Last week, Tane (Ethan Browne) left his life in Summer Bay behind, having smashed his phone, assumed a new identity and jumped on a flight to Western Australia.

Facing a stint in jail after being set up by Kerrie (Sara Wiseman), Tane was encouraged to flee by Mackenzie (Emily Weir), who used her brother and former River Boy Dean (Patrick O’Connor) to organise his disappearing act.

Meanwhile, in WA, we saw Brax (Stephen Peacocke) and Ricky (Bonnie Sveen) for the first time in a decade as they lived in hiding in a remote ranch near the town of Exmouth.

When Brax got the call from Dean, he knew he needed to help, despite Ricky’s protestations that it could be putting their lives in danger.

While Brax was cleared of the death of Dean Sanderson (Kevin Kiernan-Molloy) and in theory left Summer Bay a free man back in 2016, it seems he never officially cleared his name after escaping prison

So, he and Ricky are now living in hiding in beautiful Western Australia with 10-year-old Casey (Austin Cutliffe).

Brax and Tane met up in the Perth CBD, and while Tane initially failed to convince Brax that he was worthy of his help, Brax eventually relented and took Tane to his sprawling cattle ranch, where he lives with Ricky and Casey.

Meanwhile, back in the bay, Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) soon realised that Tane had skipped town after he missed his bail check-in.

Heading to the Parata house, Cash was furious when he discovered that Tane’s clothes had gone, his phone was smashed on the floor, and his ankle monitor had been detached and was plugged in in the corner.

Cash almost immediately realised that Mackenzie (Emily Weir) would’ve been involved in his disappearance, knowing of Dean’s River Boy links, and warned her that she was just making Tane’s situation worse by encouraging him to hide.

Meanwhile, David (Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) discovered that Tane had skipped bail, and ordered Cash to put out a nationwide warrant for his arrest.

Mackenzie refused to admit to Cash that she’d had any involvement in Tane’s disappearence, but when Jo got word that Mac had likely helped her boyfriend escape, she pleaded with her to let her know where Tane was.