break-up with  fiancée  Mischa. Apparently Shannon wasn't at all unhappy with the publicity and has appeared in several gossip rags. She has moved into reality TV and is featured in a programme called You and Me a dating show, with none other than co-host Miguel.

Mandi Mason has continued to flit in and out of the detention centre and was enraged to find that her partner-in-crime Sandi, had a new BFF, Candi. Mandi threatened them both and ended up in Dark Park Detention Centre for an extended stay.

Wade Blade and Jade got married, fought a lot, separated; then when Wade went on tour with his Raving Lunatic band, they got back together. Jade wanted to be a famous Rock-star –wife and keep all the girls away. She didn't succeed. But if any of you are confused, she's currently married to Wade and is known as Mrs Raving Lunatic.

Lainie's cousin Lacey and her BFF Stacey have now taken over writing of the Scrubber-Town Saga magazine.

Suze is still working as Sky Frye's PA, and is still losing things and being generally inefficient.

Skye Frye has been on a few secret dates with Col Sidney  and will give Prue Pepper a run for her money. However Skye is very private and isn't telling anyone. Good onya Skye. However, we suppose a whole lot more people know now. Sorry Skye.

Janie's series of New Airport Movies for the Twenty-First Century have so far been a big hit and rocketed Janie to super-stardom. Two have been released so far and there are a couple more in the making. They include scenarios such as terrorism,volcanic eruptions, solar storms, mechanical failures, hurricanes, coronial mass ejections and near-space travel. Don't miss these! They are being billed as ' The Airport Movie with the lot', a bit like a hamburger.

Queen Custard Tart has been kept on as a personality at Channel One by way of ratings and public demand.Don't know whether Prue Pepper will chuck her out. Queen Custard Tart is a very popular personality and we're sure there would be a public outcry if she was given the boot.

Not forgetting Kara-lyn the resident pathological liar and boutique manager; she continues to entertain Scrubber-Towners with her tall tales. Her latest is that a TV celebrity, who she wouldn't name, came into her shop and bought out all her stock. Imagine that Kara-Lyn.

Flight Attendant supervisor Monica split with her partner Milton, as he wanted to go back to live in England and he said he wanted more fun in his life; that  there was more to life than being a workaholic. Monica ranted and raved and threw all his clothes out onto the road. An Asteroid Air employee was passing her house when it happened and filmed everything and now it's gone viral. However, it hasn't taken Monica long to team up with a pilot ten years younger that she is. Of course everyone refers to her as the 'cougar'. His name is Wilf; who calls anybody Wilf?

Matron Melanie continued to pursue Rob Hobbs, but he told her there wasn't a hope in hell. She's now going after Dr Ray Beams, although Dr Ray continues to pine after Dr Una and wears his heart on his sleeve for her. He can often be seen taking her dog Pedro for a walk. Nice one, Dr Ray

Nick, of Nick's Nirvana is still living with Komik Kal's rebellious daughter Kimberlee. In fact they've just had their second child. Any chance of a truce with these three? We doubt it, as Kimberlee flatly refuses to speak to her father. Happy families all round. We wonder what Kimberlee is like as a mum. Mm, we'd like to be a fly on the wall.

Kurt is still flying as a flight attendant with Asteroid Air and he is now a Purser with Asteroid Air International. His 'fiancee Kristin is a cabin manager. Bet these two are raking in the dollars. We've heard that the couple are getting married on one of the islands in the Stockholm Archipelago (there's 300 of them). Hope you're going to issue your guests with a world map and a GPS.

Lainie, as you may know, has now enrolled in Delfine's Academy of Beauty. Remember Kristian, the young New York fashion photographer? He and Lainie almost constantly chat on social media and they've become good friends. Lainie had hoped that more might develop, but she found out he was gay. He's now Lainie's bff after Janie. We hear that Lainie is saving for a trip to NYC. Wonder if Kristian might have a straight older brother? Watch this space.

Have you enjoyed your visit to Scrubber-Town? Even with all its aggro behaviour, the Spite Club girls, the lying, cheating, swearing and junk-food eating? Actually the super-sized junk-food there is pretty good, even if a little unhealthy and there's always Phil's Pills to visit for some antacid preparations. He keeps a special extra strength variety under the counter, along with  special preparations for other conditions. Don't forget the special medication in the form of Raving Lunatic and Rocket Booster cocktails at the Bogan Bar. I forgot to mention that poor old Phil recently landed himself in the Dark Park detention centre after being raided by the drug squad. His twin brother Bill has taken over the business. Not sure yet if Bill keeps 'special' preparations under the counter.

Now that it's nearly Christmas-time, why don't you pay Scrubber-Town another visit to see the gaudiest Christmas decorations on the planet, enjoy a cup of coffee and a super-sized fat mince pie from the Stuff-ya-Face bakery and while you're doing this, listen to the Little Buggers choir sing carols like you've never heard them sung before. You'll have your hands over your ears quick smart. All part of the Scrubber-Town experience. Visit Skye Frye in Admin to collect a VIP card for your visits in 2021. Scrubber- Town will always be here for you, but like we warned you in the first chapter; watch your handbags and yourselves.

Merry Christmas and thank you for your reads, comments and votes and see you in Dark Park soon, maybe before 2021.