 In "The Wayfarers", the first-part of the three-part 1964 season opener, producers shipped Ruth and her family off to Australia where Paul would teach agriculture.Lassie was forced to remain in the States due to Australia's strict quarantine regulations and would become the companion animal of Corey Stuart, a forestry service worker.Lockhart commented, "We were supposed to go over there so that Paul could show the Australians how to grow things.