Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared during 2010, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by series producer Cameron Welsh. The 23rd season of Home and Away began airing from 25 January 2010. Two days later Mitzi Ruhlman made her debut as . and Elijah Johnson arrived in February, while began appearing from March. Mink's mother, , arrived in May. Christian Clark and Rhiannon Fish began portraying and April Scott from June. April's older sister, Bianca, made her debut in July, while was introduced to the show in August. The following month , , were introduced to the show.