Yet after the group went their separate ways at the end of the night, John headed to the balcony of Salt.

Sitting alone, a tear fell from his eye as it became clear he wouldn’t be getting over the loss of his friend any time soon.

When Justin realised that John’s generosity was an attempt to cure his loneliness, he threw a poker night as a way of keeping him company.

He, Alf and John gathered at the Morgan house, and were later joined by David (Jeremy Lindsay Taylor), who turned the tables by making them gamble for money rather than just chips.

John ended up losing $300 to Alf, but despite Justin’s fears that his plan had backfired, John still had a whale of a time.

In fact, things worked a little too well. The next day, John told Justin that he was looking forward to their next catchup, and presented the group’s new social secretary with the latest copy of the Coastal News Weekender magazine, with ’50 Unique Bonding Activities’.